[HIGHLIGHTS] Orientalist Dolgov: an open clash with Israel is not in the interests of Iran

Dolman: An open clash with Israel is not in the interests of Iran. He says Iran's actions could lead to attacks on its own people.

The attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus was an act of aggression, he says. The Iranian ambassador to the U.S. was killed in the attack, according to reports. The U.N. Security Council has condemned the attack as a violation of the Vienna Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, which bans discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender and nationality.