Tensions increase between Iran and Israel

Israel accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror that stretched this week from the Middle East to the heart of Asia after a bungled series of explosions led to the capture of two Iranians in Bangkok.

Authorities in Israel ratcheted up security at home and abroad following Tuesday's explosions in the Thai capital, escalating a confrontation over Iran's suspect nuclear program and raising fears of war.

On Monday, an Israeli diplomat's wife and driver were wounded in New Delhi when a bomb planted on their minivan exploded, and another device was defused on an Israeli Embassy car in Tbilisi, Georgia. Israel blamed Iran for those attacks as well.

Israel has threatened military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, and Iran has blamed the Jewish state for the recent killings of Iranian atomic scientists.

According to Andrey Areshev, the deputy head of the Strategic Research Center, neither accusation seem baseless. "It's possible to imagine that Israel has something to do with the Iranian scientist's murder, it's also possible that Iran reacted in such a harsh way," Areshev says.

He underlines that it's very dangerous that Caucasian countries are placed in the center of the unfolding coflict.

Still Areshev believes that Israel is not interested in further escalation of its conflict with Iran. Israel demonstrates a well-balanced and wise policy, the expert concludes.