This is a part of a pair of recent occurrences in the region, the other being the collapse of the khadi movement of India.
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/2012TheChangingGeopoliticalEnvironmentandTasksbeforeIndianforeignpolicy_agupta_030112
As is noted buried in the 9th paragraph, this apparent fact ended up reversed in the time it took our noble Ministry of Censorship - who, admittedly, is heavily overworked and underthanked - to allow commentary on unfolding issues.
So, that's a good thing. It keeps there from being a direct chain stretching from Hadrian's colony all the way to the southwest coast, for starters.
Otherwise, the UK has made threats in this atrocious and fraudulently-based war, and Russia and China have made vague and distanced suggestions that they desire the coming, criminal war not to happen. These are the only updates.
Since I'm under my link limit, here are a few resources to help you sprinkle a few words of color amongst your daily conversation, as well as bits of useful trivia. Use them well. Enjoy.
http://www.studypersian.com/
http://www.learn-persian.com/english/List_of_English_words_of_Persian_origin.php
Congratulations. You're all iranian cultural ambassadors now.
tashakkor motashakkaram,
-jd