Shirin Ebadi: Attacking Iran would bring disaster, not freedomIndependent, 19 February 2005 It is hard not to see America’s focus on human rights in Iran as a cloak for its larger strategic interests.Condoleezza Rice has given assurances that a military attack by the United States on Iran “is simply not on the agenda at this point”.But notwithstanding Rice’s disavowal, recent statements by the Bush administration, starting with President Bush’s State of the Union address and Vice President Dick Cheney’s comments about a possible Israeli military attack on Iran, are reminiscent of the rhetoric in the months leading up to the