Here is a really smart piece by Trita Parsi on Huffpo saying that notwithstanding the neocons' (they won't go away) claims, Iran has limited connections to Hamas (as opposed to Hezbollah) and that it has all but washed its hands of the Palestinians being slaughtered in Gaza because Iran wants to stay on Obama's good side. I.e., if Obama is shackled to the radiator on Gaza, Iran doesn't mind shackling itself too. Realism 1o1.