Western diplomats in Iran said in recent interviews that it appeared that Iran 's leadership had bet on the notion that it was more likely to get what it wanted if it refused to budge from its position , believing that the Security Council , and the West in particular , would do anything to avoid another ugly confrontation in the Middle East .
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