The State Department is preparing for a “long struggle” against Iran and has opened a special Office of Iranian Affairs in Washington and a miniature embassy-in-exile in Dubai to help “defeat” the Iranian regime, Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns told Congress. The new post in the United Arab Emirates – home to 560,000 Iranians – will help funnel funds and support to dissidents and antigovernment activists both inside and outside Iran, according to a State Department cable leaked earlier this week. Full Story