Monday's attempted assassination of an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi — and Israel's reflexive indictment of Iran for the incident — threatens to put India right in the middle of escalating tensions in West Asia. The standoff raises new fears about India's vulnerability to international terrorism. Israel may blame Iran for the attacks on its embassy in India and Georgia but in an interview to the state television, the Iranian Foreign Ministry says attacks on missions in Tbilisi and New Delhi are Israel's way of tarnishing Iran's image. Meanwhile US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia as "cowardly" and offered American assistance in any investigation.