In my view the emerging regional order will increasingly revolve around the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia-a framework that Tehran itself appears to have viewed with interest (today Araghchi spoke with Saudi FM Faisal bin Farhan).
- Plus other members of the Islamabad Quartet (Egypt and Turkey), with Qatar, Oman and other GCC states . The main exceptions remain the UAE-which is nevertheless already engaged in dialogue with Tehran-and Bahrain, whose relationship with Iran remains considerably more complicated.
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Iran's central bank governor says Tehran expects first $12B in frozen assets to be released during current 60-day talks. He also announced a $2B FX injection.
His comments reflect Tehran's view of the MOU as a test of US implementation before considering larger concessions.
Second in line to reconsider OPEC membership. An overall shifting trend from traditional warfare to energy, economic, food and climate
I also like how Iran is shifted the battleground to diplomatic warfare.
The walk-out, rejecting press photoshoot, strengthening economic/diplomatic ties with mediators
Exclusive: Iraq will be compelled to consider all available options if its OPEC quota is not significantly increased, a senior Iraqi oil ministry official told Reuters https://t.co/GLM0cx6i7F
Late leader of Iran's Revolution, martyr Imam Khamenei:
''Sooner or later, the United States will be forced to stop standing behind the Zionist regime"
معرفی کتاب: خاطرات سفیر انگلیس در آبادان و جنوب ایران همزمان با یافتن چاه نفت، قبل از جنگ جهانی. Sir Arnold Wilson هم به دلیل سهمی که British Petroleum میخواست از نفت ایران داشته باشه، به خطکشی مرز ایران از سمت غرب، به نفع ایران، کمک کرد
This is the second time in a week that Javani has commented in favor of diplomacy with the United States. I read this as an institutional position rather than merely a personal one. Of course, the IRGC is not a monolith, and there are voices opposed to diplomacy. But such statements, together with reports that the MOU was approved by the SNSC with near unanimity (only one vote against), indicate that the military establishment is broadly aligned with the diplomatic track...
Strategy dictates that when you have an advantage against an adversary, the worst thing you can do is take the pressure off.
So this entire affair is either yet another trick for the 100th time or a deadly mistake.
The US will not let up. Mark my words.
An Informed source told Al Mayadeen that the Iranian negotiating delegation has postponed its trip to Switzerland due to the ongoing Israeli aggression on southern Lebanon.
According to the source, the delegation had already been preparing to depart and launch the first round of negotiations, scheduled to run for 60 days, before the decision was made to suspend the trip.
The source added that Tehran had previously informed both Washington and the mediators that the Lebanon file remains a central component of the negotiations and will directly influence whether the talks proceed or are halted.
The source told Al Mayadeen that Tehran warned that the continuation of Israeli military operations and attacks extending up to 10 kilometers deep inside Lebanese territory constitutes a clear violation of the first clause of the Memorandum of Understanding and the framework agreement.
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