Why Tehran is reestablishing close ties with Venezuela
Aside from avoiding U.S. sanctions, Iran’s new president needs to mollify hardliners and separate himself from his predecessor.
Saeid Jafari is an Iranian journalist and Middle East analyst who has written for various outlets such as Euronews, Al-Monitor, Middle East Eye, and Turkish Policy Quarterly. Holding two master degrees in Middle Eastern studies (Tehran) and European studies (University of Siena, Italy), he has extensively focused and covered Iranian and Turkish foreign policy as well as their domestic affairs. Saeid has covered Iran nuclear deal negations in Austria and Switzerland (2013-2015) He has been repeatedly interviewed by Al-Jazeera, NPR, ABC, Al-Hurra and Daily Sabah.
Aside from avoiding U.S. sanctions, Iran’s new president needs to mollify hardliners and separate himself from his predecessor.
While in recent years Tehran has had a strong presence of friendly forces in the vicinity of Israel, now it is Tel Aviv that is encircling Iran more than ever.
Iran is aware of the differences and rivalries between New Delhi and Beijing. Accordingly, Iran will not put all its eggs in the Chinese basket.
The complicated nature of the geopolitics of the region has made it more difficult for Iran to clearly define its policy towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.