With developments on U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East and his intention to sign the Jerusalem Declaration with Israel to coordinate the prevention of Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, Iran has made it clear that U.S. efforts in the region will not serve Israel’s security Meanwhile, observers believe Tehran is continuing to coordinate with its Russian allies to contain the impact of Biden’s visit to the region.
Iranian President Ibrahim Rahi said Tehran was closely monitoring developments in the region and would not ignore any movement in the region, warning that Iran would resolutely respond to even the slightest move against its territorial integrity.
Mutual threatening rhetoric between Tehran and Washington lingered on the eve of Biden’s visit to Israel, as Tehran prepares to roll out the red carpet on July 19 for the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin – who plans to meet Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khalid Menei held a meeting.
Putin’s visit
Iran watchers see Putin’s visit to Tehran two days after Biden’s Middle East trip as a response to the latter’s visit to the region to discuss a range of regional and international issues, prompting U.S. National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan to refer Putin’s move. The visit was characterized as a “serious threat”.
Sullivan’s comments were in response to previous U.S. reports that Iran was willing to provide Russia with hundreds of drones that could be used in the war against Ukraine.
Against this backdrop, Nasser Nobari, the former Iranian ambassador to Moscow, believes that Putin’s visit to Tehran is “an appropriate response to the planned anti-Iran coalition”, and he also stressed that the official position of the United States does not indicate that Biden intends to participate in the opposition Iran’s military alliance, but wants to reassure his allies in the region that Washington will not abandon them if the nuclear deal is revived.
In his remarks to Al Jazeera reporters, Nobari noted that the Iran issue will be present in all of Biden’s meetings in the region, explaining that the United States and Russia are racing against each other to attract Iran to their camp, And Tehran must adopt a balanced policy between the two in order to safeguard its national interests.
The former Iranian diplomat explained that Washington and Moscow’s goals and policies have clashed given Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine, and he also stressed that Putin’s visit to Tehran was an attempt to eliminate any potential risks of a Biden visit to the Middle East. effect of the plan.
The future of the nuclear deal
On whether Biden’s “continued pressure on Iran and refusal to remove the Revolutionary Guard from the list of terrorist groups” announced in Israel would wipe out nuclear talks, international affairs researcher Palasto Bahrami Ra Germany believes that although both the United States and Iran have issued threats to each other, the two countries still attach importance to keeping the door of negotiation open.
The researcher argued that U.S. rhetoric about continuing to pressure Iran to block its demands in the nuclear talks shows Washington has no plan “B” to prevent the talks from declaring a permanent failure. Palasto stressed to Al Jazeera reporters that, unlike Tehran, which has adapted to US pressure, Washington still believes that returning to the nuclear deal is the best way to contain the challenge of the Iranian nuclear issue.
Palasto added that Tehran had enriched uranium at the Fordow nuclear facility prior to Biden’s visit to the region, and stressed its intention to continue reducing its commitment to the nuclear deal, which Washington abandoned in the first place.
Palastow called the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s statement on continued technical cooperation with Moscow as a clear message to those working to build a military alliance in the Middle East to counter the threat of Iranian drones and missiles, and emphasized Iran’s relationship with Russia. Relations between Russia and Ukraine have turned into a strategy after Russia’s war with Ukraine, and the two sides will continue to coordinate against rival camps.
different questions
The international affairs researcher concluded that the United States is more eager than ever to establish security in the Middle East because of high tensions with countries such as China and Russia. She also emphasized that Biden’s stance against Iran in Tel Aviv was political and made to satisfy Israel, and that in fact the United States would welcome any measures by Iran aimed at reviving the nuclear deal.
Meanwhile, Hirshmatullah Farahat Bisha, a professor of political science in the Iranian parliament and former chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, commented on Putin’s upcoming visit to Tehran that the issues discussed by the two sides at the meeting will Varies depending on the outcome of Biden’s visit to the region.
In an article published in local media, Bisha noted that both Iran and Russia will have to put strategic issues on the agenda as Biden tries to help build a regional alliance.
Bisha ruled out the possibility that Biden’s visit would lead to an announcement of a complete halt to nuclear talks, but at the same time he called on Tehran to directly announce the termination of the nuclear deal if the U.S. actually runs against Iran’s interests.