NCRI – More than a week after Munich Security Conference and three days after Saudi FM’s visit to Bagdad, Iranian regime’s officials and media continue to express concerns over regime’s increased regional isolation.
Acknowledging regime’s regional isolation, Hassan Rouhani’s vice president ‘Eshaq Jahangiri’ said in this regard “unfortunately, our relations with the Persian Gulf states have become somewhat cold and disturbing.”
A day before Rouhani’s vice president’s remarks, Aftab-e-Yazd, a newspaper close to Rouhani’s band, regarded Kayhan’s commentary on Saudi FM’s visit to Iraq as ‘optimistic’, writing “Saudis are currently not in a position to seek reducing tensions with Iran without demanding substantial concessions. On the other hand, when you put Adel al-Jubeir’s visit in the context of recent developments and beside his critical remarks particularly those made at the Munich Conference, this optimistic viewpoint quickly disappears before our eyes.”
Also in this regard, the ‘Iranian Diplomacy’ website expressed concerns on February 27 over US role in tightening the siege against the regime while commenting on the reason for Adel al-Jubeir’s visit to Bagdad. “Saudi Arabia began thinking about the idea of returning Iraq to the Arab lineup when they noticed the pressures by the Trump’s administration to move Haider al-Ebadi away from Tehran and break the alliance between Tehran and Bagdad. Particularly given that Trump is trying to tighten the siege against Iran with wider alliances which include Washington, Ankara and a number of Arab capitals”, the website says.
Also the state-run ILNA news agency pointed to the US alignment with the coalition in the region to isolate the Iranian regime, writing “it should be noted that Saudi Arabia is now acting as a catalyst for US policies in Iraq.”
Earlier, the state-run Ebtekar newspaper had expressed deep concerns over the consequences of regime’s isolation, writing “all indications suggest that there will be events in the future, with its preparations being arranged right now. Each member of the coalition has in a division of labor assumed part of the responsibility.”
This same fear is also strongly expressed among Khamenei’s band, so that the state-run ‘Alef’ website, linked to Ahmad Tavakoli, writes “currently, Saudi Arabia is forming a Hebrew, Arabic, and Turkish front against Iran so as to put it at a disadvantage.”
