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Mike Pompeo landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Here he greets his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan. A meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman awaits you.
Joe Biden may consider resuming the nuclear deal with Iran. In that case, Iran can imagine overlooking old injustices.
Israel opposes it and the Trump administration opposes it as best it can before the change of power.
Iran does not intend to forgive or forget America’s “repeated crimes against the Iranian people”. But that does not prevent the countries from having some contact, announces the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in what can be interpreted as an opening for the future.
“It is natural that there have always been, and always are, very carefully considered exchanges between two UN member states, within a known framework,” ministry spokeswoman Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a news conference.
Threatening genocide
US President Donald Trump has abandoned the nuclear energy deal with Iran, which ultimately means that the country will avoid sanctions from the outside world if it limits its enrichment of uranium. Several military incidents, such as the drone assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani, have fueled the conflict and Iran has deviated from its commitments.
Joe Biden, who was vice president of the United States when the United States signed the agreement, intends to resume the dialogue with Iran when he becomes president. He had previously said that he was willing to join the deal again, if Iran goes back to following the rules first.
Within weeks of the handover of power in the United States, the incumbent government is doing all it can to consolidate its Middle East policy and bypass Iran. Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo is touring the region and visiting various countries that are reluctant to see the outside world reconnect with Iran.
“Maximum pressure”
In a performance in Jerusalem, Pompeo said the United States would maintain “maximum pressure” on Iran, which he described as “extraordinarily effective” until now. The United States has also announced that all international sanctions against Iran that have been lifted will be reintroduced, citing a clause in the nuclear deal, and threatened to take action against the other countries if they do not comply. It also threatens more penalties.
In an interview during his visit to Abu Dhabi, Pompeo was asked if the United States is considering a military offensive against Iran. According to The New York Times, Donald Trump had raised it as an alternative internally shortly after the US presidential elections.
The president “always reserves the right to do whatever is necessary to ensure American security,” the secretary of state responded, without elaborating.
Saudi Arabia instead?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the United States should not return to the nuclear deal with Iran. He did not explicitly address current President Biden, but demanded an uncompromising stance on Iranian politics.
During the election campaign, Joe Biden has criticized the region’s other arch-conservative superpower, Saudi Arabia. The Islamic kingdom has had closer ties with the United States, especially under the Trump administration, but Biden has said he wants to freeze it entirely. He has opposed their human rights abuses and the war in Yemen.
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