Nowadays some people have put in front of themselves Iran Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif’s recollections with the U.S. Democrat President-elect Joe Biden and are constantly reviewing them, and try to delight themselves that Biden can help Zarif to restore his lost reputation during the nuclear talks, the JCPOA. But and definitely, even if Biden can move into the White House sooner than experts’ expectations and takes the helm of the White House, the only thing that he can do for Zarif is to lift the travel sanctions on him for entering the U.S. or to give him and his family U.S. passports in order that Zarif could get rid of consular procedures for getting visa like he once had in Turkey.

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Perhaps it comes to one’s mind that I am analyzing it pessimistically, but we should consider this point that if we go back and review our historical memory, Zionist lobbying has always had deeper influence and cast its shadow over the U.S. Democratic Party. This deep influence shows us that Biden without setting conditions which are decided by the Zionists will not reach an agreement to rejoin the JCPOA.

If we do not even look at it through the eyes of the Americans, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in his deep and strategic speech on November 3 and on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) which also coincided with National Day of Fighting Arrogance said, “Our strategy is the same and it will not change with the change of the individuals.”

So, one can realize that the road to the JCPOA will be blocked as far as we are concerned and even if we assume (It is impossible to assume that it is not impossible( that the U.S. with apologizing  for its former President Donald Trump’s behavior and rejoins the JCPOA without any preconditions, this time this is us who would refuse rejoining the JCPOA. By the way, our condition now comparing to the past has changed drastically because Trump with its malignant , vicious and unjust peace plan tried to convince Arab states to normalize ties with the Quds Occupier regime (Israel).

This normalization, for thousand reasons like ignoring fair Palestinians’ rights, was vicious and malignant because it both sparked the anger of Palestinians and caused the hidden and open shame of the Arab leaders loyal and committed to the ideals of Palestinians in the public opinion of the region by the normalization.

Today the resistance camp has different expectation from us. The least expectation is that we do not easily give in to negotiations with the U.S. and in fact we should not turn our frown, regarding the treacherous Arabs’ ignoring the ideals of resistance and Palestine, into a smile. But Zionist regime will strive to put on the agenda its efforts for normalization, and in this stage to reach an aligned understanding for improving or at least keeping the current normalization relation with Arabs. Of course, it will make the condition for the U.S. for talks with Iran more difficult.

By the way in Iran, the 12^th government (the ruling government), which unfortunately has trespassed all redlines in the past and caused relation with the U.S. through the collective framework (P5+1) and pretext, does not have its past position to move in this direction to boost its survival, and its life will not last too long in order that it can re-ignore the redlines easily like the past. So neither the foreign ministry nor President Hassan Rouhani’s government has any appropriate ground for repeating the trespass from the Supreme Leader’s demands.

Of course, this truth is very understandable that Biden’s collaboration with Europe and his announcement of easing of Iran sanctions in the oil and banking sectors would put the government and likely the establishment and even the Leader in a tough choosing condition. So tackling with the seemingly beautiful but deceptive concessions of Europe and regroup of P5+1 will become a little bit complicated and difficult, especially China and Russia are in this group. China needs a strategy for getting closer to Biden to lessen the tensions which costs others, and Russia should rebuild its relation with Biden in reducing its past events and connection with Trump.

That analysis of the future condition is somewhat complicated is not important and I am sure that today we predominate the political condition of the region and the world. Definitely, we will change the scenario with the subtlest condition into the favor of Iranian people’s condition, and of course, this is in a condition that we have to wait and see how Biden enters the White House after settling the election dispute, and how the U.S. strategy in its current Coronavirus condition, its declining economy and internal chaos due to polarization could survive and gets ready to come out of this condition.

  By: Hamid Reza Naghashian

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TEHRAN – India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday met with Iran’s Foriegn Minister Javad Zarif in Tehran. Jaishankar had made stopover in Iran as part of his key Moscow visit. Calling the meet “productive”, the EAM tweeted, “Discussed strengthening our bilateral cooperation and reviewed regional developments. Thank him for his gracious hospitality.”

This is the 2nd time any top Indian minister is visiting Iran within a week. Defence minister Rajnath Singh had visited Iran over the weekend while coming from Russia and meet with Iran’s Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami.

During the meeting Zarif, Jaishankar discussed mutual cooperation and ties in a meeting in Tehran.

In this meeting also the latest regional and global development was reviewed by two top diplomats.

After the meeting, Zarif wrote on his Twitter account, “Pleased to host my Indian counterpart @DrSJaishankar in Tehran for talks today. Discussed expansion of bilateral relations and trade, and exchanged views on important regional issues.”

He also tweeted about the meeting, saying “active engagement with our neighborhood is our top priority”.

Meanwhile Jaishankar also tweeted, “A productive meeting with FM @JZarif during a stopover in Tehran. Discussed strengthening our bilateral cooperation and reviewed regional developments. Thank him for his gracious hospitality.”

The meeting was planned some time ago, when Jaishankar confirmed his participation at the SCO meeting. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, who had also gone to Moscow last week, had made a stop in Iran on his return.

According to Indian media, China and Iran are on the verge of signing an economic and strategic agreement worth $400 billion, but India wants to ensure that the Chabahar project in the West Asian country doesn’t see any Chinese involvement.

This was among the reasons why  Jaishankar, who was travelling to Moscow Tuesday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s foreign ministers’ meeting, made a stopover in Iran’s capital Tehran to meet his counterpart Zarif.

The China-Iran agreement, which will overshadow the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, is set to include a major port development project on the Strait of Hormuz. India is concerned that the deal is set to be signed at a time when it hasn’t been able to complete the Chabahar Port project due to the stringent American sanctions imposed on Iran, diplomatic sources have said.

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The day when I was writing one of my articles “The Kids We Sent to the Warfront,” I was foreseeing today, yesterday and tomorrow that three European countries would scratch President Hassan Rouhani and his negotiating team from Muhammad Javad Zarif to Seyed Abbas Araqchi and the likes in their faces to please the U.S. and to laugh boisterously at all Iranian nation who sent beguiled children to the war with experienced Satans.

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The resolution which was approved against Iran by the Board of Governors of IAEA on Thursday is a resolution which was drafted by three European countries and it was undoubtedly for pleasing the U.S. and especially the White House. President Rouhani and his negotiating team have been waiting hopefully that perhaps Europeans would stop alignment with the U.S. and in fact to get along with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which not only had any profit for Iran but also had losses and ultimately it did not happen.

Toleration of childish game of INSTEX was so humiliating but Iranian nation showed lenience to it. Now it is sound and clear for all that Europeans with this decision put the final nail in the coffin of the JCPOA.

Iranian nation for almost eight years has been tolerating a liberal government which thought Europeans have not left it alone and today it became much clear that Europe and the U.S. are both two sides of a coin, and relying hope on any side of it is a strategic mistake.

All have realized what has been stipulated in the content of the IAEA’s resolution. It has once and again   called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA in implementing its NPT Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol and satisfy the IAEA’s requests without further delay. It happens while the agency itself has not observed any of its obligations regarding it and ignore them with full rudeness.

That what will be President Rouhani’s reaction against European troika’s hypocrisy is something that we should wait and see but any wise man in any government who sees this humiliating and rude behavior, which is something beyond breaching the promise and discrediting the JCPOA, should reduce the ties with these three countries to the lowest level and take legal action against them. Call for emergency meeting of Non-Alignment Movement members for revealing the role of European troika’s hypocrisy can be the next action.

With this move, it became clear that Europeans have advanced in their subservience and dependence to the U.S. (of course one should not forget their dirty natures especially the British) and they have stuck in the quagmire of their behavior.

They want Iran to be committed to its obligations while they do not observe any of theirs. These countries are in talks with Iran to remain committed to the JCPOA and not to leave while at the same time they want to extend Iran’s arms embargo for six months more.

What problems can Europeans create for Iran but being a tool for exerting more pressure on the country and its nation while they have almost made the trade with Iran one-sided and almost zeroed? The government’s hesitation in reducing the level of ties with these countries is like the same mistake of not pulling out of the JCPOA and I wish we could implement the nation’s will which is to take a revolutionary stand against them.

 By: Hamid Reza Naghashian

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