Obstacles posed by US, Israel in Pezeshkian’s foreign policy
By Hossein Mousavian
International affairs analyst
President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government, like previous Iranian administrations, will strive to improve and develop relations with neighboring countries, the Muslim world, the Global South, and the powers of the Eastern bloc, particularly China, Russia, and India, and will achieve certain successes. However, as in the past, unilateral sanctions from the US will continue to pose significant obstacles for the new government in establishing extensive, safe, and transparent economic relations.
In the 45 years since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, tensions and hostilities between the US and Iran have been the primary dilemma of Iranian foreign policy, a challenge that the new government will also confront.
The regional situation, especially following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, indicates that two significant challenges—the US and Israel—and the risk of a regional war at the onset of the current government are more severe than during previous administrations over the past four decades.
Tehran and Washington averted the likelihood of a vast military confrontation in 2020 when Trump’s administration assassinated Iran’s Major General Soleimani on Iraqi soil. However, the US move was countered by Iran’s missile attack on a US military base in Iraq. The critical point was that neither the Trump administration nor Iran was inclined to persist in military conflict.
Yet, the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran is distinct for three reasons; first, it constitutes a violation of Iran’s national sovereignty.
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