Sunday, April 30, 2023

Iran’s outreach to Iraq, Oman, Lebanon increases pressure on West - analysis

Iran has been on a diplomatic offensive this week, as its foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian visited Oman this week - where he met Oman officials on Wednesday and discussed the conflict in Yemen and the status of Iran’s nuclear talks with the West, according to Iranian regime media.

Iran’s IRNA said that he met with Oman’s foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. He also discussed Yemen, Sudan and even mentioned “Palestine,” according to reports. 

Meanwhile, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi also met with his Iraqi counterpart on Saturday, where he slammed the US and its role in the region.


Iran is seeking to cement stronger ties with Iraq, as it backs militias in Iraq that threaten the region. Iran’s president said that Iran was working with Iraq on security understandings and that they consider Iraq very important for its own security. Iran also says that it sees “the presence of Americans in the region to be disruptive to the region's security.” READ MORE