An interesting appearance by Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the US Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday….
Even though Zarif is in New York to resume nuclear talks with the 5+1 Powers, he said almost nothing on that topic. Instead, his focus was to defend Iran’s approach to the Iraq crisis while denouncing that of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State.
The Foreign Minister might have been smiling during the interview, but the impression was that he and the Rouhani Government — if not the Supreme Leader — are very worried about the American intervention in Iraq and Syria, putting pressure on Tehran as it tries to cope with the economic and diplomatic burden of its commitments.
