Iranian Diplomacy Facing New Challenges
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani arrived in Istanbul today and
held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Syrian
crisis. The meeting took place in prime minister’s office in Dolmabahce Palace on
Saturday afternoon. Larijani had met with Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad in Damascus on Friday.
Today’s Zaman reports that the two
also discussed Israeli-Gaza conflict.
Syria and Gaza conflicts represent serious issues for Iranian diplomacy.
The assertive roles of Turkey’s Erdogan and Egypt’s Morsi in Syria and Gaza
respectively challenge Iran’s positions in the region. Hezbollah and Hamas have
for long been considered Iran’s clients. Assad’s losing control over Syria
will weaken the former and the latter’s newly-formed alliance with Egypt (and
Qatar) will diminish its dependence on Iran.
Photo credit: Iran’s Majlis speaker Ali Larijani (L) meeting Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. Saturday 24
November 2012. (AA/Today’s Zaman)
Politics aside, Larijani looks and acts more presidential than Ahmadinejad.
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Larijani consistenly exercises proper judgments and good decisions.
ReplyDeleteHis background combines very advanced intellectual and technical knowledge of various issues and problemas and therefore, he is better qualified for presidential position than others.
However Ahmedinejad's populism is better than Larijani's one..
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ReplyDeleteHe is a man of principles.A conservative and a humble religious man !He is not abrasive,and haughty ,a fine pen amongst the learned figures in the Iranian Government!!.