A good news story.  Even though Iran often and regularly acts as a revolutionary cause, there are a few times it has acted as a state willing to listen and negotiate.  See “Iraq brings together Mideast rivals in bid to ease tensions,” AP, August 28, 2021.  Arab heads of state met in Baghdad in the Green Zone “including archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia held a rare meeting Saturday at a conference hosted by Iraq.  …  French President Emmanuel Macron also attended the Baghdad meeting.  Egypts el-Sissi, Jordan’s Abdullah, and Qatar’s Al Thani attended.  “Saudi Arabia was represented by its foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and Iran with its foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.”  …  “Participants were expected to discuss a regional water crisis, the war in Yemen and a severe economic and political crisis in Lebanon that has brought the country to the point of collapse.”

Shamkhani, secretary of the NSC, knows that anything can be twisted into a threat, but that doesn’t qualify under international law.  “Biden ‘illegally threatened’ Iran, top security official says,” Reuters, Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2021.

“The resistance axis? Iran scores a pyrrhic victory in its cold war with Saudi Arabia,” Economist, August 28, 2021.