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A good news story.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 See \u201cIraq brings together Mideast rivals in bid to ease tensions,\u201d<\/a> AP, August 28, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Arab heads of state met in Baghdad in the Green Zone \u201cincluding archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia held a rare meeting Saturday at a conference hosted by Iraq.\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 French President Emmanuel Macron also attended the Baghdad meeting.\u00a0 Egypts el-Sissi, Jordan\u2019s Abdullah, and Qatar\u2019s Al Thani attended.\u00a0 \u201cSaudi Arabia was represented by its foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and Iran with its foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.\u201d\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 \u201cParticipants 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shamkhani, secretary of the NSC, knows that anything can be twisted into a threat, but that doesn\u2019t qualify under international law.\u00a0 \u201cBiden ‘illegally threatened’ Iran, top security official says,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resistance axis? Iran scores a pyrrhic victory in its cold war with Saudi Arabia,\u201d<\/a> Economist, August 28, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A good news story.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 See \u201cIraq brings together Mideast rivals in bid to ease tensions,\u201d AP, August 28, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0Arab heads of state met in Baghdad in the Green … <\/p>\n

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