Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on International Relations, has emphasised the pressing want for substantive dialogue between Iran and Persian Gulf Arab states, citing shifting geopolitical dynamics and shared regional challenges.
Talking at a Persian Gulf research convention in Tehran on Thursday, the previous overseas minister, who presently serves as a senior advisor to the Iranian Chief, outlined Iran’s imaginative and prescient for regional cooperation.
Kharrazi traced tensions to the Pahlavi period’s “policeman of the Persian Gulf” coverage and post-Revolution fears of Islamic revivalism.
He famous how these elements contributed to the Iran-Iraq warfare, the place Saddam Hussein “positioned himself as an Arab consultant” with overseas backing.
The diplomat highlighted late Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s 1995 assembly with Saudi King Abdullah in Islamabad as a turning level, paving the best way for later OIC summits.
Throughout President Mohammad Khatami’s tenure, Iran-Saudi oil worth coordination demonstrated profitable cooperation, boosting crude costs from $8 to economically viable ranges, he famous.
With Israel’s “Nile-to-Euphrates ambitions” intensifying, Kharrazi pressured army deterrence now permits Iran to make use of “gentle energy diplomacy”
He proposed “Hormuz Initiative” and “Friendship Plan” may jumpstart Persian Gulf dialogues, including the upcoming Tehran Dialogue Discussion board and Iranian-Arab conferences will take a look at regional willingness.
Kharrazi advocated mixing “Islamic id, Iranian civilization, and Shia mysticism” to reshape Iran’s world picture, and urged assume tanks to develop data-driven analyses forward of multilateral conferences.
