By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Dara Conduit

President Rouhani got here to energy in Iran in 2013 promising to reform the country's long-contentious overseas coverage. This e-book evaluates Rouhani's international coverage song checklist in the course of his first years in workplace, taking a look at case stories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, the UAE, Turkey, and Syria and the excessive profile Iran-US relationship.

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For example, the Khatami presidency inaugurated a range of symbolic and practical gestures to lay down a path for less antagonistic relations. S. has sought to impose under cover of mutual respect. 14 In 2009, he became the first President of the IRI to congratulate an American President on his election. ”19 Iran’s repeated attempts to reduce antagonism with the United States call for three observations. First, its forward-leaning strategies can be understood within the context of its long-held desire for recognition of its legitimate identity and interests (discursive dependency).

Although the policy shifted, Iran remained very much excluded from the regional security architecture and the international economic and security environment. From the Iranian leadership’s viewpoint, the nuclear issue also illustrated the United States’ considerable influence over both international institutions (the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Security Council) and third parties (the EU-3). 25 As such, it will likely continue to affect Iran’s room to maneuver. Within this context, a less security-oriented relationship could reduce the Iranian leadership’s threat perceptions and pave the way for greater regional and international integration.

50 The Iranian regime also proved willing to address its opponents’ main concerns with its nuclear activities. 51 As Iran’s top nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005, Rouhani had overseen the only agreements—the October 2003 Tehran Statement and the November 2004 Paris Agreement—in which the regime had accepted to suspend uranium enrichment. In other words, the Rouhani administration took a leaf out of the diplomatic sheikh’s own book. 52 For example, the regime agreed that Natanz would be its only enrichment facility and that Fordow would be converted from an enrichment site into a nuclear, physics, and technology center.

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