Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines - Iran's new President and ''axis of resistance".

Iran’s new President and direction of the foreign policy in the Middle East: Hezbollah and “axis of resistance”.

• Iran has a new ‘‘reformist’’ President Masoud Pezeshkian - who is apparently willing to restart nuclear talks and find an arrangement on coexistence/modus vivendi with Washington and Brussels.

• We will discuss Pezeshkian’s policy in relation to major policy areas like Russia and China, and re-starting nuclear talks with the West.

• But these are evolving issues, and more data points are needed prior to further analysis.

• In the meantime and in this post, we shall focus on more urgent and immediate topics of the day: Iran’s stance towards Hezbollah and “axis of resistance” (Iranian proxy militias spread across the entire region of the Middle East.)

• Once again, the general starting point is that Pezeshkian wants to reduce the heat and find a new way towards a rapprochement with the West.

• And this is certainly far from an ideal scenario for the Revolutionary Guards/IRGC.

• Especially when the risk of Israel vs Hezbollah war is ever rising.