Iran: in a recording, Javad Zarif claims to be hampered by the Revolutionary Guards

محمد جواد ظریف وزیر امور خارجه ایران © dr

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In the midst of the resumption of nuclear negotiations, a sound recording by Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stirred up trouble.

According to Iran International and the

New York Times,

which leaked this recording, Zarif claims that his diplomatic action is largely hampered by the Revolutionary Guards, the regime's armed wing, and he accuses Russia of attempting to destroy it. 2015 nuclear agreement ...

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"A diplomacy sacrificed for the benefit of the operations of the Guardians of the Revolution".

This is in substance what Mohammad Zarif denounces in an interview with an Iranian journalist, the content of which has just been disclosed by the Iran international channel and the

New York Times

.

The head of Iranian diplomacy mainly accuses

General Soleimani

, the commander of the elite Iranian forces, assassinated in January 2020 by the Americans, of having systematically hampered his policy.

In 2015, after the historic signing of the nuclear deal, Soleimani reportedly went to Moscow with the aim of destroying the deal, as Russia had no interest in Iran reconnecting with the West.

Several sources report this visit, then denied by the Kremlin.

The Revolutionary Guards would also have facilitated the sending of Russian weapons to Syria, to support the regime.

Much would have been done behind Mohammad Zarif's back.

It is not known who leaked this recording which was apparently not intended for release today.

But this comes in the midst of the resumption of

nuclear negotiations

for a return of the Americans to the agreement, while the main Iranian nuclear negotiator

Abbas Araghchi

reports progress in the negotiations.

We are also less than two months away from the presidential election in Iran.

To read also

: Iranian nuclear power: can a de-escalation begin?

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