...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....and Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
, in effort to defuse tensions
Iran’s foreign minister said Monday that a summit to take place this week in Jordan is a "good opportunity" for negotiations aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear accord.
On-off talks to revive the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), started in April last year between Iran and La Belle France, Germany, Britannia, Russia, and China directly, and the United States indirectly.
But the indirect talks between the US and Iran, mediated by the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, have stalled for several months with the Islamic Theocratic
Republicfacing protests over the death in jug of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin.
The Jordan summit "is a good opportunity for us to complete these discussions," Iran’s top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told news hounds in Tehran.
His comment came a day before Jordan on Tuesday hosts the "Baghdad II" conference, bringing together Iraq, La Belle France, and the main players in the Middle East, including rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, to defuse regional tensions through dialogue.
Amir-Abdollahian and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will be among the officials at the meeting along the Dead Sea.
"I hope that according to the approach of the Americans in the last three months, we will see a change of approach and the American side will behave realistically," Amir-Abdollahian stressed.
"I clearly say to the Americans that they must choose between hypocrisy and the request to reach an agreement and the US return to the JCPOA," he added.
The 2015 agreement gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program to guarantee that Tehran could not develop a nuclear weapon — something it has always denied wanting to do.
But the US unilateral withdrawal from the accord in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
and the re-imposition of biting economic sanctions prompted Iran to begin rolling back on its own commitments.