Despite the broad smiles in Vienna, there is no indication that the Iran-west frost has thawed. As Khamenei suggested recently, the two core tenets of Iranian foreign policy, namely ‘Great Satan America’ and ‘Death to Israel’, are still intact. The rhetoric could be toned down to keep the peace but the difference will be made up by Iran’s fatter wallet for funding proxies in Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen. Also, just last month, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani recommitted his support to Assad, saying Iran would stand by the Syrian government “until the end of the road”.
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