Iran loses a new foothold

The American newspaper “The Hill” reported that “US President Donald Trump hosted the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia at the White House last month, to finalize the peace agreement on the Zanghar Corridor between the two countries. This may seem a victory for peace, but it is a strategic disaster for Iran.”
According to the newspaper, “The agreement creates a direct land road between Azerbaijan and Jeep Nakjwan, located between Armenia and Iran. The road passes through the lands of Armenia and remains under the sovereignty and control of Yerevan. Thus, the agreement exceeds Iran, and Washington guarantees a permanent foothold in the South Caucasus. For decades, Iran relied on geography to maintain its influence in the field of regional transport. This feature has been eroded, and the United States got a 99 -year concession to develop it, which is known in Washington as the “Trump and International Watch” (Tripp). Iran’s assigned efforts to keep Bashar al -Assad in power, and thus the financial and military obligations that lasted for more than a decade. It aims to show the determination without a comprehensive escalation. This exchange has shed light on the weaknesses of the Iranian deterrent. The Iranians from effective participation, along with the restricted laws imposed on the name of religion, in raising a large -scale resentment. Display. ” According to the newspaper, “Iranian President Masoud is promoting a reformist image at home, but he is still bound by the structural restrictions of the Islamic Republic. In the face of crises, his reformist discourse risks by revealing the fragility of the regime. The survival of the Iranian political system still depends, symbolically and structurally, on the authority of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and any erosion in the authority of the latter that may depth the system’s crisis quickly. The Zenghazur Agreement represents a deliberate effort from Trump to present himself as a world peacemaker and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but it exceeds a symbolic slogan: it guarantees a sustainable American presence in the South Caucasus, and strengthens Washington’s role in forming regional bonding. “The newspaper continued,” For Iran, the contradiction seems flagrant. The regional, and its influence is weakened by Baku and Ankara. As for the local level, popular support, which has already eroded by the economic crisis and social turmoil and decades of political exclusion, is dwindling more and more with every setback in foreign policy. The internal. In its entirety, it causes a strategic and economic setback for Iran. Inside, the general balance turns greatly against Tehran. Salam, however, is widely seen as another setback for Iran’s regional influence. Without the restoration of confidence and alliances, every external setback vowed to fuel instability at home and accelerate the pace of fragmentation.