"Absence of the people" in the long interview with Abbas Iraqchi

🔸In the second part of the interview, Abbas Iraqchi, Iran’s foreign minister, with Jawad Moghui, a government documentarian recently released, Iraqchi tries to defend the overall strategy of the Iranian government after the 40-day war; from emphasizing that Iran was alone in the war but that expecting military support from Russia and China was not realistic, to defending a step-by-step agreement with the United States. Iraqchi also criticizes the existence of a gap between the government’s official narrative and public opinion, and even raises the possibility of “infiltration” in the formation of domestic critical space; a set of remarks that offers a clearer picture of how the ruling establishment views the war, diplomacy, and Iranian society. The discussion with Reza Alijani, a political analyst based in France, about the most important points raised in this interview.