Is the US president’s Mideast tour a ‘fiasco’? Biden gains more pessimism than diplomatic achievement as Iran increasingly boosts its global ties

Today, advancing peace and stability is one of the world’s crucial necessities. In its constant state of chaos, the international community must draw on the tenets of the Iranian nation, which led to the 1979 Islamic revolution victory. According to observers, Iran is currently the epitome of peace and security in the tumultuous Middle East region.
For decades, the world’s imperialist forces subjugated and foisted economic, political, and cultural domination over Islamic nations, particularly Iran; however, the Iranian nation has valiantly broken the shackles of foreign oppression.
Nowadays, imperialists seek to insinuate that Iran’s culture and people are hazardous and unfriendly; however, western visitors and international students residing in Iran acknowledge that these western propagandas are all but baseless calumny and that Iran is a highly modern and peaceful nation.
Diplomatic experts worldwide have optimistically argued that Iran is a bulwark of stability, independence, and religious values in the volatile Middle East.
Nevertheless, Tehran is equally oversensitive to preserving the security equilibrium of West Asia and will not hesitate to protect the interests of the Muslim nations against any conspiracies concocted by the Zionist regime.
Au contraire, to the vicious propaganda of the United States and the Zionists, which attempts to portray Iran as a belligerent nation.
Successive American administrations and the Zionist regime have invariably adopted this approach to vilify the Islamic Republic of Iran.
James A. Bill, the renowned author of the “Eagle and the Lion”, regards the phenomena of Iranophobia as a consequence of Iran’s quest for independence from American hegemony.
He claims that Washington aims to prevent the rise of regional independent hegemons, like Iran. Hence, the more independent their actions, the more the US amplifies its interpellating voice of Iranophobia. Based on this approach, America is fueling anti-Iran sentiments throughout West Asia and worldwide.
Furthermore, the severe economic turmoil in the United States precludes Biden from providing extra assistance to the Zionist regime. Therefore, with its nefarious Iranophobia strategy, the United States seeks to impose the financial burden of protecting Israel on other governments, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Various Arab political pundits deem the Zionist regime as the sole adversary of the Arab world since the 1948 occupation of Palestine. However, regarding Iran, Washington and Tel Aviv infamously portray it as a scarecrow for the Persian Gulf’s Arab states, alleging that Iranian Muslims constitute an imminent threat rather than “peace-loving” Israel. On the other hand, Iran’s Arab neighbours are well aware that their countries have maintained centuries-old cultural, religious, and commercial ties with Iran.
Much to the dismay of Zionists, the Arab intelligentsia hopes that a genuine detente with Iran is much more feasible now than a few years ago, as Iranians consistently seek dialogue with their Arab neighbours. The Kuwaitis, Qataris, and Omanis have excellent relations with Iran, and Riyadh has initiated direct negotiations in Baghdad with the Iranian delegation to settle their contentious regional disputes. Nonetheless, the western imperialists did not stay idle and did not desist from their deleterious actions to wreak havoc on the fraternal ties between Iran and Arab nations.
The United States has arduously sought for a long time to see the metamorphosis of Israel from a malign enemy of Arabs into a strategic ally with reactionary Arab regimes.
Biden claims today that Iran is the Arabs’ number one enemy in the Middle East region, and American policymakers continue to foment strife between Iran and the Arab states.
Nevertheless, as previously indicated, it is possible to reach a lasting rapprochement with Tehran through multilateral diplomatic initiatives.
This promising direction unquestionably alarms Israel as it divulges its abominable nature as the Arabs’ eternal foe.
Meanwhile, Biden, who visited occupied Palestine [Israel] for the first time in 1973 while serving as a Senator, landed at Ben Gurion Airport as the US president on Wednesday, July 13. His first remarks upon arriving were, “You need not be a Jew to be Zionist.”
In this regard, Dr Rania Fawzi, an Egyptian researcher on Israeli affairs, believes it is in Washington’s best interest to preserve the animosity between Iran and the Arab states, noting that Biden’s regional tour pursues to form an Israeli-Arab NATO to curb the rising Iranian influence.
As a matter of fact, this Israeli-Arab ‘illusionary coalition’ aims to consolidate Israel’s precarious situation in the region as Israelis fathom the reality of their looming collapse, as the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has remarkably grown in military strength in recent years.
In an interview with “Cairo 24,” Dr Fawzi remarked that Israel has widely demonised the Iranian peaceful nuclear programme through media machinations while deceptively presenting itself as the first and only line of defence versus Iran, providing a mirage of security for weak Arab regimes.
Furthermore, she highlighted that Biden and Lapid are working to maintain an antagonistic Arab approach vis-à-vis Iran to accomplish their joint military goals, including selling military hardware to affluent Arab regimes and restarting with greater vigour the normalisation campaign between Zionists and Arabs.
Against all sinister efforts of the United States and Zionists, the new spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in his first press conference, announced the impending visit of the presidents of Russia and Turkey to Iran and asserted that these trips had transformed Tehran into the regional hub of diplomacy, which can demonstrate strong, active and balanced Iranian diplomacy.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Jordan declared on July 11 that his country was prepared to establish amicable ties with Iran. In an interview with BBC Arabic, Bishr al-Khasawneh added that Amman never regards Tehran as a source of threat to Jordan’s national security.
Simultaneously, there have been encouraging signals that the decades-long diplomatic schism between Tehran and Cairo may be closing. According to Naser Kanani, a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, establishing official diplomatic dialogue enables the two governments to exchange their political viewpoints directly. Mr Kanani added that Iran and Egypt cooperate closely within international organisations, and the two nations have a common historical and cultural heritage. Therefore, Iran would welcome any effort to ameliorate relations between Tehran and Cairo.
To disprove the White House’s allegations over Iran’s increasing international isolation, Luigi Di Maio, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s top diplomat, on July 11.
Mr Di Maio expressed his country’s desire to foster a comprehensive and sincere dialogue with Tehran to boost the exchange of constructive ideas at the regional and international levels. Di Maio reiterated his support for completing the negotiations to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a major factor in regional stability and security and a requirement for resuming trade and cultural cooperation between Iran and Italy.
In another sad development for American politicians, the Central Bank of India has recently permitted the country’s importers and exporters to make payments in rupees.
In the wake of this dramatic declaration, India’s trade with Iran, Russia, and South Asian countries will undoubtedly flourish.
This decision is considered a boon for Iranian and Indian merchants since they can maintain their bank accounts on rupees rather than dollars, which will considerably enhance the Iran-India commercial ties.
Even before the outbreak of the hostilities with Ukraine, the Russian Federation substituted the ruble with the dollar, as Moscow opted to use the ruble to improve the value of its national currency and stimulate its economy; and now India has also followed the Russian lead and opted to limit the dollar’s role in its international economy.
Due to these seismic economic shifts, Iran, subject to illegitimate US sanctions, will be able to expand the scope of its financial cooperation with friendly nations without worrying about monetary restrictions.
Finally, Biden’s decision to align himself with Zionist agendas is a strategic blunder that illustrates he has not learned from Trump’s fatal follies. Biden must comprehend the bitter reality that it is utterly impossible to isolate Iran, despite all attempts to form phoney alliances opposed to Tehran.
By prudently evaluating the threats ahead, Arab neighbouring states having a shared history and destiny with Iran must likewise be vigilant against any American-Zionist plots that undermine the region’s peace.