"Iran is taking its first faltering steps to boost its dismal soft power abilities, spotting a slim opening to improve regional relations after Donald Trump's June bombing campaign and Israel's attack on Hamas negotiators in Qatar unsettled Gulf states. The tentative foreign policy tweaks are born in part of necessity: much of Iran's network of regional military alliances has been dismantled in recent years."
"In mid-November an Iranian thinktank linked to the foreign ministry convened a forum in Tehran titled International law under assault. International academics and senior Iranian diplomats discussed how the US not Iran was now the rogue state destroying the rules-based order. At a recent briefing in the Iranian capital, the foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said: The solid foundations of international law have been subjected to unprecedented attacks by powers that were expected to be its permanent defenders and custodians."
Iran is attempting to enhance its weak soft power and improve relations with regional states like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar following destabilising actions by the US and Israel. The country seeks openings created by perceived US violations of international law after June bombing operations and an attack on Hamas negotiators. Tehran frames the United States as the primary threat to the rules-based order, hosting forums and diplomatic briefings asserting that international law has been undermined by expected custodians. Iranian officials are using grievances over unilateral strikes and lack of European condemnation to pursue less militarised, more cooperative regional ties.
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