Iran’s Next Foreign Minister: A Diplomat With An ‘IRGC Attitude’ – Analysis

By Golnaz Esfandiari*

(RFE/RL) — Some say the next Iranian foreign minister’s views are as hawkish as the fiercest hard-line elements within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and that improving relations with Western countries will be difficult.

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