Iran’s parliament approved eighteen of the nineteen people (Al Jazeera) nominated to President Ebrahim Raisi’s cabinet. Many of the new ministers worked in previous hard-line administrations. Iran’s new foreign minister is a career diplomat who said earlier this week he aims for an “Asia-centric” foreign policy.
In Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar discusses Raisi’s rise and the triumph of Iran’s hard-liners.
Algeria/Morocco: The Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Saudi Arabia called for a dialogue (Al Jazeera) to resolve differences between Algeria and Morocco. Algiers said Tuesday that it had cut diplomatic ties with Rabat over “hostile actions.”
