Abas Aslani is a senior Iranian journalist and a visiting scholar at the Centre for Middle East Strategic Studies (CMESS). He has worked as a reporter and editor since 2005 in various Iranian news outlets.
There is a point where Iran, Russia and China see eye to eye in holding the manoeuvre, and that is sending a message to their common adversary or rival, namely the United States. The US, in some ways, has applied a triple containment policy toward China, Russia and Iran. This would be enough to unite these three countries on some fronts.
The Iran Front Page (IFP) has reached out to senior Iranian and American experts or former officials to ask for their quick thoughts on Iran’s Wednesday decision to “reduce” its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.