• Soleimani worked with the Russians to thwart the nuclear deal in 2015 on more than one occasion
• The military are the real rulers
• Diplomacy serves the military reality, not the other way around pic.twitter.com/2iI9MQLIVt Future Policy Center - مركز المستقبل للسياسات (@Future Center ) April 27, 2021
Zarif, who is on a regional tour has been called in for questioning by the Tehran Prosecutor and by the Parliamentary Commission for National Security and Foreign Policy. He claims he did the interview in good faith for internal files and as “lessons learnt”.
In the interview Zarif accuses the slain head of Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, of overpowering foreign policy with his parallel military doctrine. He also accuses the IRGC of concealing the truth from the government on several issues including the downing of the Ukrainian airliner by two missile strikes.