DIPLOMACY: Iran’s Relations with the New Iraqi Government

The members of Iraq’s provisional governing council were former opposition leaders who enjoyed close ties with the Islamic Republic officials, Tehran University political science professor Sadeq Zibakalam tells Radio Farda. But relations with the members of the new Iraqi interim government need time to develop, he adds. If in practice the new government proves to be without power, or shows that its authority is limited, its relations with Tehran will be limited too, he adds