Iran’s New U.N. Ambassador Urged ‘Resistance to Israel’

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While Khoshroo is not often quoted in public, his anti-Israel rhetoric aligns with the views of top Iranian leaders, such as Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who is the lead negotiator in talks with the West over Iran’s contested nuclear program.

“Based on the few public comments made by Khoshroo, one can easily see that he is aligned with Zarif and Rouhani’s strategy, which is to convince the U.S. that its national interests and security is better served and guaranteed if the U.S. puts more distance between itself and Israel, and instead recognizes Iran as a dominant regional power, which is extremely anti-Israel,” Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iranian dissident and fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said.

Khoshroo’s appointment also signals that Iran may be seeking to increase its ties to liberal interests inside the United States, according to Ghasseminejad.

Rouhani’s camp believes it can ally with sympathetic factions in the United States who view Iran as a potential partner in the Middle East, according to Ghasseminejad.

“We can expect Iran to pursue a more active and aggressive policy of expanding its lobbying activities in U.S. and getting closer to left liberals, libertarians, isolationists, and the business community,” he said.
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