Dr Kazem Jalali, an influential conservative member of Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, and rapporteur of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, sees possibilities for a thaw with Washington, but believes that many Arab states in the Gulf “see their interests in keeping the current state of continual conflict among the West, the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran”. In recent years, Tehran has experienced growing tensions with its Arab neighbors, particularly over the development of its nuclear program
