Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri on Sunday afternoon attended Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission where he outlined the Islamic Republic's regional and international policies and answered questions from MPs. Bagheri pointed to the regional and international developments and described “seizing opportunities" as a signature characteristic of Iran's diplomacy. He said in Tehran's neighborliness policy, ties with neighbors has no limits and all potential and realized possibilities must be used so that "maximum interaction with neighbors" will pave the ground for "lasting and long-term economic bonds between regional countries." Bagheri referred to the exposure of the fundamental weaknesses of unilateralism and grave political and economic challenges faced by the US as it struggles to retain its global hegemony. He said Iran's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Council and the BRICS grouping will significantly promote the strategic power and the geostrategic standing of multilateralism. The Iranian deputy foreign minister further spoke about the US president's failure to achieve the goals of his regional tour, stressing that arranging the Astana summit a few days after Biden's failed trip to West Asia was a sign of Iran's diplomatic prudence and the symbol of the superiority of the Islamic Republic's discourse of regional interaction. Bagheri described the issue of putting in place long-term plans for regional and global powers as important. He then underlined that the model of long-term plans in bilateral relations that, in addition to China, recently included Russia, Venezuela and Turkey, has helped stabilize economic ties and has effectively prevented international political and economic shocks from having a negative impact on Iran's economic situation and it neuters economic and trade sanctions. In the meeting, the Iranian deputy foreign minister answered questions posed by lawmakers about different issues of foreign policy including the sanctions removal talks.