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The solution is not negotiation with the IRGC and the occupiers' terrorists of Iran; the solution is to stand with the Iranian nation and support its struggle to end the Islamic Republic.
https://x.com/PahlaviReza/status/2064027031298277606

Richard Fontaine @RHFontaine - Xi Jinping is in North Korea for the first time in seven years. His visit illustrates the Axis of Upheaval in action:
1. Of Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea, none has used its leverage as effectively as Kim Jong Un in recent years. Pyongyang had what Moscow wanted - troops and weapons for Ukraine - at a moment when Russia was in dire need.
2. But North Koreans don’t work on spec. Russia in return gave Pyongyang food, oil and military technology, and showered it with diplomatic attention. Putin visited the North in 2024 for the first time in 24 years. The two signed a mutual defense agreement.
3. Suddenly the Hermit Kingdom was not so isolated anymore. Long gone are the days when Beijing and Moscow at least nominally joined the U.S. in pressing the North to denuclearize. And Pyongyang has spent the past few years building up its own arsenal, including missiles, drones, and submarines.
4. For Beijing, Pyongyang was for many years like the embarrassing uncle who spoils Thanksgiving dinner: a part of the family, worthy of support, but volatile and hard to control. Now, emboldened by friendship with Russia, some economic improvement, and its own military advances, Kim has options.
5. Enter Xi Jinping. China’s only formal defense pact is with North Korea, which has long been dependent on China as an economic lifeline. Moscow and Beijing are cooperating more closely than ever, but Beijing is not about to let the North fall entirely into Russia’s orbit.
6. We will see what Beijing hands out during Xi’s visit. But it’s clear already that the internal dynamics of the Axis of Upheaval - including competition with each other - have yielded benefits for its poorest and most isolated member.
7. All this means that denuclearization, which was never a terribly realistic objective, is more remote than ever. The North has two major power defenders and Kim recently said that U.S. attacks on other countries - think Venezuela and Iran - vindicate its nuclear decision making. Pyongyang now rejects talks with Washington rather than the other way around.
8. North Korea has emerged stronger, emboldened, and more dangerous than when it was merely a China-dependent pariah. The U.S. will need to continue its deterrence and containment approach. But there is one wild card.
9. That is a possible return to provocative nuclear and missile tests. The North has traditionally used these to extract goodies from the U.S. and the international community. Is Pyongyang now sufficiently content with its economic and geopolitical trajectory to refrain from rocking the boat?
10. Probably not over the long run. And so another round of crisis diplomacy may be in the offing in the months ahead.
https://x.com/RHFontaine/status/2063960197735805296