High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell spoke by phone with Iran’s new foreign minister Abbas Araqchi on August 23, according to Borrell’s post on X. “Spoke to the new IR FM @aragchi about prospects for renewed engagement on all files of mutual interest, incl. the need for deescalation & restraint, halting military cooperation w/ RU against UA, & nuclear nonproliferation,” Borrell stated. He also emphasized that a critical dialogue is necessary to ease regional tensions. Iran-Russia cooperation Recently, the American Institute for the Study of War…