Dan Romero on Warpcast

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UAE Foreign Minister, Mohamed bin Zayed, met with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, today in Tehran following the recent assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the city. The UAE and Iran have a tense relationship, with UAE more allied with Israel and the United States and suspicious at best of Iran's role in the region. Nonetheless, they have recently sought a detente with Iran out of fear that if a war were to break out they would be on the frontline and the "Dubai Bubble" which is dependent on total security would burst. The UAE also issued a statement about the assassination of Haniyeh that did not condemn it but offered only a boilerplate call for stability. As I and others noted, Zayed came to the meeting dressed in large white sneakers, which was undiplomatic. Some attributed this to a nouveau riche Gulf Arab culture, others suggested it was a sign of casual disrespect to his Iranian interlocutor, while others still suggested he needed the arch support.

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As an aside: I find the syncretic Iranian political fashion fascinating (suits but no ties). Contrast to China.

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I completely agree with you, I also started wearing collarless shirts sometimes because its sort of like a hybrid dress. I remember reading an interview with an Iranian official who described it as a desire to meet modernity halfway aesthetically. This is different to China which totally ditched their old dress or India which generally maintains their traditional dress entirely for official matters. Pakistani politicians usually just wear suit and tie but Imran Khan famously also tried to create a hybrid.

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no ties post revolution. inside iran politicians still wear point collars. but diplomats thought that point collars with no ties are awkward so, in the 80s the diplomats started wearing mandarin collars. trend is supposedly started by Zarif -- foreign minister during JCPOA -- back when he was at the UN. fun fact, mandarin collars are now referred to as 'diplomat collar' in Iran. and still not very popular amongst anyone outside of diplomants

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do you know why no ties?

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