These statements were supposed to be delivered by the Iranian foreign minister as part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank’s conference.
Trump’s strategy toward Iran rests on three key pillars: withdrawing from the nuclear deal and reimposing crippling economic sanctions, applying military pressure with explicit threats of force.
The principles are interesting because Iran is laying them openly on the table. They also seem to represent a view closer to Khamenei.
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Iran’s government cannot afford to wait for a deal with Washington, Iran’s government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said.
“Iran has the pieces, and they could eventually put them together one day,” Grossi told the French newspaper Le Monde.
This week, Calev and Elliot discuss whether Trump is going to force an Iran deal on Israel that is only cosmetically different from the Obama version and much more.
An agreement with Iran will not be worth the paper it is written on, and a quick win for US foreign policy could spell long-term doom for the world.
The president has long taken a hardline stance on Iran, but with Tehran testing the limits of Western resolve, he has an opening to reset the equation.
This comes after Iranian representatives told Iraqi officials that he second round of nuclear talks with the US would be held soon in Rome.