Iran using familiar tactics in talks - Dispatch
The Trump administration risks falling into a familiar pattern of concessions and extended negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, potentially repeating the missteps of the Obama and Biden administrations, according to an opinion piece published by Dispatch.
Despite President Trump's tough rhetoric and military threats, his Iran strategy risks repeating past administrations' mistakes of softening demands, wrote Jonathan Ruhe, foreign policy director at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
Drawing parallels to the Obama era, Ruhe said that initial strong demands for Iran to dismantle its nuclear program and to accept intrusive inspections eventually gave way during the negotiations that led to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The author added that Iran is exploiting the US willingness to prioritize diplomacy, using it as leverage to extract concessions and undermine American military threats.
Ruhe argues that the Trump team appears to be falling into the same trap, with Iran employing familiar tactics of seeking drawn-out indirect talks and interim arrangements while insisting on US guarantees and rejecting demands that contravene Khamenei's red lines.
