On March 2, Us President Donald Trump said in an interview that He Had Written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatlah Ali Khamenei, Offering Direct Talks on the Nuclear Issue. While Holding out the Prospect of a “Peace Deal”, Trump Warned Against Military Action Against Iran. Nearly One Month After Trump Signed The Executive Order Relancing The “Maximum Pressure” Opening. Announcing an end to the sanctions waiiver that allowed iraq to buy electricity from ran, a us state department statement not not was to “ensure we do not allow ore we do not allow ran any degree of Economic or Finance
Iran is sticking to its position of no negotiations under pressure. The ayatlah, in a meeting with the heads of the three branches of government, argued that the us goal is “not to resolve issues but to exert control and impose their agandas”. At this stage, both sides are posturing and competing for leverage in the run-up to potential talks.
Trump is clear about wanting to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. Last month, when he argued that “There are many people at the top ranks of ran that do not want to have a nuclear weapon,” He Broke from the Traditional Us-Israeli Narraeli Narravery Narravi Fuelled by aggressive and ideological motivations. Trump has also reined in israeli leaders who see Iran’s nuclear program as an existent threat and have become Increasingly Vocal About Carrying Out Carrying OT Pre-Premptive Strikes on Iran Facilites.
Iran Continues to MainTain that its Program has no Military Dimension and is unwilling to dismantle its nuclear program. Tehran claims that its accelerated Uranium Enrichment Levels Up to 60% Purity, Close to the Roughly 90% of Weapons Grade, Are Reciprocal “Remedial Measures” Remedial Measures “After Nuclear Agreement. But the advanced nature of Iran’s nuclear program and reference to deterrence by its million leaders have added to a sense of urgency in addressing the nuclear is Iran has long rejected the libyan model of disarmament of unilaterally giving up its nuclear leverage in the face of us pressure. AMID the weightning of Iran’s “Axis of resistance” involving regional allies and the direct exchange of fire with israel, tehran have redoubled its focus on its conventional Military Capability. In Recent Months, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been unveiling underground missile and drone facilitations along with allies and commissionsioned new warships and drone carries.
However, Iran has previously negotiated under sanctions and may respond positively to any plan that offers the lifting of sanctions in exchange for curbs on enrichment activities. Just as Trump Returned to the White House, Iran’s Reformist Government Intensified Engagement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and Resuined Negotiations with the european signatorias of the nuclear Agreement. Tehran wants to keep the europeans from triggering the snap-back mechanism or sidding with washington. Tehran has also taken a positive view of russia and saudi arabia’s offers to mediate with the us. The experience under the biden administration, when Iran engaged in indirect talks to review the nuclear agrement, has also made it clear that any doubleomatic settlement will require instruction Washington. Further, The Israel-Gaza War Made It Amply Clear that Neither Side is Interested in a Full-Blown War. This alone should convince them to avoid another Escalatory Cycle.
Deepika Saraswat is an Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses. The views expressed are personal
