Axios has turned into something of a White House propaganda machine in this war but this report is more cautious. It says that the US and a group of regional mediators are waiting for a response from Iran about holding peace talks on Thursday.
The problem for Iran is that last month, it held two rounds of talks with the US and put some reportedly-strong proposals on the table only for the US and Israel to launch a surprise attack. That’s hardly the kind of lesson they’re going to forget.
Since then, leaders have said they would only engage in talks after a ceasefire. At the same time, the White House says that Iran’s remaining leaders are in fact already talking and have agreed to some of the things they’ve proposed.
What the Axios report says:
- The US has shared with Israel its 15-point plan to end the war
- Netanyahu is concerned a deal will fall well short of Israel’s objective
- Israeli leaders were skeptical Iran had actually offered the concession the US claimed
- JD Vance would be involved in talks
- Some Iranian officials, meanwhile, claim Trump is just trying to calm the markets and buy time for his military plans
- The US told the Israelis that Iran had agreed to give up its 450kg stockpile of 60%-enriched uranium
- It’s not clear if the Iranian parliamentary speaker would represent Iran
- US and Israeli officials are planning for another two to three weeks of war regardless of whether talks talk place
I don’t think this tells us much new. We know that Trump wants to make a deal but there’s no sign that Iran does, aside from Trump’s word.
Meanwhile, Trump also just hit the wires:
- Iran has no leaders left
- We’re talking to the right people, they want to make a deal
- Having tremendous success in Iran
- Iran is talking sense
- Iran has agreed they will never have a nuclear weapon
- We are roaming free over Tehran
- One shot to the right spot will destroy their large power plant
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.
