Iran's basically saying they're done with US talks. Not even pretending anymore.
Three rounds of diplomacy. Three failures. Pattern's pretty clear at this point.
Khoshcheshm (Iranian prof) put it bluntly: "US just wanted Hormuz open, nothing else."
JCPOA got shredded. Two rounds of talks last year both ended with strikes while negotiations were still live. Hard to call that paranoia when it's literally what happened.
Top Iranian negotiators now openly saying they don't trust the US at all. Whether that's fully earned or partly convenient doesn't really matter — it's the main blocker now.
Not taking sides here, just watching how this plays out. Trust is the real commodity in geopolitics, and it's completely gone on this one.
Three rounds of diplomacy. Three failures. Pattern's pretty clear at this point.
Khoshcheshm (Iranian prof) put it bluntly: "US just wanted Hormuz open, nothing else."
JCPOA got shredded. Two rounds of talks last year both ended with strikes while negotiations were still live. Hard to call that paranoia when it's literally what happened.
Top Iranian negotiators now openly saying they don't trust the US at all. Whether that's fully earned or partly convenient doesn't really matter — it's the main blocker now.
Not taking sides here, just watching how this plays out. Trust is the real commodity in geopolitics, and it's completely gone on this one.