Benham Ben-Taliblu

when it came to technical things like enrichment in Iran be permitted, yes or no. But if you have to plot those divergent statements on a chart, yes, indeed, they did start very scattered, but now they are all very much correlating in one direction. There was a time when former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the only one talking about dismantlement.

when it came to technical things like enrichment in Iran be permitted, yes or no. But if you have to plot those divergent statements on a chart, yes, indeed, they did start very scattered, but now they are all very much correlating in one direction. There was a time when former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the only one talking about dismantlement.

when it came to technical things like enrichment in Iran be permitted, yes or no. But if you have to plot those divergent statements on a chart, yes, indeed, they did start very scattered, but now they are all very much correlating in one direction. There was a time when former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the only one talking about dismantlement.

and zero enrichment and the Libya model. But now you've had Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You've had the White House Press Secretary much more recently. You've had President Trump himself. You've had Secretary Rubio, the Secretary of State on multiple occasions bring this up. There is much more administrative cohesion. You've had the special envoy for crying out loud, Steve Witkoff.

and zero enrichment and the Libya model. But now you've had Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You've had the White House Press Secretary much more recently. You've had President Trump himself. You've had Secretary Rubio, the Secretary of State on multiple occasions bring this up. There is much more administrative cohesion. You've had the special envoy for crying out loud, Steve Witkoff.

and zero enrichment and the Libya model. But now you've had Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. You've had the White House Press Secretary much more recently. You've had President Trump himself. You've had Secretary Rubio, the Secretary of State on multiple occasions bring this up. There is much more administrative cohesion. You've had the special envoy for crying out loud, Steve Witkoff.

A much more cohesion with respect to statements, with respect to both technical and political end states. for Iran's nuclear program put forward publicly by the US administration.

A much more cohesion with respect to statements, with respect to both technical and political end states. for Iran's nuclear program put forward publicly by the US administration.

A much more cohesion with respect to statements, with respect to both technical and political end states. for Iran's nuclear program put forward publicly by the US administration.

At the same time, you've had the Iranians congeal and dig in and double down on the 180 degree exact opposite, which is if America is saying zero enrichment, they're saying no, they want to retain enrichment at all costs. And under this scenario, until you have an exogenous shock, until you have more pressure, the only way you would get a deal

At the same time, you've had the Iranians congeal and dig in and double down on the 180 degree exact opposite, which is if America is saying zero enrichment, they're saying no, they want to retain enrichment at all costs. And under this scenario, until you have an exogenous shock, until you have more pressure, the only way you would get a deal

At the same time, you've had the Iranians congeal and dig in and double down on the 180 degree exact opposite, which is if America is saying zero enrichment, they're saying no, they want to retain enrichment at all costs. And under this scenario, until you have an exogenous shock, until you have more pressure, the only way you would get a deal

is if you have a massive collapse between the public statements of one side, which is at that point, not for strategy, but for face saving and ideology and domestic politics, and the private, acceptable, more narrowly circumscribed red line. So, unless America says,

is if you have a massive collapse between the public statements of one side, which is at that point, not for strategy, but for face saving and ideology and domestic politics, and the private, acceptable, more narrowly circumscribed red line. So, unless America says,

is if you have a massive collapse between the public statements of one side, which is at that point, not for strategy, but for face saving and ideology and domestic politics, and the private, acceptable, more narrowly circumscribed red line. So, unless America says,

no enrichment publicly and says yes enrichment privately or unless Iran says yes enrichment privately but no enrichment public and no enrichment privately and yes enrichment publicly, you are not going to get a deal from these two sides anytime soon. That is at the heart of the matter right now.

no enrichment publicly and says yes enrichment privately or unless Iran says yes enrichment privately but no enrichment public and no enrichment privately and yes enrichment publicly, you are not going to get a deal from these two sides anytime soon. That is at the heart of the matter right now.

no enrichment publicly and says yes enrichment privately or unless Iran says yes enrichment privately but no enrichment public and no enrichment privately and yes enrichment publicly, you are not going to get a deal from these two sides anytime soon. That is at the heart of the matter right now.

I think they should be concluding pretty soon, at least, you know, late morning, early afternoon, Friday afternoon. today.

I think they should be concluding pretty soon, at least, you know, late morning, early afternoon, Friday afternoon. today.