Elie Gerameyer

Well, first of all, that's the feedback from the talks from the Iranian side.

We have to see how the Americans spin these latest discussions.

But my interpretation is that if indeed correct, that the US and Iran for now have managed to at least agree on what the parameters of the negotiations means and what the scope of the topics are.

for further technical and political talks will be.

And this was where prior to this round of talks, there seemed to have been quite an extensive divide between the two sides of what the US wanted in these baskets of talks, and what the Iranian sides wanted.

And I think the guiding principles have likely created some overlap in their understanding of what they will be discussing next time, if there is indeed a next time.

I think that there was a moment where the US side seemed to be throwing the kitchen sink at these talks and what it could get out of it.

Everything from the nuclear issue to the regional issues to Iran's domestic turbulence in the light of the massacres that just happened in the country.

and also Iran's broader regional positioning, including its missiles.

Now, Iran's consistent position has been that it will only talk about the nuclear issue.

Now, my guess is that they have landed somewhere in between those two extremes.

And again, we'll have to see what the U.S.

output from these talks are, but it does seem from the Iranian messaging that the two sides may have reached a middle ground on what those parameters are.

I don't think at all.

I think both sides are negotiating with a buildup of military tensions.

So as you said in your introduction, the US is sending another warship to the region to bolster Trump's position of negotiating peace through strength.

Iran has also

increased its rhetoric about its resistance to US military intervention and military threat.

It has conducted new military drills in a very sensitive water passage that's critical for global shipping routes today to show that it can

from a capabilities perspective, close or at least disrupt the flow of goods in the Strait of Hormuz.