Fawaz Gerges

But I think Iran insists on a Security Council resolution.

Iran wants China to be involved in any kind of international guarantees because the Iranian leadership does not really trust President Trump.

They have no trust whatsoever in the American leadership.

So I think also the G7 Europe could also be involved in providing guarantees for Iran, because remember, Iran will have to make painful concessions.

on its nuclear program in the next 60 days if the agreement is signed.

So all in all, I think we have a very prolonged, very complex, very difficult process, and it could implode.

And as we know from Iran, Iran basically plays for time.

Iran has mastered the art of really basically dragging its feet

And they know their game very well.

The question is, will President Trump have the will and the patience to really go through this kind of difficult negotiations with Iran?

Final point, the 2015 nuclear deal between the United States and Iran took two years, almost two years.

to basically conclude, to finalise.

So you can imagine now how complex the process of negotiating an agreement on Iran's nuclear deal will be.

60 days?

Well, it could be probably, you know, quite a few months, if not 60 months.

And potentially how hostile both sides will be around the negotiations this time.

Fawaz Rajez, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us on The Clare Byrne Show today and bringing us that update.

But I can tell you that with the money I gave to help try to eradicate polio in Pakistan and India, instead of asking me whether that money should be given to these children for vaccines, I think you might want to ask their mothers.

The question really that most of us are trying to understand is that what's the end game here?

We do not really know what President Trump's end game.