Parham Ghobadi
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They are seeking regime change at the beginning of the war, but that did not materialise.
It seems so because there's no other way because there are so many sticking points in these negotiations.
that if they want to focus on a broader consensus and a broader deal, it will probably take way, way longer.
And what matters the most is that to be able to open the Strait of Hormuz, because so many countries are being impacted, including Iran itself.
Yes, they're enduring that.
However, many believe that this cannot go on forever.
Iran cannot be blocked forever.
you know, sea block because they have to, you know, it's detrimental for their oil wells and their oil infrastructures and their pipelines.
They need to be able to extract that oil and to put it on the ships and export it.
And economically, it's under severe pressure as well.
So I think it appears that they want to first, you know, find a kind of mutual understanding, a memorandum of understanding, and then...
Based on that, go for longer negotiations.
That includes probably Iranian nuclear materials and nuclear activities.
And also we'll see if the United States will accept Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz because Iran is really adamant to keep that.
And the other thing is that Donald Trump in the past 48 hours, I think, he changed his tone a little bit regarding Iranian negotiations.
enriched nuclear material that are over 400 kilograms of them with 60% purity.
He said that they should be either transferred to the United States, but he also said there's a possibility of transferring it to a third country that has a nuclear infrastructure to dismantle it over there.
So that shows that there is light at the end of the tunnel regarding that enriched nuclear material.
Can I add one point regarding this Abraham Accord?
Because I think posts like that by Donald Trump, if he wants to reach a deal with the Iranians, can be counterproductive.