Patrick Wintour
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first heard Apr 2026
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Yeah, I mean, distrust and trust are the two words they probably use most about negotiations.
And the decision to allow the Internet to be connected to the sort of global Internet, as it were, was driven by two things.
One was that there was so much political pressure to do so.
Second was that there is this economic pressure really pressing down so hard now on the Iranians.
and parts of the Iranian economy are dependent upon the internet.
There was a report last week which talked in terms of there being a 10% drop in GDP, a sort of massive recession going to happen this year inside Iran, and thousands more thrown out of work, and also living standards collapsing, hyperinflation, food inflation at over 100%.
Okay.
So the tensions inside Iran are palpable.
And the president in a speech yesterday, we have to be prepared for some very, very tough decisions ahead.
So I think he's aware of what they're going to have, the sacrifices they're asking of the Iranian people.
And that was one of the conflicts about if you let the Internet back on, will the debate start inside Iran about the political direction of the country?
Well, I think it makes it more likely whatever deal there is, is quite vague and it leaves, defers all some of the more complex issues for later.
Because I think if the pressure is such that they've got to reach a deal, then the way to deal with the conflicts they've got over various things, such as the Strait of Hormuz, is to fudge it really, in essence.
And then deal with them later over 60 days.
There's various timetables booked into this negotiation, including 60 days to deal with the nuclear issue.
And that's sort of known.
But I think what you try to do is really leave it as vague as possible.
And even you don't publish the memorandum.
This is The Guardian.
I think we are probably within 24 hours of an agreement.
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