Tim Pierce

The reports and information coming out of Iran are all over the map.

For instance, there are reports that Iran's parliament speaker will be in Pakistan to negotiate as long as Vice President Vance shows up, and he seems to want a peace deal.

But Iran's foreign ministry held a press conference on Monday morning and categorically denied that Iran was confirmed to attend the talks.

On top of that, Iranian President Massoud Pazeshkin has been defiantly posting about the United States on his ex-account.

Here's a snippet from yesterday, quote, honoring commitment is the basis of meaningful dialogue.

Deep historical mistrust in Iran towards U.S.

government conduct remains, while unconstructive and contradictory signals from American officials carry a bitter message.

They seek Iran's surrender.

Iranians do not submit to force.

That message was posted after the U.S.

seizure of an Iranian tanker over the weekend.

The Iranians had claimed that the ship was a merchant vessel, but the ship, the Tuska, has been under sanctions since 2018, and there are reports that the ship was carrying dual-use equipment that could be used for a military purpose.

Yeah, it's worth noting here that the White House has not called off the talks, and it's become common in these negotiations for Iranian officials to say one thing in public and then something completely different in private to the Trump administration.

And Pakistan, for its part, has clamped down on security in Islamabad to address concerns about safety on the Iranian side.

Pakistan has flooded its capital city with security forces ahead of these expected talks.

So

While the rhetoric is all over the map, there are some pretty convincing signs that serious negotiations are set to take place.

Right.

He had several lengthy posts yesterday essentially blaming the media and the Democrats for undermining the military effort both in their own ways.

On the Democrats, he said they are trying to pressure him into accepting a bad deal with Iran by holding him to a strict six-week timeline for the conflict.