Trita Parsi

If they were to be blocked, it would not be by the Iranians.

It would be by the United States.

And if so, Trump would be picking a fight with the Chinese and the Chinese would not be putting pressure on Iran because Iran was not their problem.

They would be putting pressure on the United States.

Right.

And I think he walked away from that and realizing, okay, the FDD card was wrong on every point.

The Chinese were not going to come on to the U.S.

side.

And anyone who knew anything about China, and I don't pretend to be a China expert, would have known that that's simply not the way the Chinese would have operated.

Right.

And once that card also fell, then I think we got more serious about trying to get to some sort of a deal.

And the structure of this arrangement, which I have to say, I'm not a fan of.

I'm not crazy about this next 30 days.

But nevertheless, that was something that the Ivanias were pushing.

Because of this very, very intense window that it provides the Hawks to sabotage this.

And particularly mindful of the fact that a lot of what we're seeing is supposedly agreed upon, could have been agreed upon quietly without revealing the 30 days or anything like that.

And then go for more intense negotiations without offering this type of opportunity, this silver platter for the hawks to go after this and the significant vulnerability that Trump will have during this period.

No, I think this has become a new red line for the Iranians.

However, I don't think it will be a toll.

There is an Omani proposal that has gotten some traction, which is essentially a toll.