Trita Parsi

's own escalation against Iran initially is against Iran.

So there's a lot of conflicting reporting about Saudi Arabia, in which it is at times pushing for this.

And then there's a reporting that says that it is not.

I think the UAE is a little bit more clear.

But I think it's stunningly clear.

If the US pulls itself out of the war, what is the UAE going to do?

The UAE is in a very, very dire situation.

It has made a huge mistake in my view, making itself a frontline state against Iran within Israel's enmity with Iran because of its signing on to the Abrams Accord.

Its own problems with Iran were far more resolvable than the problems between Israel and Iran.

But now it is beholden to Israel's enmity with Iran.

While it itself is only 50 or so kilometers away from Iran,

at its closest point to one of the Iranian islands, whereas Israel is 1,200 or whatever kilometers away from Iran.

So I think this was a huge mistake, but it should also be said there's huge differences within the GCC.

And some of the GCC countries are privately very happy to see that the UAE has been hit very hard in this war and that this has really set back the UAE's influence within the region and within the GCC itself.

Thank you so much for having me.

Appreciate it.

We don't know if anything has been agreed on within those 10 points, but rather what Trump has said is that the 10 points that the Iranians have put forward will be the basis of the negotiations.

And so it's important to understand the United States has not agreed to those points, but it has agreed to have those points to be the basis, the framework for the negotiations.

That in and of itself,

It is a win for the Iranians because the 15 points that Trump had put forward before was essentially the terms of Iran's capitulation.