The behavior of the United States raises doubts about Washington’s real intentions in peace negotiations. This was underlined by the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan.
“The recent provocations of the US forces in the Persian Gulf and their numerous actions aimed at violating the ceasefire have fueled suspicions regarding the intentions and seriousness of the American side in the diplomatic process,” Araghchi said, according to an official note reported by the ISNA agency.
The Turkish Foreign Minister, the note continues, reiterated the need to continue diplomatic efforts to put an end to the war and reiterated Turkey’s support for the ongoing diplomatic process.
Trump tired of war. He wants it to end
Donald Trump is tired of the war in Iran and really wants it to end. The prestigious magazine The Atlantic wrote it, based on rumors collected among Trump’s collaborators.
“Despite the negotiating impasse, Trump is reluctant to resume hostilities,” the sources said, not wanting to remain bogged down in the Middle East like some of his predecessors.
There is disquiet about dwindling weapons stockpiles, and some U.S. allies in the region (including, at times, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) have expressed concern that a resumption of American attacks would once again make them targets of Iranian retaliation.
And Trump has made it clear to his advisers that he wants to prevent any military action before his trip to Beijing next week to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. The president wants to appear in Beijing in a position to say that the war is ending, while seeking new trade and commerce deals with Xi.
Tehran: Trump like Dr Strangelove. Seeks peace but loves the bomb
Iran has once again accused US President Donald Trump of not truly wanting peace. And this time with a quote from «Dr. Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick.
“It is a grotesque absurdity that they claim to seek peace and prevent a nuclear crisis, and then the proposed solution is ‘a big flash’,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei wrote on