President Donald Trump is presenting the Iran negotiations as proof that U.S. and Israeli military pressure worked. In contrast, Iran is leveraging its survival of that military campaign, claiming it entered negotiations on its own terms. Iran’s contention is the more accurate one.
The truth? The Trump administration used force against Iran, raised expectations of a decisive result, and then moved into negotiations before Tehran had made any real concessions.
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