"Once again the US attacked while Iran was pursuing diplomacy. Once again diplomacy does not work with the terrorist state of the US. Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, was acutely aware that Trump might jettison diplomacy, but felt it was a risk worth taking. Clearly knowing what the US had planned, and how imminent a US military attack was, Badr Albusaidi, the foreign minister of Oman, which has been mediating the talks, made an emergency dash to Washington in a desperate attempt to put the best gloss on their progress."
"A peace agreement was in reach, he said. But Albusaidi was permitted only to meet the vice-president, JD Vance, to make the case that the talks were on the brink of a breakthrough. The deal would be far better than the 2015 agreement which Trump left in 2018, he said. He claimed Iran had agreed to zero stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, the down-blending of its existing stockpile of highly enriched uranium inside Iran, and full verification access for the International Atomic Energy Agency."
Israel and the US executed a jointly planned attack on Iran while diplomatic negotiations were underway, repeating a pattern from June when a similar assault occurred days before scheduled talks. This timing severely damages prospects for future negotiations, as Iran has now experienced military strikes twice during peace efforts. Oman's foreign minister attempted emergency diplomatic intervention, meeting with US Vice President JD Vance to emphasize breakthrough progress. The proposed agreement included Iran's commitment to zero highly enriched uranium stockpiles, down-blending existing stockpiles, full IAEA verification access, and potential US weapons inspector participation. The assault appears designed to derail negotiations despite significant progress toward a deal superior to the 2015 agreement.
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