#us-iran-relations

#us-iran-relations

Encouraging local insurgencies to weaken Tehran may seem like a good plan, but would it work? Fomenting ethnic or religious tensions in the enemy camp is an old military tactic, which the US itself has used many times in the Middle East.

"But if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately 'Open for Business' we will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island..."

In the wake of President Trump's warning about Iran, the rhetoric has softened, with the U.S. now engaged in negotiations, impacting various financial markets.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei stated that Pakistan was among the 'many countries' to have approached Iran with offers to mediate. He praised Islamabad for its 'good intentions' and confirmed that Iran's minister of foreign affairs has been in contact with his Pakistani counterpart.

Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey have taken the lead in efforts to broker a peace deal between the United States and Iran, serving as intermediaries in talks between Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The backchannel talks between Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, were not a secret in the sense that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry had tweeted that conversations were under way on Sunday.