Now Trump is saying that they are in negotiations whereas the Iranians are denying that implicitly and many of us find it hard to believe that Iran would even have motivation to negotiate at this point as they're holding many cards. Trump has lost all credibility and he would lie about something like this in order to calm the markets, and create an off-ramp for himself, realizing that he's gotten in way too deep and that the doo-doo is just piling up around him. Iran sees Trump’s comments on talks as ‘winning time’ as more US troops deployBy Mohammed Vall Reporting from Tehran, Iran They were quick to respond and to deny any direct or indirect talks with the United States. The media here – national TV and other media – are talking about Trump backing down because he was afraid of the consequences of the Iranian reaction in case the Americans strike at Iran’s power plants and so on. So there is a rhetoric of the power of defiance in the Iranian national media and at the same time the leaders are talking about a totally different situation: No direct talks. No indirect talks. Even through mediators. At the same time there is a lot of diplomacy going on through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But through other departments here in the government they’re talking about no negotiations and no contact with the Americans. The Iranians, as we know, have a lot of suspicion regarding whatever comes from Washington. So the Iranians look at what comes from Washington as just manoeuvring, as winning time, they think the Americans are accumulating their forces in the region – they are sending more troops to the region and preparing themselves for more destructive strikes against Iran.
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