Iran’s former foreign minister to Trump: offers a nuclear deal for lifting sanctions

Zarif states that Washington and Jerusalem started the conflict out of the illusion that they would succeed in subduing Iran and overthrowing the government in Tehran, but found themselves without a realistic exit strategy.

Despite the “victory”, Zarif warns against power intoxication. He admits that many Iranian citizens out of the country’s 90 million inhabitants are outraged by the repeated betrayals of the US, from the cancellation of the previous nuclear agreement to the fatal harm to civilians, including about 170 schoolchildren who he claims were massacred on the first day of the current war.

Crowds in the streets are calling for the continuation of fighting against the US, but Zarif claims that the continuation of the conflict will only lead to unnecessary destruction. Instead, Tehran must translate its current superiority into an unprecedented political agreement that will end 47 years of hostility and prevent the escalation into a world war.

The war, Zarif claims, also proved to the Arab countries that relying on American bases is a dangerous mistake, as it made them a reluctant frontline. He concludes his words with a clear pragmatic message: despite the deep suspicion, both sides must understand that the regime in Iran is not going anywhere. “History best remembers those who make peace,” Zarif concludes the article, leaving the ball in Trump’s court.