Iran: Trump dissatisfied with talks but moving forward with negotiations

Donald Trump he is not happy with the progress of thenegotiations with Iranbut still leave the window opendialoguewithout excluding, as in his style, the hypothesis of amilitary intervention. The American president stated that he is not satisfied with the fact that Tehran does not want to grant what Washington considers indispensable, namely the magic words “no nuclear weapons“, adding that he had not made a “final decision” on possible attacks and that further discussions are expected in the next few hours. “I want aagreement. I want to avoid onemilitary solutionbut sometimes you have to do it,” he told reporters before boarding Marine One.

Around these words, signals accumulate that fuel the fear of aimminent escalation. Diverse airlinesincluding Turkish Airlines and Iranian carriers, havecanceled flightsof this night between Istanbul and Tehran as well as a connection to Tabriz citing thethreats of US attacks. On the diplomatic level, the Foreign Minister of Oman –Mediator country– met with the American vice president, JD Vance, to update him on the developments and reiterated that “thepeace is at hand“.

In the meantime, however, numerousVillagesthey are inviting their owncitizens to leave the region o a rinviare non-essential travel. Italy reiterated its appeal to its compatriots present inIranto leave the country and confirmed the return ofnon-essential staff of the embassy in Tehranmaintaining alert for the entire region and advising against travel even inIraq e Lebanon. Germany, for its part, has strongly advised against ittrips to Israel e a Gerusalemme Eastfearing that aattack against Irancan trigger aregional conflagration.

Military strengthening and diplomatic alert

Gli United Statesthey authorized the departure ofnon-essential personnelof their embassy in Jerusalem, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected on MondayIsraelfor conversations centered right onIranian issue. Mission occurs in the context of the largerAmerican military buildup in Middle Eastof the last decades, with the sending oftwo aircraft carriersincluding the USS Gerald Ford, off the coast of Israel. Also theUnited Kingdomhe moved part of his owndiplomatic personnelfrom Tel Aviv and withdrawn staff from Iran, while theChinacalled on its citizens to leave the country “as soon as possible”.

Fragile negotiations and adamant demands

On the front ofnegotiationsi indirect interviewsmediated byOmanare considered the lastpossibility to avoid warbut they remain fragile. Washington insists on onetotal renunciation of uranium enrichment e su limiti al Iranian ballistic programrequests rejected byTeheranwho considers themred lines. L’International Atomic Energy Agencyconvened new technical discussions in Vienna and asked Iran to cooperate with “the maximurgency“, while the fate of thestockpiles of highly enriched uranium.

Economic impact and military shadow

The deterioration of the climate is also reflected in themarketscon il oil pricerising sharply and theStocks fallingfor fear of aconflict capace di destabilize the entire Middle East. Tra ultimatum, evacuations, flight cancellations e military deploymentsla crisisappears to have entered a phase in which thediplomacycontinues to move, but under the increasingly concrete shadow ofmilitary option.