🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran tried to make peace with the U.S over two decades ago, and Washington left them on read.
Tehran University professor Foad Izadi explains what that silence produced, and what comes next.
"What would you do? You would use all the leverage that you have to make sure that Trump doesn't get a success."
Iran offered a huge deal in 2003, put everything on the table, and got bombed anyway. You can be sure the new Ayatollah isn't making that offer again.
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01:33 - Iran’s position on controlling the Strait of Hormuz
02:26 - Iran’s wartime losses and use of leverage
05:51 - Reparations, sanctions, and international popularity
07:24 - Iran’s view of international law after the war
08:52 - UAE ties with Israel and Iran’s justification for strikes
10:59 - Israeli companies in the UAE before the war
11:45 - Why Iran used mass missile and drone attacks
14:47 - Why Iran continues targeting UAE-linked assets
15:46 - Iran’s ranking of regional countries involved in the war
17:14 - Alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz
19:49 - Blockade, ceasefire, and diplomacy
24:09 - Iran’s postwar ideology and foreign policy
27:46 - Reformists, the 2015 nuclear deal, and its aftermath
32:30 - Iran’s past “grand bargain” offer to the U.S.
42:41 - Prediction that postwar Iran will become more aggressive
🇺🇸🇮🇷 A senior Trump admin official says Iran is "really fearful" as the U.S. blockade tightens
"We have all the ingredients of a deal, but it's not all there yet"
Despite the blockade, the collapsed talks, the rhetoric, a deal can still happen
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Leavitt: "Iran could no longer tolerate being bombed or take the gamble of what might follow Trump's 8 p.m. deadline."
Well, Iran's saying the complete opposite while striking the Gulf, closing the Strait, and threatening to strike Israel