The US froze Iran’s assets, sanctioned their people, assassinated their generals, and threatened them for 40 years. Yet it still ended up at the negotiating table with them.
Iran did not prevail by being powerful. It prevailed by being unbreakable.
🚨 Hezbollah only exists because Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 and stayed. Hamas only exists because Israel invaded Palestine and stayed. You don't get to police how people resist.
feel sorry for iranian diplomats that they have to negotiate with people who have the emotional intelligence of toddlers in their tantrum & the diminished capacity but arrogance of nepo babies
As a Pakistani diplomat who I happened to meet today, told me, "In essence, the United States can not conduct serious diplomacy; their arrogance and maximalist approach make it extremely difficult for them to show minimum care and flexibility for the interests and concerns of other nations."
If one only paid attention to the Indian media and on line comments, it would be reasonable to conclude that India wants the Islamabad peace talks to fail, just to spite Pakistan. This shows how warped public discourse has become due to India's fixation on its neighbor.