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🚨 Iran Warns of “Significantly Greater Costs” if War Resumes — New From Drop Site News
A senior Iranian official with direct access to Tehran’s internal deliberations told Drop Site that if Trump resumes bombing, Iran will cut off all diplomatic channels and focus entirely on fighting — and that conditions for any future deal will be far harder.
He also told Drop Site:
🔸 “Our assessment is that Trump effectively lacks both a coherent plan and the capacity to secure even a temporary agreement. His decision-making appears to be grounded in Israeli political and security assessments, conveyed to him on a daily basis.”
🔸 “There hasn’t been any real progress. Both sides are just signaling behind the scenes that they’re open to reaching an agreement.”
🔸 “The Islamabad negotiations provided President Trump with an appropriate opportunity to exit the war. Should he nevertheless choose to continue the conflict, Iran will, for a prolonged period, suspend diplomatic channels and will seek, within the context of the conflict, to impose significantly greater costs on United States interests.”
🔸 The official also specified what Iran is offering:
➤ On enrichment: A voluntary suspension for less than five years — an offer that originated in Geneva before the war, put forward “solely to demonstrate goodwill and the necessary degree of flexibility.”
➤ On the uranium stockpile: Iran rejected transferring its highly enriched uranium to the U.S. but is offering to dilute it, with a transparent mechanism to fully verify the process.
➤ On the broader nuclear framework: Low-level enrichment for peaceful purposes, centered on medical, research, and energy applications, with full transparency.
➤ On the overall deal: Iran wants a comprehensive agreement that includes firm non-aggression guarantees from both the U.S. and Israel — a demand the official acknowledged seems nearly impossible to guarantee — plus sanctions relief and a long-term framework.
🔸 The official stressed these are essentially the same positions Iran had on the table in Geneva in February before the war started — suggesting that the war achieved nothing for Washington that wasn’t already available diplomatically.
🔸 Iran is also in parallel talks with “friendly nations, including nuclear powers, aimed at establishing a balance of power with the United States and Israel,” the official said. The reference to “nuclear powers” points toward Russia and China, both of which have opposed the U.S.-Israeli war and voted against Washington’s UN Security Council resolution on the conflict.
🔗 Full report by Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain is linked below ⬇️
