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The @Telegraph is reporting what the Iranian sources have been saying in different language for 48 hours... Iran won’t sit with Witkoff and Kushner because they shook hands in Geneva on February 26 and bombs fell on Tehran two days later. Backstabbing is the word Gulf sources used. You don’t need a translation.
So now the wishful thinking non-plan plan is to swap in JD Vance, possibly the one member of Trump’s inner circle who never wanted this war and fly him to Islamabad to meet Ghalibaf, the IRGC general turned parliament speaker who has been publicly calling Trump’s “productive talks” market manipulation. Iran’s position If you believe the "Gulf sources" on Vance is telling. Perhaps they'll talk to "sceptic" JD. They won’t talk to the drooling incompetents who couldn't read Iran's generous proposal in Geneva though Oman had no problem putting it into toddler English.
Trump's non plan – 15-point plan has now leaked, delivered to Tehran via Pakistan with a reported 24-hour deadline. Zero enrichment on Iranian soil. Full dismantlement of Natanz, Isfahan, Fordow. All enriched uranium leaves the country. Missile program capped and restricted. Allies defunded — Hezbollah, Houthis, all of them. Hormuz guaranteed open. And implicit recognition of Israel’s existence. Which is of course is bullshit and won't fly, what will keep flying are Iran's kinetic responses via devastating missile and drone waves. I'd expect Iran to put the 15 point "plan" and tape it to a Khorramshahr-4 for a coming kinetic response. You don't make demands when you're the one begging for a ceasefire.
Even Israel the party that this Mockingbird rag is interfering has somehow won (in spite of much of Israel looking like an apocalyptic hellscape) is panicking that Trump will take a shortcut deal that falls short of their delusional objectives nd declare victory on Truth Social. One Israeli source put it plainly: there is concern Trump will cut a deal with some points met and kick the rest down the road. Netanyahu is one of two obstacles to Trump’s exit, the other being the kinetic facts on the ground differed by Tehran.
What the Telegraph frames as diplomacy is more accurately described as a hostage situation in reverse. The US walked into this war expecting 4-5 days. It is now on day 25, Brent was at $114 before the fake peace talk rally, the 20-year bond yield just touched 5%, Goldman called it the biggest oil supply shock in history, and the lead negotiators are so toxic that Iran won’t be in the same room with them.
Trump says Iran gave him a “present” worth a “tremendous amount of money.” He won’t say what it is. He’s negotiating without his adversary acknowledging the negotiation exists and Iran is far more credible, through 5 intermediary countries again if you believe the telegraph.
So how's it really going Donald? It seems you'll keep getting Iran's response to your imaginary negotiations via kinetic hypersonic express mail. The real off ramp will be humiliation for the Epstein coalition with Iran's own version of demilitarization of the Gulf, Israel and controlled access on Iran's terms to the strait of Hormuz.