But Netanyahu’s hardlined stance towards Iran could make reaching a peace agreement more difficult, especially as Iran wants a guarantee that it will not be attacked again once a deal is signed.
And Trump faces the challenge of negotiating a deal with Iran that does not make the U.S. appear to be a loser in the war, analysts tell TIME, while Iran has signaled that it will not acquiesce to U.S. demands so easily.
Iran will “never bow down to the enemy,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian posted on X, adding that “if talk of dialogue or negotiation arises, it does not mean surrender or retreat.”
“For Washington, the priority is stabilization. Calmer oil and gas markets would reduce economic pressure and ease the political burden on President Trump, especially given his promise to avoid another major war,” Arman Mahmoudian, a research fellow with University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute and a native of Iran, tells TIME.
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