Times of Israel reports the P5+1 is now down to one: the United States is the only team left negotiating with Iran. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
Bob Corker: “It’s really more of a bilateral negotiation between the United States and Iran.” The WSJ thinks the talks are at an impasse . . .
"President Obama also said Monday that the technical issues have been fully discussed and that it is time for Iran to make a “political” decision, implicitly suggesting that whatever offer has been made is the final one.
But for Iran’s leaders, the technical details are the issue. They appear to be preparing the Iranian people for the possibility that no agreement will be reached and, if so, that failure will be blamed on the intransigence of America and its negotiating partners, rather than any shortcoming on Iran’s part.
Mr. Khamenei said Sunday that no deal is better than a bad deal, and Mr. Zarif remarked that the negotiations’ failure would not mean “the end of the world.” Iranian President Hasan Rouhani argued Tuesday that Iran had already taken “all the necessary steps.”
"President Obama also said Monday that the technical issues have been fully discussed and that it is time for Iran to make a “political” decision, implicitly suggesting that whatever offer has been made is the final one.
But for Iran’s leaders, the technical details are the issue. They appear to be preparing the Iranian people for the possibility that no agreement will be reached and, if so, that failure will be blamed on the intransigence of America and its negotiating partners, rather than any shortcoming on Iran’s part.
Mr. Khamenei said Sunday that no deal is better than a bad deal, and Mr. Zarif remarked that the negotiations’ failure would not mean “the end of the world.” Iranian President Hasan Rouhani argued Tuesday that Iran had already taken “all the necessary steps.”
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