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turbinetree

(27,485 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:43 PM 11 hrs ago

'There's no chance': Irate Iran officials refuse to speak with top Trump negotiators

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published March 24, 2026 6:12 PM ET

Iranian officials have apparently refused to continue talks with President Donald Trump's two closest allies behind key negotiations in the Middle East, according to reports on Tuesday.

Negotiations involving Iran, Pakistan and the United States were expected to take place in Islamabad as early as this week or next; however, Trump's picks to discuss the ongoing military conflict were reportedly not wanted at the table, The Guardian reported.

Instead, another top Trump administration official was under consideration to join the talks: Vice President JD Vance.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-war-jd-vance/

People have died and more people are dying because of this BS............reminds me of this saying......

"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me".
"Fool me three times, shame on both of us"

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'There's no chance': Irate Iran officials refuse to speak with top Trump negotiators (Original Post) turbinetree 11 hrs ago OP
Kick dalton99a 11 hrs ago #1
Yeah, they kind of threw that trust stuff right down the toilet..........they are about as psychopathic turbinetree 11 hrs ago #2
Bad actors pfitz59 11 hrs ago #4
Kushner and Witkoff mislead the Iranians? vapor2 10 hrs ago #5
Iran would be smart to insist that Israel directly be party to such talks. David__77 11 hrs ago #3

dalton99a

(94,072 posts)
1. Kick
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:51 PM
11 hrs ago
Kushner and Witkoff were involved in talks with Iran prior to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes that launched on Feb. 28. Since the war started, Iranian officials have reportedly decided they do not want to engage with the two men. Iran has suggested that the two knowingly misled Iranian officials during prior negotiations and were planning the attack all along, despite the closed-door conversations.

"With the previous negotiating team, there’s no chance," one diplomatic source told The Guardian. "The Iranian side regards the request for negotiations as another round of deception for the US-Israeli regime to find out a loophole to aggravate the strikes again."

turbinetree

(27,485 posts)
2. Yeah, they kind of threw that trust stuff right down the toilet..........they are about as psychopathic
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:54 PM
11 hrs ago

as there boss..............

vapor2

(4,458 posts)
5. Kushner and Witkoff mislead the Iranians?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:27 PM
10 hrs ago

Nah, those 2 weasels would never do such a thing:

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