What can we expect from the US-Iran nuclear talks?
Stanly Johny speaks to us about whether Iran is negotiating from a weaker position than it was earlier, and how real the American threats are regarding this deal.
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Show Notes
For the first time since 2018, the United States and Iran are holding high level negotiations.
What Iran wants is clear: an end to US sanctions, and resumption of economic engagement. But the US has been speaking in different voices, ranging from a maximalist position of complete dismantlement of the Iranian nuclear program, to a more moderate goal of capping
the weaponistion of it.
President Donald Trump has also given a two-month deadline to Iran to make a deal. If it doesn’t, he has threatened military strikes.
So, what can we realistically expect from these talks? How real are American threats to bomb Iran if it doesn’t agree to a deal in two months? And is Iran negotiating from a weaker
position than it was in, say, 2015 when the previous deal was signed?
Guest: Stanly Johny, International Affairs Editor, The Hindu
Host: G. Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu
Edited by Sharmada Venkatsubramanian
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