[theturtletalks]

Didn’t Iran consider their previous US negotiations a sham? Why would they believe them this time? Feels like the US wants to approach them with these deals, reneg, and once Iran is like we don’t want anymore deals, then the US can point to them and be like, see they don’t want peace.

[ndiddy]

For one thing, the US has agreed to give Iran $12 billion of their frozen assets before negotiations start, and another $12 billion during the 60 day negotiation period. When you repeatedly bomb the other side while prior negotiations were ongoing, before having to conclude that a negotiated settlement is the only way out of this, you have to make big concessions to even get the other side to the negotiating table.

[alphabeta3r56]

They were working for that agreement. trump canceled it, not they.

[recroad]

Iran was fully abiding by the JCPOA (Obama Iran deal) until Trump pulled out in his first term. Trump hates Obama so that was entirely out of spite.

What is surprising is how co-opted the Biden admin was by Israel, that they didn't even bother to even consider reentering it despite it being a Democratic party "win" when it was first announced.

[mupuff1234]

Except Biden did try to restart the talks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_rel...

[recroad]

No, they tried to negotiate a new deal, not go back to the one they had agreed to. Why would Iran trust any new negotiations?

Iran was naive enough to trust the US twice in the last year and HAD THEIR NEGOTIATING TEAM BOMBED! I'm shocked they even trust the US to hold up to the deal they signed today. I'm guessing US concessions on frozen assets was just too much to pass up.

[alphabeta3r56]

Why would Iran take that at that point? There's no trust.

[mupuff1234]

I didn't say they would, just refuting the claim that:

> What is surprising is how co-opted the Biden admin was by Israel, that they didn't even bother to even consider reentering it