Iran has no trust in Trump as repeated broken promises undermine negotiations: analyst

Iran harbors "no trust" in the Trump administration as it has repeatedly failed to honor its commitments, said an Iranian political analyst on Saturday in Pakistan's Islamabad, where the latest talks between the United States and Iran were held.

The United States, Pakistan, and Iran held three rounds of face-to-face trilateral meetings in Islamabad from Saturday to early Sunday. Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday that negotiations concluded without an outcome, as "excessive demands" by the U.S. hindered a common framework and agreement.

Mohammad Marandi, the political analyst, elaborated on Iran's position, citing historical instances of alleged dishonesty and aggression from the U.S. side.

"We have no trust in the Trump regime. They are utterly dishonest. We've had negotiations in the past, before the 12-day war, and it was clear that as we were negotiating, they were conspiring to carry out aggression. And then before this war, we had negotiations again through mediation from Oman. And despite the fact that the Omani foreign minister said that progress was made, they again launched a war. And the United States, before these negotiations, promised to carry out certain commitments, and they haven't. So unless those commitments are carried out, we will not see progress," he said.

Noting that an end to the war should be in the American interest, Marandi also emphasized that the Iranian side is ready to continue its resistance if negotiations fail.

"We are fully prepared for war. I think the world has seen the resilience of the Iranian people and the resilience of the Axis of Resistance, and we are not at all intimidated by Washington. We have to see whether Trump is ultimately Israeli first or American first. If he's American first, he will abide by his commitments and decrease the damage that is being caused to the global economy. If he's an Israeli firster, then he will sacrifice everyone for Netanyahu," he said.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that no agreement was reached between the United States and Iran in the latest round of talks. He said the U.S. side had presented its "final and best offer" after nearly a day of continuous communication, adding that a number of substantive discussions were conducted in "good faith," but the proposal had yet to secure acceptance.

Earlier in the day, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on X that in the past 24 hours, discussions with the United States were held on various dimensions of the main negotiation topics, including the Strait of Hormuz, the nuclear issue, war reparations, lifting of sanctions, and the complete end to the war against Iran and in the region.

Baghaei said later that Iran and the United States reached an understanding on a number of issues, but views diverged on two or three important issues, and ultimately their talks did not lead to an agreement.

"It is natural that, from the beginning, we should not have expected to reach an agreement within a single session. No one had such an expectation either," Baghaei was quoted as saying by Iran's Mehr News Agency.

Iran has no trust in Trump as repeated broken promises undermine negotiations: analyst

Iran has no trust in Trump as repeated broken promises undermine negotiations: analyst

Iran has no trust in Trump as repeated broken promises undermine negotiations: analyst

Iran has no trust in Trump as repeated broken promises undermine negotiations: analyst

Israel's influence on the Trump administration outsizes the already significant sway it held over previous presidencies, contributing to miscalculations that ultimately led to strikes on Iran and putting the temporary ceasefire at risk, said a U.S. expert.

After about 40 days of deadly clashes, the United States and Iran reached a two-week ceasefire on Wednesday, with Israel supporting the truce. However, the truce remains deeply fragile, especially as Israel continues to attack Lebanon, which Iran has called a violation of the ceasefire and threatened a strong response if it continues.

However, the power of the Israel lobby in the United States, especially over the Trump Administration, may weaken its ability to rein in Israeli military action, said Anton Fedyashin, an associate professor at American University.

"The Trump administration has no one but itself to blame. Although it is acting in a very important context, which is the general, enormous influence of the Israeli government over all American administrations, except that under Trump, this influence of course is greater than ever before. Israel has a very powerful lobby in the United States. This is absolutely no secret; not only articles, but very good books have been written about this," he said in an interview with China Global Television Network.

Fedyashin said this influence, combined with poor intelligence, contributed to what he described as a misjudgment that Iran's government would easily fall.

"The problem is that while previous presidents have managed to somehow resist that lobby, Donald Trump seems to have completely fallen for Benjamin Netanyahu's case to convince him that the attack on Iran will be lightning fast, will achieve results very quickly. And this becomes a very important question about the quality of Mossad information, because along with Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House meeting, which happened on February 11, at least according to New York Times, was the head of the Israeli Mossad, and both Netanyahu and the head of Mossad were convincing Trump that Iran's government is on its last legs, that all it needs is a slight push, and that was a catastrophic misjudgment," he said.

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