A new Iran deal must structurally prevent breakout: 50-year horizon, zero enrichment, intrusive verification, and a ban on missile-nuclear integration.
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Iran can agree to a nuclear deal, but not on missiles—they are now its only deterrent after Hezbollah’s erosion.
Germany’s Merz, predicting Iran’s collapse and endorsing Israeli strikes, has obliterated EU credibility and strategic relevance.
After the U.S. abduction of Venezuela’s president, Iran faces a stark choice: join the nuclear club for self-defense or succumb.
The U.S. has assembled its largest regional force since 2003; a surprise deal, not war, remains slightly more probable.
Maliki’s failed third-term bid marks the end of a sectarian era; Trump’s veto reaffirmed the U.S.-backed state’s limits.
U.S.-Iran talks produced a “guiding framework,” but the next round will be decisive: either technical steps toward a deal or escalation.
Iran’s “red lines” in nuclear talks are tactical, not rigid; history shows such lines shift and erode with changing power balances.
Netanyahu’s Washington visit failed to reassure an anxious Israel, facing U.S.-Iran talks and waning American appetite for confrontation.
Gulf states fear both Iranian retaliation and regime collapse; they prefer a weakened, restrained Iran to the chaos of a rapid fall.