The focus of the Iranian-American negotiations should be the nuclear disarmament of the United States and not the control of the Iranian nuclear program

 

Once again, Iran is trapped in the wrong negotiating framework.

From a diplomatic viewpoint, it is standing on a slippery board and is continuously being downgraded in the eyes of the international public opinion. It implicitly accepts the role of the defendant and sits in the dock, when it should be embracing the role of the prosecutor.

Instead of seeking talks with the Trump administration on how to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal, it agrees to start negotiations on how the U.S. will control the Iranian nuclear program.

Τhe only outcome of such mistakes is that Iran brings war closer rather than pushing it away. It sends the wrong message to the other side.

With its misguided stance, Iran elevates the U.S.-Israel axis to the role of inspector and hegemon in the Middle East. It appears as if it is asking Trump for permission to have a nuclear program, since it places it under negotiation.

It should be striving for the opposite: the U.S. should be seeking permission from the multipolar world for the maintenance of its nuclear program. Iran should demand to send its own scientific inspectors to the U.S. to check their nuclear program.

As long as Iran does not present such demands, the U.S. will become more emboldened, cornering Iran and endangering the security of the entire multipolar world.

It goes without saying that these demands will not be accepted by the U.S. But Iranian diplomacy must present them to the international community as a matter of reciprocity. Initially, the aim is not to convince the U.S., but to sway international public opinion.

For Iran to accept inspections and constraints on its nuclear program, the U.S. must also accept inspections and constraints on its nuclear program.

Iranian diplomacy must reverse the focus of inspections, addressing the international community. It should not accept to negotiate within the framework of "West vs Iran." It should demand the negotiating framework of "Multipolar World vs the U.S."