Tehran and Washington Quietly Revive Nuclear Talks
2025-07-2292 view
Media reports suggest that Iran, the United States and other Western countries are preparing to reconvene for negotiations over a new nuclear agreement, despite Tehran’s official denial of such a possibility.
The Trump administration appears to be seeking a nuclear deal that would avoid future escalation and ensure stability in the region, but within new parameters that would include rolling back Iran’s influence beyond its borders, as well as preventing it from producing a nuclear bomb.
Conversely, Tehran is likely to avoid resuming uranium enrichment except under an agreement that would subsequently prevent further attacks by Israel, which in turn could exploit the absence of an agreement between Tehran and Washington to launch such operations.
European powers, led by Britain and France, appear to be eager to conclude a new agreement to halt the confrontations in the Middle East and focus U.S. attention on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Almost two years of war, which spread from Palestine to Lebanon then Iran and Yemen, has occupied Washington and distracted it from its search for agreements with Russia—even at Ukraine’s expense—to ensure that the Kremlin stays out of any escalation in the Middle East.
Various sides are seeking to maintain the calm in various arenas, from Iran and Iraq to Lebanon, so as to pave the way for renewed negotiations that could lead to a nuclear agreement. However, it is clear that the question of Gaza is no longer part of any Iranian-American understanding; this has been entirely left to Israel.
It cannot be ruled out that Washington will resort again to hard power to pressure Iran to make further concessions. The U.S. may even turn a blind eye to new Israeli attacks aimed at pressuring Tehran.
