Iran — means and end debate |
The US-Iran talks in Geneva culminated with no specific agreement reached between the two countries. Had it been just about the US and Iran, we might have witnessed an agreement of some sort between the two countries, but the real issue here is Israel and its uncompromising, aggressive posture against Iran. No American president can afford to ignore demands that come from Israel. For now, Iranians have agreed to draw a written proposal to address the US concerns, and the US secretary of state has also announced that he will be visiting Israel on 28 Feb 2026 to brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the US-Iran talks held in Geneva.
Apparently, the US is taking time to exhaust the diplomatic path before it resorts to any military action, but going by the recent US history with Iran, anything can happen. In June 2025, following five earlier rounds of indirect talks, a sixth round of the US-Iran nuclear negotiations was scheduled in Muscat, Oman, but the US sidestepped diplomacy and executed a surprise attack on the Iranian nuclear sites. As of now the US president has spoken about a timeline of 10 to 15 days for the Iranians to reach a deal with the US, but given the recent history of Americans pulling up surprises one can assume that diplomatic activity aside, the American hubris — overconfidence in its power and vanity — and its prestige driven politics' may once again push the US to undertake a military action against Iran.
What, however, remains an unanswered question is, why is........