April 11, 2025
Iranian negotiators are probably seeking a limited agreement with the United States that can be finalized quickly, according to Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian ambassador who served on the country’s nuclear negotiating team.
“If Trump asks for dismantlement” of Iran’s entire nuclear program, “there is no chance. It’s deal killer,” he said. Netanyahu’s suggestion of a “Libya-style deal,” in which the late Moammar Gaddafi voluntarily gave up a nascent nuclear weapons program in 2003 after the United States threatened to destroy it, he and others suggested, was far beyond the bounds of what Iran would accept.
But if U.S. negotiators are only looking to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, impose greater transparency and set limits on enrichment, the two sides could agree to further talks aimed at reaching a broad “understanding on principles,” said Mousavian, similar to the first phase of the negotiations leading up to the 2015 nuclear deal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/11/us-iran-nuclear-talks-witkoff-trump/
