US media: Iran must meet these US demands, otherwise war will break out

The Wall Street Journal published a series of conditions that the US proposed to Iran during the Geneva negotiations today:

First, the US requires Iran to dismantle key nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, and hand over all enriched uranium under US control.

Second, the US is only willing to provide Iran with the minimum relaxation of sanctions, and whether to further ease them remains to be discussed.

Third, the US allows the Tehran reactor to resume operations, but only for the production of medical low-enriched uranium.

Fourth, the US insists that the relevant agreement must be valid indefinitely.

Iran, on the other hand, is willing to consider suspending years of uranium enrichment and related processing activities through an Arab-Iranian joint consortium.

Notably, the US has already deployed a large-scale strike cluster in the Middle East to pressure Iran. The cost of maintaining this military deployment is extremely high.

If Iran refuses the US proposal and no agreement is reached, and if Trump does not order an attack, Washington will face both financial losses and reputational damage.

Comment: This is not a negotiation, it's an American ultimatum. The US uses the threat of war to demand Iran to destroy its core nuclear facilities, hand over all enriched uranium, and accept permanent unequal terms, while only offering minimal relief from sanctions. Essentially, it is pushing Iran into a corner of sovereignty and survival. Iran's willingness to make concessions and suspend enrichment is already the maximum restraint, but the US is making further demands and applying military pressure, leaving no space for equal negotiation. This negotiation had no intention of peace from the beginning; either Iran surrenders in humiliation or the Middle East directly heads toward conflict. The US has put itself in a dilemma where it would lose face if it doesn't fight, and get stuck in a quagmire if it does. The situation in the Middle East is at its most dangerous point.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1858198219813897/

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