Make or break talks? Iran looks to sway Trump and avoid US strikes

What would it take for Donald Trump to call off air strikes against an Iran that’s told Omani mediators that it sees a pathway to compromise over its nuclear program? We’ll delve into where the veteran Tehran’s team of veteran negotiators can entice US envoy Steve Witkoff whose red lines sometimes include the Islamic Republic’s missile program, sometimes less so. Neither side’s drawing much attention to the actual situation inside Iran where after the thousands killed in New Year’s protests, fresh dissent’s erupted as Amnesty International warns of looming executions of tortured demonstrators, some as young as 17.Watching from the sidelines are France, Germany, the UK and the other signatories of the 2015 UN agreement that Trump ripped up in 2015. Where to put the accent? And still that question, what’s this showdown ultimately about?

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