The US Plays Hardball in Iran Talks: But Will It Work? The latest round of negotiations between the United States and Iran has stalled, with Washington rejecting Tehran's proposed agenda for ending the war.
Beneath the surface, this impasse is a deliberate strategy by the US to reassert its influence in the region. At the heart of the US proposal are five conditions that will likely be seen as non negotiable by Tehran.
The most contentious condition is the transfer of Iran's highly enriched uranium to the US.