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Were US-Iran Talks Just Cover for Sneak Attack?
Were US-Iran Talks Just Cover for Sneak Attack?
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Western media speculate that the war on Iran was planned, with Washington's nuclear energy talks with Tehran just a ruse. 02.03.2026, Sputnik Africa
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This assault, in the middle of a second negotiation process, must torpedo the chances of the Iranian regime ever taking a US offer of talks seriously," Guardian diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour wrote. "They have been stung twice."Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.Reuters' report was echoed by Senator Mark Warner, who said he saw "no intelligence" of an imminent threat from Iran. "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States of America," Warner said in a Sunday morning appearance on CNN’s "State of the Union.""We negotiated with the United States twice in the past 12 months, and in both cases, they attacked us in the middle of negotiation," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told ABC News. "That has become a very bitter experience for us."US President Donald Trump has claimed the Iranian leadership now wants to re-start talks. "They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them," he told The Atlantic. They should have done it sooner."But Iran has rejected any further talks with the US. "We will not negotiate with the United States," Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Larijani wrote on X
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Were US-Iran Talks Just Cover for Sneak Attack?
20:33 02.03.2026 (Updated: 21:08 02.03.2026) Western media speculate that the war on Iran was planned, with Washington's nuclear energy talks with Tehran just a ruse.
This assault, in the middle of a second negotiation process, must torpedo the chances of the Iranian regime ever taking a US offer of talks seriously," Guardian diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour wrote. "They have been stung twice."
Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack US forces first, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Reuters' report was echoed by Senator Mark Warner, who said he saw "no intelligence" of an imminent threat from Iran. "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States of America," Warner said in a Sunday morning appearance on CNN’s "State of the Union."
"We negotiated with the United States twice in the past 12 months, and in both cases, they attacked us in the middle of negotiation," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told ABC News. "That has become a very bitter experience for us."
US President Donald Trump has claimed the Iranian leadership now wants to re-start talks. "They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them," he told The Atlantic. They should have done it sooner."
But Iran has rejected any further talks with the US. "We will not negotiate with the United States," Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Larijani wrote on X
