Parham Gabbadi
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was furious today. He called the United States a bully, a country that is bullying Iran and is trying to come to a deal with Iran through intimidation. He did not lash out at the United States. He also targeted the European countries as well, the three European countries, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
The signatories of Iran nuclear deal called them intimidators. said that these countries are shameless because they're asking Iran to stick to its nuclear commitments. So he was extremely angry. But this is let's remember that this is not the first time that Donald Trump has sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei back in 2019 during his first term after Iran.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
giving up the nuclear deal. He also sent a letter to Khamenei through Shinzo Abe, late Japanese prime minister. And at that time, Khamenei gave the same response. He said that it was not worthy. His letter is not worthy a response. And in front of the cameras, he did not even agree to accept the letter.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
So a lot of things have changed since President Trump's first term, because last time the tension was not this high between Iran and Israel. So Iran and Israel have targeted each other, directly attacked each other, twice at least, in the past few months. So that has changed.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
The other thing that has changed is that in the past few years, Iran has seen several rounds of nationwide protests, both because of social grievances and economic grievances. And those grievances are still there today. All this pressure is going to be even more if Donald Trump is going to be able to reduce Iranian population. oil export to zero.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
So there is a risk for Iranian supreme leader to face a nationwide protest. Plus, apart from that, this time it's real. President Trump has said that he probably does not want to get involved, get the United States involved in another war. in the Middle East, but he has previously said that he's going to give the green light to Israelis to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
And from the reports, we know that Iran's anti-air defence systems, which protect Iran's nuclear facilities, have been damaged last time Israel attacked Iran.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
The rhetorics show that they rebuff the threat. They say that they are not really that concerned. They have already resisted in the past, so they are going to resist more. However, this time, the stakes are really high for Iran because Israel has already launched an attack against Iran in the past. So they've shown that they're capable of doing that.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
And if that happens again, that can risk a further escalation. If Iran responds, that can spiral out of control and turn out to be a full-blown war.