Can escalating warlike rhetoric and sometimes ludicrous threats between the US and Iran prevent negotiations?
- Maxime Perez, a former correspondent in the Middle East and defense expert, shares his analysis on LCI.
- “It’s extremely confusing,” he observes.
The US and Iran regularly exchange threats through propaganda images, sometimes exaggerated. On Sunday, May 17, Donald Trump responded by posting several AI-generated visuals on his Truth Social network. “I believe it’s the first time in forty-seven years that someone has addressed Iran in the language of its regime, with its codes,” reacted Maxime Perez on LCI, a former correspondent in the Middle East and defense specialist.
Not to mention his public statements, announcing the “destruction” or “annihilation” of the mullahs. “It’s extremely confusing, coming from the world’s leading power,” continues Maxime Perez. “It goes against the codes we, Westerners, are accustomed to.”
Meanwhile, negotiations are supposed to be taking place for several weeks between Tehran and Washington. “When you engage in this warlike escalation, it leaves little room for negotiations, which require respect. You need to open doors, send signals.”
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