What are Iran’s ‘nine principles’ of deal-making in US-Iran nuclear talks? - analysis

Jerusalem Post - 21/04
The principles are interesting because Iran is laying them openly on the table. They also seem to represent a view closer to Khamenei.

Iran’s Ali Shamkhani, the political advisor to the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has posted about the nine principles that are guiding Iran’s policy on a possible deal with the US.

The principles are interesting because Iran is laying them openly on the table. They also seem to represent a view closer to Khamenei. Khamenei has been more suspicious of a deal with the US. He has said Iran shouldn’t trust the US again after the US walked away from the 2015 deal.

What are the principles? They include nine concepts that are interesting to explore.

Principle one: Seriousness

This is part of Iran’s desire for the talks to be serious an...
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