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Iran Signals Readiness for Potential U.S. Invasion After Talks Fail
The cease-fire still stands after negotiations collapsed this weekend, but state media said Iran has sent special forces to defend its southern coast.
Top US, Iranian officials have left Islamabad
By Kimberly Halkett
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan
The very top tiers of both the Iranian and US delegations have left. But they had people supporting them along the way – technical teams, subject matter experts. They don’t get to fly on Air Force Two. They fly commercial, so some of them are still departing.
There were no breakthroughs after 21 hours. This is still a situation where there is still a very clear red line on the part of the US that the Iranians could not accept. The US cannot tolerate Iran having a nuclear weapon, or the tools to build a nuclear weapon, and this is something that was not able to be negotiated in any form or fashion. So that is the first red line.
The other is that the US also said we need the Strait of Hormuz open. That is not happening right now. There is mine clearing that is taking place. The US is assisting with that, given the fact that Iran has said it is unable to clear mines because they don’t know where all of them are. So the US is in the process or embarking on doing that. But it is not open. It is not free for oil tankers to go back and forth.
The final red line is that the US does not want to see Iran have the capability of being able to fire ballistic missiles. That’s what the point of the operation Epic Fury was, to destroy those capabilities. And so these are red lines that Iran could not accept, and as a result, after 21 hours of talking, they were not able to reach an agreement.
But they’re still talking, just not at the highest levels. There are discussions that are going to be taking place back and forth.
