Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seeks to provoke Trump ahead of US midterms, analyst says
Raghida Dergham says Iran’s Revolutionary Guard aims to draw Trump into action before US midterm elections, amid ongoing but stalled negotiations.
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AIRaghida Dergham, an expert on American and international affairs, said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is seeking to provoke US President Donald Trump ahead of the congressional midterm elections.
Speaking in an interview with Al Arabiya FM, Dergham added that negotiations are ongoing but US and Iranian positions remain far apart, while President Trump wants to give Iran time until after the midterms.
She noted a clear split within Iran’s leadership: President Masoud Pezeshkian seeks to reassure the United States, but parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has vowed to defy the US administration’s demands regardless of circumstances.
Dergham added that US military readiness remains high, including threats to use the “Mother of All Bombs” against Iran’s nuclear facilities, in hopes that Tehran will understand the message and comply with American demands.
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