'A step forward for negotiations'

By Mohammad Javad Mozaffar

Finally, in his speech on Tuesday, January 29, the Supreme Leader implicitly referred to the negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the United States. With these interpretations that:

"Behind the smiles of diplomacy, we should open our eyes and be mindful of who we are dealing with, who we are talking to, who are we dealing with? Let us know this..."

Therefore, in a way, the way has been opened for negotiations between Iran and the United States, which is undoubtedly in the interest of the Iranian king and people. However, in this way, a few basic points should be noted:

1. It is most likely that in the current situation, and in light of the events of the past fifteen months in the region and Iran's position after those events, as well as the other side's awareness of the country's internal problems and bottlenecks, it will try to put maximum demands from Iran on the negotiating table.

2. Iran's representatives should accept that in the course of negotiations with a world power, they will not be able to get concessions only, but the scene is a scene of give-and-take, and nothing else.

3. It is true that one should not be humiliated in negotiations. But I emphasize that they must not do anything to bring the negotiations to a dead end. For years, Iran's diplomacy has been a waste of opportunities, and as a result, what has been lost has been the territorial talents and the Iranian people.

4. In the current situation, Iran must seriously move beyond the strategy of all-out hostility with the countries that are effective in the global equations as well as the influential countries in the region, and adopt the approach and strategy of entering the international community.

5. Government officials and their representatives in the negotiations should not pay attention to the creation of space and the paving of the way for the sanctioned businessmen and the army of petrified people affiliated with them.
They should do their best to get the country out of isolation and break various sanctions, which is undoubtedly in the best interest of the country and the people.

6. The government of Dr. Pezeshkian should not be under the illusion that fortunately, days, nights, weeks, months, etc. It passes and becomes the wheel of the country and the people continue their lives. Many times in my writings, I have tried to show that most of the turning of the wheel of societies is the product of human self-preservation and self-love, which adapts itself to the circumstances.