Will Nuclear Talks at Rome Favor Iranians?

The Islamic Republic might believe it has the upper hand as negotiations restart in Italy between its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and President Trump’s special envoy, Steven Witkoff. “A source tells me the Islamic Republic of Iran has been pushing for Italy’s involvement in negotiations for some time now to diminish the E3’s (UK, Germany & France) active role in talks,” a United Against Nuclear Iran researcher, Kasra Aarabi, writes on X. “Another tells me Tehran has calculated E3 will activate snapback by June/July.”