Iran can’t win a war against the United States. But Tehran could win in negotiations.

UANI Advisory Board Member Ray Takeyh writes: "During a recent speech, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared that 'Obama, the president of the United States, asked me nineteen times for a meeting. But the government did not have the authorization to respond.' Most likely, President Barack Obama did not ask 19 times for such a meeting, but another U.S. president has made it publicly clear that he wants to have talks with Iran. Rouhani was signaling to his own hard-liners that it was time to engage President Trump. Iran cannot win a war against the United States, but it is confident it can outwit Washington at the negotiating table. The most persistent question in Iran today is not about war but whether it is time to entrap the Americans in another lengthy diplomatic process."