An iceberg metaphor illustrates the hidden pressures beneath 2026 nuclear talks, amid tensions involving the U.S., Iran, Russia and China.
Essentially, if the linchpin is removed, the entire structure is likely to fail: a coercive world!
“Queen Ursula Trump” has a strategy for Russia: removing the driving force behind Russia’s economy, or anyone else’s, oil!
Timing: Phony negotiations with Iran serve as a semi-front toward the Eastern Hemisphere, an asset to China and Russia.
Expectation: America is buying time for Israel to prepare its move and force Russia and China out of the equation.
Concern: Americans are concerned about Turkey moving rapidly toward a coalition with the East.
Beneficiaries & Speculations Based on Recent Events: If the global economy collapses following an all-out war or a Strait of Hormuz operation, COMPANIES & friends gain.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that despite ongoing talks to end the war, “we must be clear-eyed: Russia will only come to the table with genuine intent if it is pressured to do so.”
The shipping services ban, which would need to be endorsed by EU member states, would “slash further Russia’s energy revenues and make it more difficult to find buyers for its oil,” she said.
Oil revenue is the linchpin of Russia’s economy, allowing President Vladimir Putin to pour money into the armed forces without worsening inflation for everyday people and avoiding a currency collapse.
The presence of U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the American military’s Central Command, in his dress uniform at the talks in Muscat, the Omani capital, served as a reminder that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships were now off the coast of Iran in the Arabian Sea.
Araghchi offered cautious optimism as he spoke in a live interview from Muscat on Iranian state television. He described Friday’s talks as taking place over multiple rounds and said that they were focused primarily on finding a framework for further negotiations.
“We will hold consultations with our capitals regarding the next steps, and the results will be conveyed to Oman’s foreign minister,” Araghchi said.
“The mistrust that has developed is a serious challenge facing the negotiations,” Araghchi said. “We must first address this issue, and then enter into the next level of negotiations.”
Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who oversaw multiple rounds of negotiations before Israel launched its 12-day war on Iran in June, called the talks “useful to clarify both the Iranian and American thinking and identify areas for possible progress.”
It remains unclear just what terms Iran is willing to negotiate at the talks. Tehran has maintained that these talks will only be on its nuclear program.
However, the Al Jazeera satellite news network reported that diplomats from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar offered Iran a proposal in which Tehran would halt enrichment for three years, send its highly enriched uranium out of the country and pledge “not to initiate the use of ballistic missiles.”
Russia had signaled it would take the uranium, but Iran has said ending the program or shipping out the uranium were nonstarters.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the talks needed to include all those issues.
Washington’s top arms control official accused China of conducting secret nuclear explosive tests in violation of global commitments against nuclear testing.
“Today, I can reveal that the U.S. government is aware that China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tons,” DiNanno said at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Friday, while discussing aims for a new treaty capping nuclear arms development.
Like the U.S., China is a signatory to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) of 1996. Although neither country has formally ratified it, Beijing has committed to adhering to its limits.
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