Sara Masoumi wrote on Network X that there is no big agreement in the works.
Sara Masoumi wrote on Network X that there is no big agreement in the works. Sara Masoumi, a diplomacy and international affairs journalist, wrote about the transfer of nuclear negotiation policy-making to Ali Shamkhani from the beginning of 1403 on Network X.
1. From the beginning of the thirteenth government, the responsibility for policy-making in negotiations was entrusted to the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and its secretariat. Ali Bagheri was also the head of the negotiation team.
2. After changes in the Supreme National Security Council, this policy-making remained under the council’s control, which did not lead to a desirable outcome.
From the beginning of this year, the responsibility for policy-making in this case has again been given to Shamkhani, and Ali Bagheri is still the head of the negotiation team.
3. What happened in the recent negotiations in Muscat was a continuation of the usual indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington, and no significant change occurred in this round. The reports in media like Middle East Eye about a big agreement are far from the reality on the ground and were mostly aimed at creating a certain atmosphere.
4. Considering that this responsibility has been assigned to Shamkhani since the beginning of this year and is not new, is the news release an attempt to test the waters for Ali Shamkhani’s entry into the upcoming presidential race? If not, there is a possibility that the policy-maker for the negotiation case might change again in the new government.
5. However, regarding the news published with grand titles like a big agreement or significant change in the negotiation status, it should be said that before the U.S. presidential elections, one cannot expect a significant change in the status of indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington. At best, both sides can only maintain the dialogue space.
