Abu Saleh, an analyst with the Arabic Desk, writes that both the US and Iran are currently avoiding all-out war and keeping strikes measured, but the diplomatic gap between them is insurmountable. He assesses that negotiations cannot continue as long as the most extreme figures in Iran's Revolutionary Guards remain in place.
Abu Saleh, an analyst associated with the Arabic Desk, published an assessment late Monday night arguing that the current US-Iran dynamic is defined by mutual restraint on the battlefield but an unbridgeable gap at the negotiating table. He describes both sides' strikes as 'measured' and states that neither Washington nor Tehran wants a full-scale war at this stage. However, he contends that the core obstacle to any diplomatic resolution is the continued presence of the most extreme figures within Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). 'The gaps between the two sides are unbridgeable, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar,' he wrote. 'It will be impossible to continue any form of negotiations as long as the most extreme in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are still alive.' The analysis comes amid an ongoing cycle of US and Iranian strikes and diplomatic signals, as previously reported by The Zioneer. Trump has alternated between military pressure and calls for talks, while Tehran has dismissed overtures. Abu Saleh's piece suggests that the current measured escalation may persist until the internal Iranian power structure shifts.
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