One side is lying. The evidence about which side that is has been accumulating for years.
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When Trump says the U.S. has had "very good and productive" conversations with Iran, and Iran says "there are no negotiations," one of them is lying.
This is not a gray area.
This is not a matter of different perspectives or competing interpretations or the natural ambiguity of diplomatic language.
Either talks are happening or they are not.
Either progress is being made or it is not.
Iran has said, in clear language, through official channels, for the record:
There are no talks.
We have not agreed to negotiate.
No intermediary has brought us a proposal we have accepted.
Nothing the American administration has announced reflects any actual diplomatic contact.
That is a factual claim. It is either true or false.
If it is false, Iran is lying to its own people and to the world about the existence of negotiations, which would be an extraordinary diplomatic gambit with no obvious strategic benefit.
If it is true, Trump is lying to the American people and to the markets about negotiations that don't exist, which is consistent with a documented pattern of Trump making announcements that bear no relationship to underlying reality.
The press covers it as "dueling claims."
It is not dueling claims.
One side is lying.
The evidence about which side that is has been accumulating for years.
posted by Satish Sharma at
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