EDITORIAL: False G7 Hopes on Iran – What’s Next?
EDITORIAL: False G7 Hopes on Iran – What’s Next? Written by Staff Writer on 02 September 2019 . Following the G7 summit in France, much hope was expressed in the media about the possibility of new U.S.-Iran negotiations, and that the regime’s president Hassan Rouhani may meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming weeks. But recent events have shown that this seems to be a carefully crafted plan by Iran's regime to deceive the West and escape strong condemnation by the G7 -- which it succeeded in -- and nothing more. Last Monday, August 26, Rouhani made remarks to the effect that he is willing to negotiate with and even meet anyone if that could help his “country’s development and resolve the problems of the people.” Those words were used during the Trump-Macron press conference three times as the possibility for such a meeting. Once the G7 was over with no strong words against the regime, Rouhani went back to the regime’s default posi...