Iran could have reached deal With Trump, ex-Revolutionary Guard commander says

A former commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tehran should have treated Donald Trump’s ambitions with more tact, arguing that a deal with the US president was possible.

“We should have respected Trump’s ego. In fact, it is with such a person that an agreement can be reached,” Hossein Alaei, the former head of the IRGC Navy, said.

Alaei pointed to Washington’s 2018 withdrawal from the nuclear deal, saying the US had used the accord to contain Iran’s nuclear program. He argued that current negotiations should be elevated beyond technical discussions.

“Trump must accept that this issue is not technical or legal, but political,” he said.