Iran and US Finally Talk Face-to-Face; Avoid War for Now, Somehow
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Senior officials from the US and Iran met face-to-face in February 2026 for the first talks since June 2025.
- ā¢These talks resumed after Israeli attacks sparked a conflict that ended prior nuclear negotiations.
- ā¢Donald Trump threatened military strikes using an 'armada' in the Persian Gulf amid deadly crackdowns on Iranian protesters.
In a plot twist rivaling a daytime soap, senior US and Iranian officials sat down for face-to-face talks in February 2026, their first since Israeli airstrikes in June 2025 kicked off a tit-for-tat war that seriously interrupted a nuclear peace chat. Meanwhile, Donald Trump threatened Iran for over a month, touting an 'armada' of US warships tumbling into the Persian Gulf like they were en route to a really hostile party. This diplomatic dance emerged after Trump's lash-out threat to bomb Iran if anti-government protesters were cracked down on ā oh, by the way, thousands supposedly died during that crackdown. So, between threats of regime change theories and rejected Oman meeting moves, the actors behind this high-stakes soap opera somehow decided to test talk therapy.
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Nothing says crisis like boasting an armada that's supposed to intimidate while simultaneously agreeing to sit and chat. We're all terrible drivers of our own international road rage.
Trump threatening to bomb Iran if protesters get killed is like a fireworks factory manager warning about fire hazards while waving sparklers.
Years of tension, bomb threats, and now face-to-face talks. Diplomacy with Iran looks less like chess, more like a drunken game of Jenga.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 2/6/2026 | Author: Taz Ali (now) and Maya Yang (earlier)
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