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2026-02-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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As US and Iran set for talks, Trump warns ‘bad things’ will happen if no deal reached
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[IsraelTimes] Regime reported to fear American strike may reignite protests, imperil its rule; Israel expected to stress to Washington importance of curbs on missile program, support for proxies
Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and the United States will resume nuclear talks on Friday in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, Iranian and US officials told Rooters on Monday, and US President Donald Trump
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
warned that with US warships heading to Iran, "bad things" would probably happen if a deal could not be reached.
| Trump demanded three conditions for resumption of talks: zero enrichment of uranium in Iran, limits on Tehran’s ballistic missile program and ending its support for regional proxies. Iran’s holy man rulers saw the ballistic missile program, rather than uranium enrichment, as the bigger obstacle. |
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet in Istanbul in an effort to revive diplomacy over a long-running dispute about Iran’s nuclear program and dispel fears of a new regional war, while a regional diplomat said representatives from countries such as Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
and Egypt would also participate.
Trump reiterated Monday that a large fleet of US military vessels was sailing toward Iran.
"We have ships heading to Iran right now, big ones — the biggest and the best — and we have talks going on with Iran and we’ll see how it all works out," Trump told news hounds in the Oval Office. "If we can work something out, that would be great and if we can’t, probably bad things would happen.
"I’d like to see a deal negotiated. I don’t know that that’s going to happen," he added.
TEHRAN CONSIDERS ITS POSITION
Tensions are running high amid a US naval buildup near Iran, following a violent mostly peaceful crackdown against anti-government demonstrations last month, the deadliest domestic unrest in Iran since its 1979 revolution.
Trump, who stopped short of carrying out threats to intervene during the crackdown, has since demanded Tehran make nuclear concessions and sent a flotilla to its coast. He said last week Iran was "seriously talking," while Tehran’s top security official Ali Larijani said arrangements for negotiations were under way.
Iranian sources told Rooters last week that Trump had demanded three conditions for resumption of talks: zero enrichment of uranium in Iran, limits on Tehran’s ballistic missile program and ending its support for regional proxies.
Iran has long rejected all three demands as unacceptable infringements of its illusory sovereignty, but two Iranian officials told Rooters its holy manal rulers saw the ballistic missile program, rather than uranium enrichment, as the bigger obstacle.
The New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
cited two regional officials as saying Iran was indicating a readiness to halt or suspend its nuclear program.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran was considering "the various dimensions and aspects of the talks," adding that "time is of the essence for Iran as it wants the lifting of unjust sanctions sooner."
Turkey and other regional allies have sought de-escalation.
"Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt, as well as some other countries, will attend the Istanbul meeting. There will be bilateral, trilateral and other meetings," the regional diplomat said.
A Ottoman Turkish ruling-party official told Rooters that Tehran and Washington had agreed to re-focus on diplomacy and possible talks this week, in a potential reprieve for potential US strikes.
Witkoff was expected to visit Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military chief, two senior Israeli officials said separately on Monday.
Channel 12 reported that in officials’ meetings with Witkoff, they will underline the importance of sticking to Trump’s three demands. It said Mosssd
 ...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
chief David Barnea will also take part in the meetings.
It said Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner will join Witkoff in Istanbul for the talks with Iran.
REGIME FEARS FOR ITS FUTURE
Iran’s leadership is increasingly worried a US strike could break its grip on power by driving an already enraged public back onto the streets, following a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests, six current and former officials told Rooters.
In high-level meetings, officials told Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
that public anger over last month’s crackdown — the bloodiest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution — has reached a point where fear is no longer a deterrent, four current officials briefed on the discussions said.
The officials said Khamenei was told that many Iranians were prepared to confront security forces again and that external pressure, such as a limited US strike, could embolden them and inflict irreparable damage to the political establishment.
One of the officials told Rooters that Iran’s enemies are seeking more protests so as to bring the Islamic Theocratic Republic to an end, and "unfortunately" there would be more violence if an uprising took place.
"An attack combined with demonstrations by angry people could lead to a collapse [of the ruling system]. That is the main concern among the brass hats and that is what our enemies want," said the official, who like the other officials contacted for this story declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.
The reported remarks are significant because they suggest private misgivings inside the leadership at odds with Tehran’s defiant public stance toward the protesters and the US.
The sources declined to say how Khamenei responded. Iran’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a Rooters request for comment on this account of the meetings.
Multiple sources told Rooters last week that Trump is weighing options against Iran that include targeted strikes on security forces and leaders to inspire protesters, even as Israeli and Arab officials said air power alone would not topple the holy manal rulers.
"People are extremely angry," a former senior moderate official says, adding that a US attack could lead Iranians to rise up again. "The wall of fear has collapsed. There is no fear left."
At the same time, an Iranian official told Rooters that "diplomacy is ongoing. For talks to resume, Iran says there should not be preconditions and that it is ready to show flexibility on uranium enrichment, including handing over 400 kg of highly enriched uranium, accepting zero enrichment under a consortium arrangement as a solution."
However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
he added, for the start of talks, Tehran wanted US military assets moved away from Iran.
"Now the ball is in Trump’s court," he said.
IDF PREPARES
Amid the ongoing tensions with Iran, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Monday that the military was in a "period of improving readiness for war."
"We must continue to draw lessons from the events of October 7 [2023], strengthen the defensive posture, and be prepared for a sequence of offensive actions across all theaters of war," Zamir said during a conference with senior officers, according to remarks provided by the IDF.
"The IDF is preparing for a number of possibilities, and we must remain alert and constantly ready for decisive [victory] in a multi-front war," he added.
Following the Iranian authorities’ deadly response to anti-government protests that peaked last month, Trump threatened military action and ordered the dispatch of an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East.
Tehran, in response, has warned that if Trump orders strikes, Iran will target Israel and American military assets in the Middle East.
Netanyahu addressed these threats in a speech to the Knesset on Monday, saying Israel was "ready for every scenario."
"Whoever attacks us will face unbearable consequences," the premier warned.
During a June 2025 war, Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. It has debilitated several of the terror groups funded by Tehran that seek Israel’s destruction. Israel said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Theocratic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.
Iran has denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
it enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said Iran had recently taken steps toward weaponization.
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