Iran, Like Hamas, Has No Intention of Fulfilling Trump's Peace Demands
by Con Coughlin
June 23, 2026 at 5:00 am
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Iran's "more rational" and "far less radicalized " chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who signed the MOU electronically, afterwards appeared on television where he vowed to avenge the supreme leader's death with the "liberation of Jerusalem."
While the continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon was given as one explanation for the cancellation, it is now clear that senior members of the Trump administration have raised serious concerns about whether Iran has any genuine interest in negotiating a final peace deal.
Concerns that the Iranian regime, in particular, is not serious about negotiating an end to its nuclear activities intensified following reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Trump and other senior officials, prior to the signing of the memorandum, that evidence gathered by US intelligence agencies raised serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concessions the White House is seeking in any final deal.
As with Iran's approach to peace negotiations with the Trump administration on its nuclear programme, Hamas is trying to give the impression in public that it is being cooperative while behind the scenes it is making no effort to comply with the disarmament demands.
Who is supposed to stop them after Trump is no longer president? The Gulf Arab states have become used to importing labor for jobs they prefer not to do; being shot at might be added to that list.
Whether the Trump administration can achieve what Trump would like remains to be seen...
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22647/iran-not-fulfilling-trump-peace-demands
