Tehran, Iran
CNN
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Diplomacy with Iran could “easily” begin diplomacy with Iran if President Donald Trump orders Israeli leadership to Majid Farahani, an Iranian presidency official, told CNN on Friday.
“Iran believes in civilian dialogue,” he said. “It’s not directly or indirectly important.”
“President Trump can easily stop the war with just one phone call to Israelis,” he said.
Farahani said it would not appear that Iran is stopping its nuclear enrichment — which claims that Tehran is for peaceful purposes — but added that concessions are possible.
“Maybe it’s low, but we won’t stop it,” he said.
Recently, European powers have called for a ban on Americans and Israeli abundance, strengthening their position on key issues, and France “advocates for a clear stance on zero enrichment,” said Christophe Lemoine, a spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday.
Iran says that enriched uranium is needed for peaceful purposes, while also producing large quantities of weapon-grade materials.
Trump’s decision to open a two-week negotiation window before deciding to hit Iran provided a small (if not possible) path to a peace deal between Iran and Israel.
In Geneva, consultations were held with foreign ministers of Iran, the UK, France and Germany, and with the diplomatic chiefs of the European Union, it was the first to confirm this type of face-to-face meeting since the conflict began.
A few days after an increasingly aggressive message from the Trump administration, it opened up the possibility that military action could be avoided.
Certainly, Trump’s own campaign appears to be completely divided on whether or not they pursue a direct strike against Iran.
“If America gets caught up in the war,” Farahani said. “There are so many options, and all of those options are on the table.”
Government protests on the streets of Tehran on Friday poured out rage in both Israel and the US.
Tehran’s CNN team witnessed a large crowd, and protesters waving flags of Iranians, Hezbollah and Palestinians, burning the flags of us and Israel.
“Death to Israel, death to America” - a staple food in such events – rang out, and Iranians spoke about their rage in a bombing campaign.
“Trump, you’re threatening my leader,” one woman told CNN, “Don’t you know that my country believes death is sweeter than honey?”
