Public sentiment is predominantly negative regarding the US-Iran nuclear negotiations, marked by skepticism about Iran's intentions and frustration with the effectiveness of diplomatic efforts. Many express a lack of trust in Iran, suspecting that it is stalling to advance its nuclear weapons program, while calls for stronger actions are prevalent. There is also criticism of the US's past actions, particularly the withdrawal from the JCPOA under Trump, which many believe destabilized the situation. The discourse reveals concerns about regional stability and a potential arms race in the Middle East. Although some support Iran's right to nuclear enrichment, the overall sentiment leans towards apprehension about Iran's nuclear ambitions amidst perceived double standards in international nuclear policies.

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The EU message should remain, ‘Stop funding Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthi  terrorists.’

Cool-Economics6261

Note that it was USA (during the previous Donald's term) who broke the nuclear deal with Iran.

And that both Russia and USA broke the nuclear deal with Ukraine.

It is completely understandable that Iran is not really trusting USA and the nuclear deals that often cost less that the paper used to print them.

VibrantGypsyDildo

Yeah, they probably worried Mr.Tangerine crossed out "Nobel Peace Prize" from his bucketlist and replaced it with "War time Presidency".

Guess who's the lucky first candidate Iran...

...and lemme guess who isn't picking up the phone these last few days. Wanna talk about that defense agreement with Putin huh?

G'luck, oh ya could try paging Hezbollah for help... (/s too soon?)

WorldSuspicious9171

Iran is in the place it is becose of Trump. Europ had good buisness with Iran before Trump. Europ was forced to cut ties with Iran and put sanctions on it.

I cannot blame Iran for it strategy, in a way we put it there. If we want to make Iran more independent from Russia is to go back to biussnes with it. 

Besides at the mement Iran is the only country in the region that could try to oppose Israel, that became an extream evil country.

nimdull

I can’t believe we have this idiot as president again. The world is less safe again.

franchisedfeelings

Neither-Complaint757

Stop being a Russian bitch and we will gladly talk. A lot of oil to be bought from them and a lot of money to be invested into them, win-win.

Maxmilian_

This is either going to be a worse version of the 2015 deal Obama negotiated but Trump torn up, or Iran is stalling for time to build more nukes.

D-MAN-FLORIDA

Yes, please. We should talk more. More diplomacy, more honesty, more peace efforts, more proof of what's happening.

I'm so done with living in an Americanized bubble.

Calm-Bell-3188

EU answer:

&gt; Not interested, anyways if you want a reliable LED sign ...

Generic_Person_3833

Not recommending.

Unless you want Saudi nukes and Turkish nukes too

Visible-Rub7937

The very cool, very effective outcomes of Republican-led fopo.

At least Iran won't have a fully operational nuclear triad, that'd be extremely bad news. Also, maintaining a nuclear stockpile is expensive, so maybe they'll do the cost/benefit and realize it's not worth it.

Then again, maybe they just want to YOLO nuke some of their neighbors.

Legit_Spaghetti

So, it seems pretty clear now that Saudi Arabia's the next nation to become nuclear, assuming that Iran somehow doesn't count. They've said as such in the past if Iran were to acquire functioning nukes, and with enough American/Chinese funding could probably get one in a few years. Pakistan and Russia both have them, and they're Iran's closest other nations. Maybe we could see a sudden shift in Israel's policy of pretending they don't have WMDs, especially if Iran starts to play nuclear chicken with Israel.

Walpole2019

So glad Trump was tough on Iran! Seems to have worked out very well

kylep23_

AnythingMachine

Do you think Israel might bomb Iran to prevent them from acquiring a nuke? Israel has a policy of preemptive strikes and they've bombed their neighbors before in preemptive strikes. They also attacked Iran's nuclear program with malware. Hell, Saudi Arabia would probably cover for Israel to do it.

theosamabahama

Iran becoming nuclear is inevitable. It’s a golden ticket to ensuring sovereignty. No one will invade you if you have nukes. Any reasonably large country can build a nuke if they wanted.

You either need some sort of deal that makes Iran feel like their sovereignty is secure or figure out how to handle a nuclear Iran. The former is impossible because the US government vacillates in foreign policy based on which party is in office.

Handling a nuclear Iran would entail a lot of deconfliction and deescalation. It’s far too risky to be bombing a country that has nuclear weapons.

[deleted]

Let's get to the goal.

An unauthorized uranium
enrichment plant.

It was built in violation ﻿of numerous NATO agreements .

The uranium produced there...

... poses a direct threat to ﻿our allies in the region .

The Pentagon has given us the task of forming an assault team to ﻿destroy it .

before it is ﻿fully operational .

The facility is located in an underground bunker ﻿behind this mountain .

GPS does not work in the valley and is surrounded by
heat-seeking missiles.

There are also a limited number of 5th generation
fighters in the vicinity.

There are attack helicopters
and vintage aircraft for support purposes.

There are even a few old F-14s.

The long-term effects of the Trump administration have been stacking up lately.

trev612

The war in Ukraine is the death of nuclear deproliferation. It will be decades before any other countries even consider ridding themselves of their nuclear arsenals. Throw in the general collapse of globalization that’s going forward and more and more nations will view it as the only way to guarantee their borders. 

Iran is just going to be the first of many.

InBabylonTheyWept

I for one would like to congratulate The Donald and the BiBi for making this possible.

Pearberr

I've 100% seen idiots even here arguing against the JCPOA, insisting that it could never work, despite the IAEA scientists investigating Iranian nuclear sites constantly, and the heavy water limitations that had been almost entirely followed up until 2018. I wonder, where's that better deal the former President kept promising? And how could we expect Iran to work with us when we weren't willing to work with them for more than a couple of years?

I guess that's just how it is with conservative governance. Mankind consolidates into tribes and nations, which transgress each other more and more until war becomes inevitable. We will all look the same in the fires of Hell.

OffreingsForThee

im sure they will use these weapons rationally, and not use it to cause international tension every time it wants to be in the spotlight.

sweeny5000

Reading the article, it's not clear that he actually said that, and his views are possibly being misrepresented. 
       
It seems more likely that they could have the fissile material within weeks, but as they have not restarted their weaponization program, building a bomb would take considerably longer.

datums

Thanks Donald Trump for the incredible stupid decision to break the JCPOA

PresidentSpanky

So all that mossad assassinations on nuclear scientists and blowing up power plants was for nothing?

Bomb them!

Kat-is-sorry

Ah liberal and progressive Iran! We can be assured they are solely developing nuclear for them environmental reasons. Definitely no ulterior motives or alternative, less politically volatile energy sources that could of been chosen.

senicluxus

US policy towards Iran and NK has to change, otherwise war with them is inevitable.

ElonIsMyDaddy420

If Israel can have nukes then I don't understand the outrage with regards to Iran having nukes.

diomed22

Reminder that Iran unambiguously [has not had a nuclear weapons program since 2009](https://www.voanews.com/a/iaea-no-credible-indications-of-iran-nuclear-weapons-activity-after-2009/4372080.html).

The JPCOA was a good thing because it allowed us to maintain strict monitoring of that fact, and imposed restrictions that increased the breakout time **if** Iran decided to develop nuclear weapons. But it is very, **very** important to remember that they have not been developing nuclear weapons.

It's utterly baffling to me how little awareness there is of the basic reality of the situation.

Particularly given that there is no organization saying otherwise. The IAEA, western governments, and all publicly available intelligence all point to the same conclusion: that the Iranian nuclear weapons program largely ended in 2003, and all research activity by 2009. There is clear consensus on the issue. And yet it seems the general public understanding is a vague belief that Iran is working on nuclear weapons.

With the breakdown of surveillance and monitoring, our ability to guarantee that status quo is limited, but it has always been Iran's decision not to pursue nukes that has prevented it. Unfortunately the West has not proven itself a good-faith partner.

The public belief in a nonexistent Iranian nuke program is absolutely part of this.

AvailableUsername100

Blueaye

Time for a policy change. This is the results of decades of policy failings. Particularly the Republicans who killed the Iran deal with no plan for replacing it.

kkdogs19

smokey9886

Thanks, Trump. 

Funny how everything I can say that to is a bad thing.

They’ll give him a Big Mac, two tickets to a beheading, and a yacht wrapped with his face, and he’ll give them our entire nuclear arsenal.

restore_democracy

Will it be like the one he tore up previously? No. It will be worse.

Sojum

WE FUCKING HAD ONE ALREADY. GOD I HATE HIM.

Evil_Eukaryote

Reuters tomorrow: "Iran says 'huh?' to suggestion of Trump deal"

patatjepindapedis

Does it include a Trump Tehran Resort and Golf Club?

bigredthesnorer

BramGaunt

Considering Iran is happy to sign it, I can only imagine what kind of mismanagement it must be

Body_Languagee

Didn't we have one and dementia don tore it up?

Pockydo

There's close deals and concepts of plans everywhere. I am asking: what does the US population gain from his fraud presidency?

dnight22

Frequent_Optimist

That’s funny, I thought we had one… oh wait, President Assmouth tore it up because Obama, or some shit.

IShotJR4

Yeah, juste like he was close to a deal with Putin.

Rebellus

Elective_Mentality

He is just outsourcing the building of warheads

TheLatimerLout

PigFarmer1

This guy needs to STFU and actually deliver on any of the deals he keeps bragging about.

briareus08

We’re close to a lot of things with a lot of countries. China, Iran, India, Mattel. We’re on the verge of greatness again!

fellow-fellow

FixingGood_

America will sell Iran nukes. It’s a great deal why should Russia and China make all the money?

mekanub

Didn't the US already have a "nuclear deal" with Iran? Didn't Trump himself renege on it because it wasn't his deal? Yeah... Why would Iran take this flabby, stupid asshole seriously? Why would ANYONE take this asshole seriously?

Besides, Iran should absolutely have nukes. It may be the only thing that keeps Israel from destroying the whole region.

Effective-Ebb-2805

Our proposal should be clear, "Abandon your nuclear enrichment program or we'll bomb you into the stone age."

The world cannot have the largest terrorist country go nuclear.

social_dinosaur

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Peria

It's an utter waste to negotiate with Iran's irrational regime. They only understand starvation or defeat.

triggernaut

Iran’s Supreme Leader has absolutely nothing to lose.  Why wouldn't he continue being an asshole? He acts as if his 72 virgins are in the bag and so nothing that happens makes any difference to him.

Device_whisperer

Trump is just wasting time with this bullshit. It could have worked if US had been universally seen as some batshit crazy domination machine that can annihilate anybody.  
But 4 months have passed, and I don't see any efforts to build drones by millions, or train the military to use them efficiently.  
I mean, just look at Ukraine. Recon drones see everything up to 30 miles, FPVs are capable of creating 12 miles wide grey zones in which nothing survives, bomber drones along with aviation bombs, and artillery take apart trenches.  
US should stop relying on only multi-million rockets to project its power. A good on-ground drone offensive would be a lot of more efficient for both eliminating the enemy, and showing the world some real muscles to scare off Iran and other shithole countries

SilliusApeus

Don’t call him a supreme leader.


Call him what he is. A terrorist leader in charge of a terrorist Nation.

et_hornet

Icu611

Everything in life really is a balancing act. Joe Biden literally step the Dems on a path to oblivion but the world was given a spark of war. 

So even with Trump in office stronger then probably if he served consecutive terms. The flames of war are already kindled. 

Ukraine can get symbolic victory after symbolic victory. There still not getting that land back.

China is still growing their miltary and will probably make an attempt on Taiwan. (Supposedly 2027)

And Iran calling the bluff on their nuclear program. 

We are down right fucked. And people are cheering as if running a bombing campaign is easy or a guarantee success. And won't cause other bad actors to move early.

red-african-swallow

H3nchman_24

Short term solution is to neutralize the centrifuges.

Long term solution is regime change.

C4Dave

Trump's been known to have a certain amount of restraint in these types of situations. But then, he did bomb ISIS to oblivion so, I genuinely have no idea what's going to happen here. Optimistically, the talks will enter a round 2 soon.

Master-Mission-2954

Israel will take out their program and everyone will lose their minds over it.

Polerize2

The following is a copy of the original post to record the post as it was originally written.

In an interview with Fox Business recorded on March 6, Trump said, "There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal" to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

"I've written them a letter saying, 'I hope you're going to negotiate because if we have to go in militarily, it's going to be a terrible thing,'" Trump said.

"I would rather negotiate a deal. I'm not sure that everybody agrees with me, but we can make a deal that would be just as good as if you won militarily," Trump added.

"But the time is happening now. The time is coming up. Something's going to happen one way or the other."

Snippets of the interview were aired on March 7, but the full sit-down will be broadcast on March 9, Fox said.

In separate comments to reporters, Trump said: "We have a situation with Iran that, something's going to happen very soon. Very, very soon."

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So the party of peace has now threatened to invade Canada, Greenland, Gaza, and Iran all in the first 2 months.

Crushing it, guys. Doing great.

Sarcasm…in case that wasn’t blatantly obvious.

Edit: and Panama

TheWizard01

The reason we don't have a nuclear deal is Trump. He harpooned it in his first term.

If Trump can't get done what Obama did, he should just admit it. If it's something that needs to happen, he should just step down and let someone who can actually *be* a leader take over.

Either way, using military action in an attempt to overcome Trump's own personal failing would be a devastating tragedy.

cossiander

I don't think he had a great reason to renege on their first treaty, but Iran doesn't have a great reason to renegotiate that at this point with the current administration so it sounds like the GOP really just wants the world to burn.

baachou

Republicans are idiots who think they're geniuses. No one is impressed by Trump's bumbling ineptitude. No one thinks "oh no, a madman we can't handle." It's just that Trump is a fucking idiot and so are Republicans. America doesn't lead the free world anymore and we can't be trusted, to our own detriment.

We had a deal, and then we had Trump.

wonkalicious808

So, he wants us to simultaneously invade… Greenland, Panama, Mexico, Canada, and Iran?

Due_Satisfaction2167

Why would Iran agree anything with him? He's just going to claim the agreement means nothing a week after he signs.

Ok-Zookeepergame-698

I'd love for someone to ask Trump:

*We had a deal with Iran to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons - and by all accounts, it was working - but a previous administration cancelled it. Do you think that was a mistake?*

Threatening war unless a country makes a deal while also being responsible for sinking a deal that was already in place is peak Trump. An idiot posing as a fake strong man. At some point, some country is going to call his bluff and he'll either look like a chump or he'll go to war. Not great either way.

CaptainAwesome06

I cant think of a better way for him to lose all support. Go for it dude.

Dr_Scientist_

Will that be before, during, or after our invasions of Panama, Mexico, Canada, and Greenland?

StewTrue

Worked out super great in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kerplonk

StonkSalty

I think Trump loves to hear himself talk and I think he, and his base, thinks that this type of manic diplomacy  makes them sound tough. I doubt it's deeper than that. At the same time his base has been bound and determined to touch the proverbial hot stove for decades at this point and they are finally unencumbered so who the hell knows what they will do.

historian_down

Yes we need one.  Especially since some narcissistic blowhard killed the last one we had.

EquivalentNarwhal8

This is incredibly stupid. There was a deal, and Trump ripped it up. I'm not sure why Iran would agree to another one.

As a Canadian, I think an invasion of Iran is a great idea because it'll distract Trump from trying to invade my country and waste American military resources, which I now see as a good thing in light of Trump's recent insanity.

Certainly-Not-A-Bot

Gee, it sure would've been nice if Trump hadn't ripped up the nuclear deal we literally had in hand just because he's an asshole.  But I'm sure he won't do anything - we were assured by all his supporters over and over that he was against war!

GabuEx

He wants to invade or start wars with Canada, Greenland and Mexico…and Iran? With a Secy of Defense too stupid to win a game of Risk?

Dull_Yellow_2641

Comparatively, Iran is a weak nation, but this would be a disaster at least as bad as Iraq and Afghanistan. What a disgusting human being. He can't negotiate one, because he's a shit negotiator, so he threatens force. That's all this is.

7figureipo

Fuck this warmongering douche bag. He just fucks everything up. He's such a giant piece of shit.

pete_68

Time to bust out the Marty McFly meme - 'I've seen this one! Its called IRAQ and it was claimed they had WMDs!'

fletcherkildren

Trump just wants to invade somebody somewhere.  He's throwing all kinds of shit out to see what polls the best.

It's part of the fascist playbook. Use fear of "the other" to justify military action.  Use military invasion as both an "I am protecting you from the great evil" propaganda campaign and reap the nationalist sentiment as adherents take pride in conquering weaker opponents being "a strong nation worth of respect."

It is then used to paint political opposition as un-patriotic and anti-American if they do not support the imperialism, furthering the grip of one party rule.

It's uncanny how many right wingers on Reddit keep telling me I don't know anything about fascism because what MAGA is doing is not fascism, it is the liberal left who are the fascists.  It seems they are convinced that fascism means big central government and since Musk is firing people that proves MAGA is not fascist.

Ignorance is killing America.

oldbastardbob

We had a nuclear deal with Iran and Trump tore it up.  We'll see what he manages to come up with, if anything - personally, I'm skeptical.  That said, if the situation calls for it I'm also not necessarily opposed to some sort of limited military action.  That certainly wouldn't mean an actual invasion, but it wouldn't *need* to include an invasion.  Preventing the Iranians from getting nuclear weapons is worth it.  Honestly, it probably wouldn't even be hard to get the Israelis to take the lead on this one.

CTR555

We already had a fucking deal. 

Israel has been very open about what they want. They've wanted to invade Iran, and they expected a Trump presidency to aid them in the war. 

I don't know what Iran will do. They'll likely try to negotiate, but in a way that saves them face too, considering, again, we already had a deal that basically the entire world signed on to. 

Best case scenario, we get some shitty deal with Iran, probably something about getting oil from them completely needlessly because Trump and his supporters like shit like that. Worst case, Trump and Israel keeps escalating and Iran doesn't back down, or Trump keeps pushing for war even if they do back down. 

At which point, we'll have a pretty major conflict in the middle East.

neotericnewt

Invade Iran please, bring back the draft to build the most beautiful army every!  All before the end of this fiscal year!

Aman_Syndai

Occupying a foreign country is a great way to make the government more financially efficient……………

MrBiggleswerth2

Trump is a fucking loser who's only tool in his box is making threats.

st0nedeye

I disagree with this tactic and am anti invasion of Iran. 

Next question please.

CtrlAltDepart

If Iran goes nuclear the entire middle east goes nuclear. They can't be allowed nukes.

Far_Introduction3083

Nothing like a war to get people's mind off their retirement savings going up in smoke, renewed inflation, and higher unemployment.

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