🧠 Issued by the Strategic Media Department – BETH News Agency

Special Analytical Report

In a striking shift in the U.S.–Iranian dynamic, former U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to enter into direct negotiations with Iran—an announcement met by Tehran with a tone laced with defiance:

“We had already proposed negotiations without threats—an offer that was attractive to America.”

Between statement and counterstatement, it was confirmed that a high-level meeting between the two sides will take place in Muscat next Saturday, marking a new chapter in the ever-swaying negotiation saga.

🧩 The Players in the Equation of the Last Chance

Donald Trump: Returning forcefully to the scene, seeking a major regional card to restore his domestic political momentum.

The Iranian Regime: Floundering between internal unrest and external isolation, desperately seeking a diplomatic breather without offering real concessions.

The Sultanate of Oman: Playing the role of the calm mediator, while in reality offering Iran a psychologically comforting environment.

The Gulf and the Region: Watching without an invitation—despite being the very arena upon which most outcomes will unfold.

📌 A Reading into the Meeting Location

Why Muscat?

Not because it's the “city of peace” as promoted, but because it appeases the Iranian side both ideologically and psychologically, given the historical alignment between the ruling establishment in Oman and the orientation of the Iranian regime.

When the U.S. agrees to meet in Muscat, it's not betting on neutrality—rather, it's offering psychological sedation to the Iranians, knowing they won’t feel pressure or embarrassment in such a setting.

🔍 Axes of Deep Analysis

1. Why Now?

Is Trump seeking to grant Iran one final opportunity?
Or is the Iranian regime gasping for air, needing a diplomatic truce amidst its internal crises—hoping, perhaps?

2. Between the Madman’s Cane… and the Politics of Cunning

“Khamenei is like a madman holding a stick—unconcerned whether he strikes himself, his people, or the world.”
Dealing with such a figure requires not confrontation, but political cunning: first, to snatch the stick… and if he resists, to strike him with it—symbolically.

3. The Pride of the Powerless

Tehran’s response carries a blend of defiance and desperation—like someone who’s lost control, yet attempts to set terms for the one trying to rescue them.
Are we witnessing a covert maneuver… or a soft surrender disguised as a deal?

4. Superstition Negotiates with the 21st Century

The Iranian regime has never been a developmental project, but one of symbolic chaos and ashes.
It speaks in the tongue of myths and adopts taqiyya as policy.
Everyone who drew near lost: from Lebanon, to Yemen, to its public and secret allies—and even its own people.

5. Is There a Chance?

The youth bloc in Iran remains the only glimmer of hope.
But any negotiations not grounded in a shift within the Iranian mindset will yield no peace—only a calm before another round of chaos.

🧠 Analytical Conclusion

What may seem like a negotiation is, in truth, part of a carefully staged play.
Its actors maneuver...
Its audiences suffer.

Here in the Gulf, we know well where the story begins—and how it ends.
And the greatest challenge remains:

To seize the stick… before it is raised against us once again.