Important points:
- Negotiations between Iran and the United States in Pakistan did not succeed.
- Tehran accused Washington of trying to achieve through negotiations what it could not get through war.
- Geopolitical analyst Djilali Benchabane shared his analysis on LCI.
An failure after less than 24 hours of negotiations. Talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan ended on Sunday, April 12, 21 hours after they began. Since then, the Islamic Republic has accused the “evil, dishonest American enemy
” of “trying to get at the negotiating table what it could not get through war
“.
Behind this statement from a release by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, geopolitical analyst Djilali Benchabane observed on LCI a “idea that everything could continue, including with diplomacy
“, rather than a lack of willingness to negotiate. “We are really in this logic of reestablishing contact, trying to find a form of consensus
“, he continued in a segment that can be found in the video at the top of this article.
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On the American side, it is important to remember that there was a show of force. But the demonstration of force also showed its limits in the face of the asymmetry implemented by the Iranians around economic pressure. This economic pressure has now become the centerpiece of this conflict
,” added the director of CEOS Strategy and Consulting.
He sees a kind of impasse in which Donald Trump finds himself, faced with the limits of his policy of military escalation with economic consequences. “The question is not whether they will achieve a military result. The negotiators all say they have won. We feel that the goal is to try to find the way to have a roadmap and a way out of the crisis
,” concludes Djilali Benchabane.
:fill(black)/2026/04/12/69db8b3aa15e9089341822.jpg "War in the Middle East: Failed negotiations between Iran and the United States")
