Did Trump Play A Double Game With Iran?

Even as U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of dismantling the Iran nuclear deal and got Steve Witkoff, his Middle East envoy to hold several round of negotiations with senior Iranian negotiators, and floated the idea of a 바카라�better one,바카라� behind the scenes, Washington may have been playing a far more dangerous game. New reporting in the US press suggest that while Trump officials engaged in indirect talks with Tehran, they were also fully aware of Israel바카라�s operational readiness to strike Iran바카라�s nuclear facilities, a possibility the U.S. neither discouraged nor disclosed.

For Iran, already mistrustful of American intentions since the 1979 revolution, this only reinforced its view of the U.S. as duplicitous 바카라� talking diplomacy by day while paving the way for confrontation by night. Iran had been lulled into complacency and despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu바카라�s frequent threats, Tehran never expected an attack while negotiations with the US were on.

``They never expected Israel to strike before another round of talks that had been scheduled for this coming Sunday in Oman, officials close to Iran바카라�s leadership said on Friday. They dismissed reports that an attack was imminent as Israeli propaganda meant to pressure Iran to make concessions on its nuclear program in those talks,바카라�바카라� the New York Times correspondent reported from Tehran.

`` Iran바카라�s senior leaders had been planning for more than a week for an Israeli attack should nuclear talks with the United States fail. But they made one enormous miscalculation,바카라�바카라� the NYT report said. The miscalculation was the timing. It appears that many of the senior commanders who were killed were so sure that nothing would happen till after Sunday바카라�s talks, that they flouted rules and said at their homes instead of the designated ``safe바카라�바카라� houses.

Iran has accused the US of double standards and its Ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani had told the Security Council which had convened a special session on the crisis : "The aggression was intentional, coordinated and fully backed by a permanent member of this council, the United States. The United States바카라� complicity in this terrorist attack is beyond doubt."

The US while aware of Netanyahu바카라�s plans of attacking Iran바카라�s nuclear facility, was busy negotiating a revised deal with Iran. Keeping up the pretense Trump had told reporters that a deal with Iran was imminent. In May he had even said that he had told Netanyahu, 바카라�I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now because we바카라�re very close to a solution,바카라� Trump told reporters in late May. 바카라�Now, that could change at any moment, could change with a phone call. But right now, I think they want to make a deal, and if we can make a deal, it will save a lot of lives.바카라�

Iran바카라�s leaders believe Trump바카라�s rhetoric about a deal was meant to mislead Tehran. Rebuilding the trust deficit between the US and Iran would be even more difficult after this.