There’s a report out today that suggests Iran is ready to negotiate with President Trump, but only if he gets rid of his maximum pressure campaign against them.

According to AFP via Barrons, Iran says negotiating under the maximum pressure framework “would not be a negotiation but a form of surrender.”

Iran was ready to negotiate with the United States but not under the “maximum pressure” strategy of US President Donald Trump, Tehran’s chief diplomat suggested on Saturday.

“The lifting of sanctions requires negotiations, but not within the framework of a ‘maximum pressure’ policy, because it would not be a negotiation but a form of surrender,” said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a statement published on Telegram.

I don’t really think Iran is ready to negotiate in any meaningful way. And honestly, I hope Trump leaves this maximum pressure strategy in place to starve them of the massive resources that Biden just handed over to them. It’ll probably take a while, but they are a terrorist nation and they must be destroyed, nukes and all.