Iran has sent mixed signals about whether it thinks negotiating with the U.S. is a good idea

Iran has sent mixed signals about whether it thinks negotiating with the U.S. leader is a good idea.

Iran ’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed skepticism regarding diplomacy with Washington .

Many Iranians are disappointed in Biden and see Trump as a dealmaker.

Many Iranians told me that Donald Trump , despite his bluster, is more likely than his liberal alternatives to come to a fair agreement with the Islamic Republic .

They observed that Trump is not an ideologue bound by party discipline or traditional Republican Party beliefs, but a highly transactional politician looking to make deals.

A breakthrough in the standoff between Washington and Tehran requires nothing short of a diplomatic masterpiece.