Next step in the war: Iran wants 'blood'; Trump says US can fight 'forever'
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Iran doesn’t want to talk. It doesn’t want to parley. And it’s not sitting down with President Donald Trump. Here's what may be next in the Iran war.
Iran doesn’t want to talk. It doesn’t want to parley. And it’s not sitting down with President Donald Trump.
Even as Iran endures devastating airstrikes, the country's surviving leaders have determined "it has to really draw blood" before negotiating an end to the ongoing war with the U.S. and Israel, Trita Parsi, vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, said in an interview.
The stalemate comes as Trump and top military leaders have predicted more U.S. military deaths, wealthy Persian Gulf allies are pushing for a quick conclusion to the war and oil prices have spiked.
Amid punishing blows from the United States and Israel that have killed hundreds – including its longtime, all-powerful supreme leader – Iran’s leaders believe they must inflict serious pain before negotiations to end the war can begin, experts say.
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