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Escalating Pressure on Iran

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"We, of course, understand their (the Americans') need for negotiations, because the Middle East policy of the Americans has failed, and in order to compensate for this failure, they need to play a trump card."

"Negotiation with the United States does not solve any problem because they have not fulfilled any of their promises in the past 60 years."

On February 8, Murdoch's Wall Street Journal responded. It headlined "The Ayatollah Always Says No."

"Joe Biden won't forget it the next time the US tries to reach out diplomatically to Iran."

It hasn't done so in good faith since 1979. Expect nothing different now.

The Journal claims otherwise. America offers good faith bilateral talks, it says. It never has and doesn't now. Khamenei knows Washington's velvet glove is cast iron inside. 

It's hardline and belligerent. It's all take and no give. Journal editors point fingers the wrong way. "The Ayatollah quashed" previous deals, they said. Past US efforts ended in failure.

"Why does the Ayatollah keep saying no?" Journal editors say "get ready for this shocker".Iran really wants a bomb." Saying so belies annual US intelligence assessments.

Journal editors leave inconvenient facts unmentioned. Vilifying propaganda substitutes for truth and full disclosure. Media scoundrels prioritize it.

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