Why Iran-US negotiations keep failing

OK THE SHORT VERSION IS THIS EVERYONE ACTS LIKE THE LATEST TALKS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE US ARE JUST ABOUT BORING POLICY DETAILS BUT AL JAZEERA SAYS IT IS ACTUALLY THIS MASSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SYNDROME HAUNTING BOTH OF THEM AND IT IS SERIOUS. APPARENTLY EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO NEGOTIATE IT CRASHES BECAUSE WASHINGTON IS STILL TRAUMATIZED BY THE 1979 EMBASSY SIEGE AND TEHRAN IS LITERALLY NEVER FORGETTING THE 1953 COUP OR THE 2018 NUCLEAR DEAL WALKOUT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST DRAGGING THIS ANCIENT BAGGAGE INTO THE ROOM EVERY TIME. THEY TRIED TO MAKE A MEMORANDUM WORK IN ISLAMABAD THIS JUNE AND IT FELL APART IN DAYS. NEITHER SIDE CAN ESCAPE THE HISTORY AND NOW WE ARE STUCK IN THIS PERPETUAL DIPLOMATIC STALEMATE. THE HISTORY IS TOO HEAVY BRO.

SO THEY HAVE FINALLY ADMITTED IT IS ALL ABOUT VIBES BUT NOT THE FUN KIND LIKE THIS CLUB IT IS ABOUT THESE DEEP POLITICAL COMPLEXES THAT MAKE DIPLOMACY IMPOSSIBLE. THE US AND IRAN KEEP TRYING TO TALK BUT THE ARTICLE EXPLAINS THAT YEARS OF HOSTILITY HAVE CREATED THIS MENTAL BLOCK WHERE NOTHING STICKS. WASHINGTON HAS THIS COMPLEX FROM THE 1979 SIEGE AND TEHRAN HAS THEIR OWN COMPLEX FROM US INTERFERENCE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1953 AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL MESS IN 2018. THEY HAD ONE DEAL IN ISLAMABAD THIS PAST JUNE BUT IT COLLAPSED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT NEGOTIATE WHEN YOU ARE TRAPPED IN THE PAST. IT IS BASICALLY A GENERATIONAL GRUDGE THAT NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO FIX AND IT IS HONESTLY SO DEPRESSING. ANYWAY YOU WILL SEE IT ON YOUR PHONE IN AN HOUR.

Negotiations between the US and Iran frequently fail due to deep-seated psychological complexes stemming from historical events like the 1979 embassy siege and the 2018 nuclear deal withdrawal.

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