16/5/2025
Analysts and political experts unanimously agreed that US President Donald Trump is an unprecedented seriousness in reaching an agreement with Iran during his second term, based on clear Gulf support for his diplomatic approach, despite an Israeli opposition.
Christine Fonteen Rose, a former Trump advisor for Gulf Affairs, said that the Trump administration is seeking economic commercial deals, adding that Trump will make an offer to Iran with economic exchange and lifting sanctions until all parties benefit: Iran, the United States and the Gulf states.
Fontaine Rose noted that “the golden opportunity” is Trump’s hand lies in creating a new period of investments even with Iran, although he “reserves his basic right to impose a military solution.”
She pointed out that Trump stressed that neither the interest of the region nor America beating Iran, stressing that Trump is aware of the importance of benefiting from free markets and stable oil prices that attract many investments, and therefore “no one wants a military solution at this stage.”
Co -challenges
Despite the optimism of the possibility of reaching an agreement, the first researcher at the Al -Jazeera Center for Studies, Dr. Mekki, pointed out that there are fundamental challenges, explaining that the matter for the Iranians is fateful and they must make a quick decision.
Makki pointed out that Iran – according to American and Israeli estimates – is about to make a nuclear bomb, and has enough uranium and technology today to make the bomb.
He warned of the dangers of Iranian militancy, stressing that Tehran at some point will discover that its continuation of refusal would mean the merger of the American position with the Israeli and their arrival to a joint conviction that there is no choice other than a military solution.
Regarding the growing American -Israeli dispute over the Iranian file, Rose said that there is a difference in the approach, but this should not be explained as a withdrawal or stop of Israeli support in other issues.
Rose stressed that Trump is the President of the United States, not Israel, and therefore he is defending American interests, and he believes that this is better achieved by reaching peaceful solutions to the region’s crises and new economic deals and not by opening new wars.
For his part, Ihab Jabareen, an expert in Israeli affairs, pointed out that the Iranian presence in the Israeli political discourse is prevailing and absolute, and this is not only related to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but rather related to all parties to the Israeli equation.
Jabareen added that Netanyahu may tolerate or accept some American approaches in the region even in Gaza, but with Iran “he is fighting a full bet because the issue is existential for the Hebrew state.”
