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النهار
Numbers, Memory and Pride
The article presents a fictional scenario of U.S.–Iranian negotiations in Geneva. In it, the head of the U.S. delegation proposes freezing 80% of Iran’s centrifuges in exchange for the immediate lifting of 60% of sanctions, with the currency expected to strengthen within 48 hours. The Iranian negotiator rejects reducing the negotiations to numbers and economic gains, arguing that sanctions affect sovereignty and identity. He emphasizes that Tehran thinks in terms of its standing over decades, unlike the U.S. approach, which is tied to four-year election cycles. The scenario concludes that a gap in cultural and historical understanding—and Washington’s assumption that Iran weighs its interests according to Western utilitarian logic—stands in the way of reaching an understanding.
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