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Trita Parsi: Iran War Marks the End of American Primacy

2026-05-18 People & Blogs
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Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Parsi discusses why a peace deal can be achieved, yet it seems more likely that the US will restart the war. Follow the Substack of Trita Parsi: https://tritaparsi.substack.com/ Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL

Top Comments (10)

@jamesdonald7485 2026-05-18

Instead of imposing arms restrictions on Iran, which is a peaceful, resource rich state, the arms restrictions should be imposed on the genocidal, rogue state of Israel.

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@Humanity_Hope_ 2026-05-18

The immigration problem in Europe is a direct consequence of the US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, and Africa since 2001

99 17 replies
@colmbrazel 2026-05-18

Why would Iran ever talk directly to Trump when his policy is to annihilate and assassinate the Iranian leadership be they negotiators or not?

92 8 replies
@theimperialist2686 2026-05-18

Iran has made the US and Israel regret their attempts to try and make Iran fold over, and have shown they have no problem in doing it again.

46 1 replies
@badabimbadaboom-c3y 2026-05-18

It’s striking how often “peace is possible” and “war is inevitable” are presented side by side.

34 5 replies
@laurensowilliams737 2026-05-18

Why would they talk to Trump directly if he tore up the agreement they already agreed on with America? Other countries adjacent to other water shipping lanes couldn’t say they need an environmental management fee?

31 2 replies
@Humanity_Hope_ 2026-05-18

Simple Equation: (US narcissistic approach) + (Israel modus operandi) = World chaos

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@deleoladeji8246 2026-05-18

Trita is wrong in assuming that if Iran had agreed to speak to Trump, the war would have been averted, that is not the case. When Lebanon agreed to speak to Israel and the US, and the ceasefire had been multi laterally agreed, did Israel stop bombing Lebanon? No!

23 2 replies
@secateenumrah 2026-05-18

The Strait of Hormuz is open bro except to the enemies of iran

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@travelwithcamera 2026-05-18

Netanyahu manipulated Trump like a small child. On the heels of Venezuela, which swelled Trump's ego, Netanyahu knew Trump was vulnerable and took full advantage of it. Now we all pay the price.

17 1 replies

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