This is America: How US diplomacy with Iran collapsed days before strikes began

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In this episode of This is America, hosted by Anna Burns-Francis, Al Jazeera examines whether the US war with Iran was avoidable, tracing the collapse of diplomatic talks just days before the first strikes on February 28. White House correspondent Kimberly Halkett reported that President Trump's pivot from a 10-day negotiation window to open calls for regime change marked the moment diplomacy "failed." State Department correspondent Manuel Rapalo noted that while US officials described early talks as "positive," the negotiating team—led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner—lacked technical nuclear expertise, setting the process up to fail. Oman's foreign minister, who mediated the back-channel discussions, expressed dismay, saying a deal was "within reach" before the US abandoned talks. The programme featured former Pentagon official David Des Roches and former senior US diplomat Alan Eyre. Des Roches argued that Iran confined talks to the nuclear issue while Trump's aim was broader

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