Hawks in the US Congress, particularly senators, have tried time and again to derail ongoing negotiations with Iran, aiming to maintain the multi-decade status quo of acrimony.

 

They’re not alone. Much as a lot of US Congressmen made their careers hawking on Iran, Iran’s parliament has no shortage of hawks who have played up the anti-US thing to great effect, and are hoping to derail the talks as well.

The rhetoric is almost a perfect mirror, with Iranian MPs insisting that everything the West has done proves they can’t be trusted, and they are trying to get themselves full oversight of the negotiations.