Iran has just finished losing a war and is not in a position to dictate terms, analyst says

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi have spoken by phone several times since Israel began its strikes on Iran last week, in a bid to find a diplomatic end to the crisis, three diplomats told Reuters. Speaking to FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, says Iran is not in a position to dictate terms in possible negotiations.