Donald Trump is 'palpably desperate' to secure an Iran deal and is being strung along by Tehran as a result, former national security adviser John Bolton said in a televised interview in Washington on Monday.
After weeks of on‑off peace talks between the United States and Iran, centred on efforts to calm tensions in the Gulf and prevent a wider conflict, Trump has repeatedly hinted on his social media platform that he is negotiating a new agreement, one he claims would be tougher than Barack Obama's 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. That accord sharply curtailed Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief before expiring last year, leaving a vacuum that both Washington and Tehran have been trying to fill on their own terms.
