" #Iran 's ongoing nuclear negotiations with the #US cannot be understood in isolation. According to two senior analysts interviewed by #Shargh, the real framework shaping #Tehran 's choices — war or a coerced deal under the #Trump administration — is the broader geopolitical competition between #Washington and #Beijing. Iran, they argue, is not a sovereign driver of events but a dependent variable in a much larger strategic equation."

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/02/expert-view-iran-as-variable-in-us.html

A very sad follow-up on this:

#Armita was proclaimed dead on 28th October.

#Wikipedia, citing several sources, writes that prior to her death: "#Geravand's friends who took her to the hospital were under arrest for three days. #Geravand's mother and a journalist for the daily newspaper #Shargh who was interviewing her were arrested. The intensive care unit of the hospital where Geravand was taken was guarded by security agents."

Deepest condolences.