Prospective nuclear talks between Iran and the United States are unlikely to make headway, if they begin at all, due to a lack of trust and an unwillingness to compromise on both sides, keeping tensions over Iran's nuclear program -- and the prospect of Israeli or U.S. military strikes on it -- high. On March 8, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei objurgated U.S. President Donald Trump's call for nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, saying that ''some bullying governments'' seeking talks with Tehran did not seek to ''resolve issues'' but ''impose'' new demands on Iran, and that those demands would ''definitely not be accepted by Iran.'' Khamenei's remarks came after Trump said in a March 6 interview that he had sent Iran's leader a letter calling for the launch of new nuclear talks. The developments also come amid U.S. media reports that Trump personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin in...
