Iran’s foreign minister has been relaying Iran’s position in the media, alongside parliamentary speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.

US and Israel have temporarily removed 2 senior Iranian officials from their list of officials to eliminate as they explore possible peace talks, These are parliamentary speaker Ghalibaf and FM Abbas Araghchi, who have been removed from the target list for up to 4 of 5 days.

This is a tinny-veiled threat in the media to kill them if they don’t accept Trump’s peace deal.

We will see if it works but it certainly puts them in a terrible position domestically to negotiate. If they give in on anything, it looks like they did it to preserve themselves.

If the US an Israel assassinates them, it’s only likely to push other decision makers into the shadows and make it hard to find someone to eventually negotiate with.

In any case, it looks like the plan here is just to keep assassinating people until you find a puppet. Time will tell if it works as self-preservation is a powerful motivator. Then again, so is revenge.