Iranian State media has announced that a fourth round of nuclear talks is likely to take place in Muscat, the capital city of Oman, on May 11.
Trump has threatened to use military force to take out Iran's nuclear sites if no agreement is reached with his administration to resolve the long-standing dispute.
The President has set a two-month deadline – presumably May 20 – to reach a negotiated settlement before possible U.S.-led or Israeli-led and U.S. supported air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Many military observers question the decision to negotiate with the rogue regime, knowing it has a history of disputes regarding its compliance with diplomatic agreements. That’s especially true when the topic is Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
When Trump withdrew the U.S. from former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, Iran accused the U.S. of reneging on its commitments and faulted Europe for submitting to U.S. unilateralism.
Bob Maginnis is a Senior Fellow for National Security at the Family Research Council and author of "Preparing for World War III."
“I agree they can't be trusted. I don't think that Trump people are trusting them. I think that the message that Pete (Hegseth) gave to Iran was stop messing with us. We know your number. We're capable of coming after you. Now that was not direct enough. In my opinion, I think that they need to be very forceful."
Maginnis says Trump is pretty emphatic about not allowing Iran to have a nuclear bomb. U.S. strategy on a possible attack could hinge on one thing – whether U.S. intel believes Iran will move ahead with its plans.
"If the national security team assesses that they have decided to move forward on the production of a nuclear weapon, then yes, I think they'll go after them. It may be that they just haven't made that decision based upon our assessment at this point, but you don't want to be wrong in that area and so they monitor carefully."
