Kambiz Toona, a member of Iran International’s editorial board, said that in a possible summit of the leaders of the United States, Russia and China, the Islamic Republic’s file is likely not to be among the top priorities and the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine could be the main subject of the talks. According to him, Donald Trump may be looking to secure a political achievement before the new U.S. Congress begins its work, by focusing on reaching a peace agreement in Ukraine.

Toona added that, under current conditions, continuing and intensifying economic pressure on the Islamic Republic is a shared priority of Trump, Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent. According to him, Washington is trying to put the Islamic Republic under even more pressure without starting a new war by expanding the blockade from Iran’s southern waters to other maritime and land borders.