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        "msgid": "ex-cia-analyst-alleges-trump-and-netanyahu-deliberately-sabotaged-iran-negotiations-1781106914",
        "date": "2026-06-10 21:34:38",
        "title": "Ex-CIA Analyst Alleges Trump and Netanyahu Deliberately Sabotaged Iran Negotiations",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A former CIA analyst has accused the US and Israeli governments of intentionally undermining diplomatic progress in the Middle East through recent military strikes. Larry Johnson claims the attacks on Iran and Lebanon were designed to derail peace talks, citing pressure from pro-Israel hardliners. The allegations follow US operations targeting southern Iran and an Israeli air strike on Beirut.",
        "content": "<p>The latest attacks by the United States and Israel on targets in Iran\nand Lebanon have the potential to disrupt ongoing diplomatic efforts in\nthe Middle East, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency\nanalyst. Larry Johnson assessed that the military actions could instead\ntrigger a new wave of escalation amid the peace negotiation process.\nJohnson\u2019s statement came after the US military launched strikes on Qeshm\nIsland and several targets in southern Iran on Wednesday local time.\nWashington stated the operation was conducted in response to the downing\nof a US AH-64 Apache attack helicopter off the coast of Oman. President\nDonald Trump accused Iran of being behind the helicopter incident.\nHowever, Tehran has yet to confirm or acknowledge any involvement.\nJohnson questioned the rationale used by the Trump administration to\nconduct the strikes, particularly as both helicopter pilots were\nreported to have survived. \u2018It makes no sense,\u2019 Johnson said in an\ninterview with RT. According to him, if the pilots are still alive, it\nis difficult to explain why Washington chose to conduct a military\nstrike while diplomacy was still underway. \u2018If they\u2019re still alive, why\ndid Donald Trump launch a strike on Iran when they\u2019re supposedly in the\nmiddle of peace talks? The only reason I can think of is that he did it\ndeliberately to sabotage the negotiations,\u2019 he stated. Johnson also\nalleged that Trump faces pressure from groups in the US that support\nIsrael. He noted that several pro-Israel political figures, including US\nAmbassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, hold hardline views on Iran and do\nnot want a deal between Washington and Tehran to be reached. \u2018The\nZionist groups are applying heavy pressure,\u2019 Johnson said. \u2018They insist\non destroying Iran. They do not want a deal with Iran.\u2019 Nonetheless, the\naccusations represent Johnson\u2019s personal views and were not accompanied\nby published evidence in the interview. Besides criticising Washington\u2019s\nmove, Johnson also highlighted Israel\u2019s air strike on Beirut last\nSunday. He assessed that the Israeli military operation had the same\nobjective, namely to provoke wider tensions that could derail the\nongoing diplomatic process. Johnson judged that the developments in the\npeace talks had previously shown quite significant progress, something\nhe believes is not desired by neoconservative groups in the US or the\nIsraeli government. \u2018Too much progress was being made during the peace\ntalks for the neoconservatives and for Israel, so they are doing\neverything they can to sabotage it,\u2019 he said. He predicted the situation\ncould trigger a fresh round of regional tension in the near term. \u2018I\nthink this is going to lead to a new round of escalation that could last\nfor a week or two,\u2019 Johnson concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ex-cia-analyst-alleges-trump-and-netanyahu-deliberately-sabotaged-iran-negotiations-1781106914",
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