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Supposed new Iran peace talks are looking more like a joke than a hope

As US negotiators head back to Pakistan for more peace talks, we have to ask: What’s the point?

It wasn’t even clear as of late Sunday if the Iranians would send a team to talk: At least one Tehran-run news outlet was saying they wouldn’t.

And if negotiators do show, it’s likely that any concessions they make will get vetoed by the real powers back home.

Last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced to the world that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely opened” for commercial vessels, news that President Donald Trump joyfully shared with the world.

Then Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the parliament speaker, said Trump had it wrong — and Tehran’s forces on Saturday opened fire on multiple tankers as they proceeded toward the Strait.

All this proves Trump was entirely right to continue the US blockade of Iran’s oil exports, and is right now to look at seizing........

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