Why Trump is using Iran talks to revive the Abraham Accords

Middle East Eye · May 27, 2026 Politics

Why Trump is using Iran talks to revive the Abraham Accords President Donald Trump’s injection of the Abraham Accords into talks with Iran underscores how the Islamic Republic is getting the better of the US at the negotiating table, and Trump is trying to distract from it, current and former US and Arab officials told Middle East Eye. “Trump knows he’s getting a deal that undermines every war aim he espoused after 28 February. So, he’s trying to create a bigger deal,” Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator, told Middle East Eye.

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