{"id":2613046,"date":"2026-06-10T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-trying-to-drag-out-a-deal-mike-brest\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:41:50","slug":"iran-trying-to-drag-out-a-deal-mike-brest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-trying-to-drag-out-a-deal-mike-brest\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran trying to \u2018drag out\u2019 a deal: Mike Brest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-trying-to-drag-out-a-deal-mike-brest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613046&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Defense reporter Mike Brest said Iranian leaders likely consider President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cdomestic concerns\u201d when deciding whether to engage, suggesting Iran may be trying to prolong negotiations with the U.S. in order to reduce the chance trump would launch a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-chinese-troops-on-canadian-soil-during-military-exercises\/\" title=\"Confirmed: Chinese Troops on Canadian Soil During Military Exercises\">military operation<\/a>-especially as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-crt-wokeness-very-unpopular-wherever-its-been-tried\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis: CRT, Wokeness \u2018Very Unpopular Wherever It&#039;s Been Tried&#039;\">midterm elections approach<\/a>. Brest also argued Iran may not be interested in a deal Trump would readily accept; instead, it may be attempting to \u201cdrag out\u201d the process.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,Trump described the U.S. posture toward Iran as continuing to respond forcefully after Iranian actions near the Strait of hormuz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tax-most-voters-support-donalds-policy-move-that-experts-say-could-make-inflation-worse\/\" title=\"Donald ...&#039;s tax policy change, which experts warn could exacerbate inflation, garners majority voter support\">including retaliatory<\/a> U.S.strikes, and said the U.S. was \u201creally close\u201d to a deal but that Iran has continued to delay.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> defense reporter<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/mike-brest\/\"> Mike Brest<\/a> said the Iranians understand President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\"> Donald Trump<\/a> has \u201cdomestic concerns\u201d he has to factor in when coming to a decision to end the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\"> Iran<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brest said on C-SPAN Wednesday that the Iranians might not be interested in a deal Trump would be \u201cwilling\u201d to agree to at this moment, explaining Iran is trying to \u201cdrag out\u201d the conflict. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid 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said. \u201cThey know that for the president, he has domestic concerns that he has to factor into his decision-making as well, so it does seem like the Iranians are trying to drag out this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brest said the Iranians believe dragging out a deal closer to the midterm elections might make the president \u201cless likely\u201d to carry out a military operation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we were to get closer to the midterm elections, [the Iranians] believe it may make Trump less likely to carry out such a dramatic operation against them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said on Friday in the Oval Office that the United States will be attacking Iran \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4602697\/trump-us-attack-iran-very-hard\/\">very hard<\/a>,\u201d after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4600390\/naval-drone-rescues-pilots-helicopter-crash-strait-of-hormuz\/\">Iranian forces shot down<\/a> an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. carried out <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4601593\/us-strikes-iran-apache-helicopter-shot-down\/\">retaliatory strikes<\/a> against Iran on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hit them hard yesterday, and we\u2019re going to hit them hard again today, in case you miss it, in case you don\u2019t turn on your television set,\u201d Trump said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4602870\/us-navy-disables-tanker-circumvent-blockad-retaliatory-strikes\/\"><strong>US NAVY DISABLES OIL TANKER ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMVENT BLOCKADE SHORTLY AFTER AMERICAN RETALIATORY STRIKES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump remains unsure about the timeline for a deal to end the war, saying they were \u201creally close\u201d to reaching one. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens with a deal. We were really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along, they keep playing us for suckers because, you know what, they dealt with some very stupid presidents. I have to say that, I\u2019m embarrassed to say that, some very stupid people were sitting here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brest: Iranians know Trump weighs \u201cdomestic concerns\u201d to end Iran war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2613047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26161432614505.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,78635,32726,81150,32405],"class_list":["post-2613046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-iran-nuclear-talks","tag-middle-east","tag-mike-brest","tag-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26161432614505.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613050,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613046\/revisions\/2613050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}