'US, Iran principally willing for negotiation but it has to be unconditional & unprovocative'

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Seyed Emamian, Assistant Professor at Tehran Polytechnic University of Technology, and Co-founder of Governance and Policy Think Tank, elucidated the challenges Iran is currently facing and gave an insight into a side of Tehran which is rarely talked about For decades Iran has been grappling with a plethora of challenges whether on a domestic or at a global level. Following are the excerpts from Prof Emamian’s conversation with Firstpost: Given the ongoing crisis in West Asia, with Israel’s conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah and the downfall of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, do you think Iran’s influence in West Asia has weakened since its key allies are getting weaker? Syria’s ousted President Bashar al-Assad meets with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday. What is your take on the United States’s recent attack on Houthis and President Trump’s two-month deadline for Iran to sign a nuclear deal?