Overview
- Iran reportedly added two senior psychologists to its negotiating advisory circle after the April Islamabad talks to study President Trump’s behavior and guide how proposals were framed.
- The advisers are said to have helped craft written and mediated messages intended for Trump and to have shaped Iran’s negotiating strategy for intermediaries to deliver.
- Iranian sources credited the psychologists’ recommendations in part for producing a tentative Memorandum of Understanding announced on Sunday and for a planned signing in Geneva on June 19.
- The account originates in a Drop Site report and was publicized by Jeremy Scahill; it relies on anonymous Iranian officials and has not been independently confirmed by multiple outside sources.
- The reporting intersects with renewed scrutiny of Trump’s cognitive health, has prompted caution from Israeli and commercial actors, and raises broader questions about using psychological assessment as a tool in high‑stakes diplomacy.