The opportunity for negotiations with Iran over the next two weeks is “highly unlikely” as it is in “no position to present any demands,” Ido Aharoni, a former Israeli consul general in New York, told Newsmax Friday. 

Aharoni’s comments, on Newsmax’s “National Report,” come after President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he will decide within two weeks on whether the U.S. military will become directly involved in the increasing hostilities between Israel and Iran. 

Trump also said there is a “substantial chance” for new negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program. 

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