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Iran would be wise to refuse ANY deal or end of conflict that means they cede a thing. . They are now 100% in the driver's seat and have been for awhile.
I agree. They are in the driver's seat, and they don't need to compromise at all. Continuing to bomb them isn't weakening their regime, and is costing us a fortune (in munitions and opportunities where those munitions may have been deployed or sold elsewhere). It's also costing us goodwill. While the regime hates our guts, and always has, it is my understanding that the average Iranian loved us. They wanted to be like us (not sure now, of course, after we bombed them).
The only way we come out in any way ahead is if we change it up. Start undermining their regime until it collapses and/or the people toss them out. Which won't happen if we continue going kinetic on them.