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Monday, June 29, 2026

Iran's foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, who believes: "The Iranian negotiation style is generally known in the world as the market style,' which means continuous and tireless bargaining. This method is a process of interaction that requires great patience and time. It requires a lot of time and energy, and he who gets tired and bored quickly will lose. The market has its own unique culture, and only a person who has lived in that culture for years or, as a person connected to the market says, has breathed the air of the market', can participate and compete in it."

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"The main principle of bargaining is practice: repetition, repetition,and repetition"combined with steadfastness and persistence. Insisting on positions and repeating demands is a necessity that must be done each time with different rhetoric and reasoning."

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"Creating a golden bridge or an opportunity to return for the weak side is one of the most important points that must be paid attention to in the negotiation process, especially by the country that has gained a significant advantage. Any political unit that wins in a negotiation process must provide a way for the defeated side to withdraw and retreat from its positions ... . History is full of examples where a victorious country humiliated the defeated country or did not create the conditions for a golden bridge for its return, and this in itself caused more destructive wars and even greater damage to the victorious side ... "I once heard from Chinese diplomats, who usually make proverbs or quotes from Confucius and other Chinese sages, that if you want someone to come down from the roof, provide him with a ladder; do not ask him to jump down and get hurt; he will not do that."

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-29 08:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump is finding out that Iran can put up a bigger fight than a 13-year-old girl.

#2 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-06-29 09:03 AM | Reply

Haggle culture is annoying.

#3 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-29 09:42 AM | Reply

www.apa.org

harvard

transaction cost economics

It makes everything worse.

#4 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-29 09:45 AM | Reply

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