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特朗普在海湾盟友施压要求给予更多谈判时间后，延长了与德黑兰的外交对话
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特朗普政府前官员摩根·奥塔格斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，伊朗历来会利用谈判拖延时间，同时辩称真主党——而非黎巴嫩本身——仍是以色列与其邻国之间实现和平的最大障碍。
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前特朗普政府特使摩根·奥塔格斯周三警告称，随着唐纳德·特朗普总统暂停原定的军事打击行动，并延长脆弱的停火协议以留出更多外交空间，伊朗可能正在利用当前的核谈判“争取时间”。
在华盛顿参加中东论坛后，奥塔格斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，长期以来，伊朗一直将冗长的谈判作为拖延施压、同时保留谈判筹码的策略。
“这是该政权的惯用伎俩：拖延、拉长谈判进程、争取时间，”奥塔格斯谈及伊朗时说道。“我会奉劝总统不要落入伊朗擅长的圈套……也就是把事情拖下去以争取时间。”
特朗普近日在海湾盟友施压要求给予更多谈判时间后，暂停了原定的打击行动并延长了与伊朗的外交对话，尽管美国政府仍在就伊朗的核计划及其地区代理人网络向德黑兰施压。
杰克·基恩将军“怀疑”伊朗停火协议能维持下去，警告德黑兰将“拖延和混淆视听”
前特朗普政府特使摩根·奥塔格斯周三警告称，随着唐纳德·特朗普总统暂停原定的军事打击行动，并延长脆弱的停火协议以留出更多外交空间，伊朗可能正在利用当前的核谈判“争取时间”。（福克斯新闻数字频道）
奥塔格斯在特朗普第一任期内曾担任国务院发言人，之后在其第二任政府期间参与中东谈判。她认为，本届白宫在与伊朗打交道时比往届政府拥有更多筹码。
历届伊朗谈判的批评者，包括多名特朗普政府官员，长期以来一直辩称，伊朗利用外交手段延长谈判时间，同时继续推进其核计划相关项目。特朗普于2018年退出奥巴马时期达成的《联合全面行动计划》（JCPOA），称该协议是一份“灾难性”的协定，未能永久遏制伊朗的核野心。
奥塔格斯表示，她仍对特朗普的谈判策略抱有信心，并强调总统对任何军事或外交决策拥有最终决定权。
“我始终对特朗普总统为其谈判团队争取筹码的能力抱有希望，”奥塔格斯说。“我认为，这支谈判团队在与伊朗的谈判中拥有比以往任何谈判团队都更多的筹码。”
两名伊朗警察特种部队武装人员在德黑兰市中心一场支持政府的集会中，站在装甲车旁的国旗身后。（莫尔塔扎·尼库巴兹/努罗图片社 via 盖蒂图片社）
特朗普总统的谈判团队因退出巴基斯坦会谈获核专家称赞
“她补充道：“总统以自伊斯兰共和国成立以来无人能及的方式大幅削弱了伊朗的实力。”
伊朗官员拒绝了“零浓缩”的要求，辩称德黑兰根据国际法拥有维持民用核计划的主权权利。伊朗领导人还指责华盛顿在谈判期间动用军事威胁向德黑兰施压。
伊朗长期以来坚称其核计划旨在和平能源用途，但西方政府和国际原子能机构对伊朗的铀浓缩水平以及缺乏透明度表示担忧。
记者未能立即联系到伊朗大使馆置评。
在当前的伊朗冲突中，一些“美国优先”保守派警告称，本届政府有陷入中东更深层次军事纠葛的风险，并认为美国资源应优先用于国内事务。奥塔格斯表示，当前的伊朗冲突不同于过去多年来中东的“永久战争”。
“我认为存在中间路线，”她说。“必要时谨慎、审慎地使用武力，始终优先选择谈判……但必要时也愿意动用美国的火力。”
“我完全尊重总统办公室，也尊重他必须就这些问题做出最终决定，”她补充道。
她将当前的共和党外交政策辩论描述为“健康的”，认为党内正在就美国应对伊朗及其地区代理人的强硬程度展开公开探讨。
此次伊朗谈判之际，美国还在努力稳定以色列-黎巴嫩边境局势。尽管上周在华盛顿的谈判中达成了美国斡旋的停火协议延长，但真主党与以色列军队仍在持续交火。
此次谈判旨在稳定以黎边境局势，并解决真主党在黎巴嫩南部的武装存在问题。
曾牵头以黎谈判的奥塔格斯将真主党在黎巴嫩的角色定性为伊朗地区代理人网络构成的更广泛挑战的一部分，她认为必须与德黑兰的核野心一并解决这一问题。
“真正的争端在于真主党，它是伊朗的代理人，无疑已成为黎巴嫩国家的毒瘤，在很多方面占领了这个国家，”奥塔格斯说。
她认为，黎巴嫩和以色列政府最终都有避免更大规模冲突的共同利益，但表示真主党屡次独立于黎巴嫩政府行事，破坏了这一可能性。
2026年3月10日至11日夜间，以色列空袭贝鲁特南郊目标引发火球。（法德尔·伊塔尼/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“黎巴嫩政府没有做出决定，”她在谈及当前冲突时说道。“真主党为黎巴嫩这个国家做出了决定。”
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奥塔格斯表示，她相信如果真主党的影响力被削弱，以色列和黎巴嫩最终可能走向更稳定的关系。
美国支持黎巴嫩对解除真主党武装的回应，暗示亚伯拉罕协议存在机遇
“我实际上认为黎巴嫩政府和以色列政府的目标非常相似，”她说。
“以色列对黎巴嫩没有领土要求，”奥塔格斯补充道。“真正的争端在于真主党。”
她的言论与当晚早些时候美国驻以色列大使耶克希尔·莱特的讲话相呼应。莱特表示，以色列“对黎巴嫩没有领土要求”，并暗示如果真主党被排除在局势之外，两国最终可能走向更广泛的关系正常化。
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但谈判仍因以黎边境持续紧张的局势而变得复杂。黎巴嫩官员指责以色列通过持续的军事行动和在黎巴嫩南部部分地区的驻军违反停火协议，而以色列官员则辩称，此前的协议之所以失败，是因为真主党被允许在边境附近重建并不受约束地活动。
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“没有任何东西能阻止关系正常化，”莱特在中东论坛的主旨演讲中说道。“一切都会顺利，只是真主党将黎巴嫩扣为人质。”
Former White House envoy has warning for Trump on how not to get played by Iran
May 21, 2026 6:10am EDT / Fox News
Trump extended diplomatic talks with Tehran following pressure from Gulf allies seeking more time for negotiations
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Former Trump administration official Morgan Ortagus tells Fox News Digital that Iran has historically used negotiations to stall while arguing Hezbollah — not Lebanon itself — remains the biggest obstacle to peace between Israel and its neighbors.
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Former Trump envoy Morgan Ortagus warned Wednesday that Iran may be using ongoing nuclear negotiations to “buy time” as President Donald Trump pauses planned military strikes and extends a fragile ceasefire to allow more room for diplomacy.
Speaking with Fox News Digital after the Middle East Forum in Washington, Ortagus said Iran has long used drawn-out negotiations as a strategy to delay pressure while preserving leverage.
“It’s the tactic of the regime to stall, to draw negotiations, to buy time,” Ortagus said of Iran. “I would encourage the president not to fall into the trap that the Iranians like to do … which is to drag things out to buy time.”
Trump recently paused planned strikes and extended diplomatic talks with Iran following pressure from Gulf allies seeking more time for negotiations, even as the administration continues pressing Iran over its nuclear program and regional proxy network.
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Former Trump envoy Morgan Ortagus warned Wednesday that Iran may be using ongoing nuclear negotiations to “buy time” as President Donald Trump pauses planned military strikes and extends a fragile ceasefire to allow more room for diplomacy.(Fox News Digital)
Ortagus, who served as State Department spokeswoman during Trump’s first term and later worked on Middle East negotiations during his second administration, argued the White House now has more leverage than previous administrations in dealing with Iran.
Critics of past Iran negotiations, including many Trump administration officials, have long argued Iran used diplomacy to prolong talks while continuing to advance aspects of its nuclear program. Trump withdrew from the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, in 2018, calling it a “disastrous” agreement that failed to permanently curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Ortagus said she remains confident in Trump’s negotiating approach and emphasized that the president ultimately has final authority over any military or diplomatic decisions.
“I’m always hopeful in President Trump’s ability to give his negotiating team leverage,” Ortagus said. “I think this negotiating team has more leverage in their negotiations with Iran than any negotiating teams that preceded them.”
Two armed members of Iran’s police special forces stand behind a country flag placed on an armored military vehicle during a pro-Government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran.(Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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“The president has seriously degraded them in a way that no one has since the Islamic Republic’s founding,” she added.
Iranian officials have rejected demands for “zero enrichment,” arguing Tehran has a sovereign right to maintain a civilian nuclear program under international law. Iranian leaders have also accused Washington of using military threats to pressure Tehran during negotiations.
Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is intended for peaceful energy purposes, though Western governments and the International Atomic Energy Agency have raised concerns about Iran’s uranium enrichment levels and lack of transparency.
The Iranian embassy could not immediately be reached for comment.
With the current Iran conflict, some America First conservatives have warned the administration risks deeper military entanglement in the Middle East and argue U.S. resources should instead focus on domestic priorities. Ortagus said the current Iran conflict is different from “forever wars” in the Middle East in years past.
“I think there’s an in-between,” she said. “A very careful, thoughtful use of force when necessary, always preferring to negotiate … but also being willing to use American firepower if necessary.”
“I totally respect the office of the presidency and that he’s the one that has to make the final decisions on these,” she added.
She described the ongoing Republican foreign policy debate as “healthy,” arguing the party is openly wrestling with how aggressively the U.S. should confront Iran and its regional proxies.
The Iran negotiations come as the U.S. is also trying to stabilize the Israel-Lebanon front, where Hezbollah and Israeli forces have continued exchanging strikes despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire extension reached during talks in Washington last week.
The talks are aimed at stabilizing the Israel-Lebanon border and addressing Hezbollah’s armed presence in southern Lebanon.
Ortagus, who previously led Israel-Lebanon negotiations, framed Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon as part of the broader challenge posed by Iran’s regional proxy network, which she argued must be addressed alongside Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
“The big dispute comes with Hezbollah, which is an Iranian proxy that has, of course, been a cancer to the state of Lebanon and has in many ways occupied that country,” Ortagus said.
She argued the Lebanese and Israeli governments ultimately share an interest in avoiding a broader conflict, but said Hezbollah repeatedly undermines that possibility by operating independently of the Lebanese state.
A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight on March 10 to 11, 2026.(Fadel itani / AFP via Getty Images)
“The Lebanese government didn’t decide,” she said of the current conflict. “Hezbollah decided for the country of Lebanon.”
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Ortagus said she believes Israel and Lebanon could eventually move toward a more stable relationship if Hezbollah’s influence were diminished.
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“I actually think the goals for the Lebanese government and the Israeli government are very similar,” she said.
“There’s not territorial claims from Israel into Lebanon,” Ortagus added. “The big dispute comes with Hezbollah.”
Her comments echoed remarks delivered earlier in the evening by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, who said Israel has “no territorial claims” in Lebanon and suggested the countries could eventually move toward broader normalization if Hezbollah were removed from the equation.
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But negotiations remain complicated by continued tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border. Lebanese officials have accused Israel of violating the ceasefire through ongoing military operations and troop presence in parts of southern Lebanon, while Israeli officials argue previous agreements failed because Hezbollah was allowed to rebuild and operate near the border unchecked.
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“There’s nothing stopping normalization,” Leiter said during his keynote address at the Middle East Forum. “It would all be fine, but Hezbollah is holding Lebanon hostage.”