For Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project, the situation is completely up in the air: “At the moment, many details are still unclear,” he says. According to the expert, it is “not professional to speculate” on whether these are genuine talks between the warring parties. Schindler considers three scenarios possible: Actual talks between Iran and the U.S. Indirect talks mediated by third-party countries in the region. Or: Simply a tactic by the U.S. administration to calm the markets and buy time.