Across the long arc of American-Iranian relations — marked by broken agreements, mutual suspicion, and the ever-present shadow of nuclear ambition — Donald Trump has offered a rare note of measured optimism, confirming that negotiations between Washington and Tehran are actively continuing. Speaking publicly on Tuesday, Trump expressed belief that a settlement is achievable, though the specifics of what such an agreement might look like remain unspoken. In the delicate theater of nuclear diplomacy, where the distance between hopeful words and binding commitments can stretch for years, the sign