jakarta, ThedailyID — Iran reportedly enlisted senior psychologists to help analyze U.S. President Donald Trump during peace negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
According to reports from independent outlets DropSite News and The Cradle, the psychologists joined Iran’s negotiating team during indirect talks with the United States. Pakistan reportedly mediated the discussions over the past several months.
The claim came from American investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, founder of DropSite News. He said sources familiar with the negotiations described a unique strategy aimed at understanding Trump’s behavior and decision-making process.
Scahill said Iranian officials asked senior psychologists to create a psychological profile of Trump. Negotiators then used those assessments to shape messages before passing them through mediators.
According to the sources, Iranian officials adopted the approach after concluding that Trump often acted unpredictably during negotiations. They believed a better understanding of his personality could improve communication and increase the chances of progress.
“We asked senior psychologists to develop a psychological profile of what they believed was happening inside Trump’s mind,” Scahill quoted the sources as saying during the Breaking Points podcast.
The sources also claimed the strategy produced positive results. Some negotiators reportedly described the process in clinical terms and compared it to managing a patient.
Scahill revealed the information days before Pakistani mediators announced that the United States and Iran had reached a peace agreement. However, neither the Iranian government nor state media has publicly confirmed the report.
Meanwhile, U.S. authorities and the White House have not commented on the allegations. As a result, key details surrounding the reported strategy remain unverified.
The report highlights the growing role of behavioral analysis in diplomacy. Governments and intelligence agencies have long used psychological profiling to better understand foreign leaders and their negotiating styles.
