From Negotiation to Strike: Literary Parallels to a U.S. Attack on Iran

This article examines the sudden shift from diplomacy to military confrontation in the recent U.S.–Iran conflict through literary comparison. Drawing on Wild Wise Weird and Orwell’s Animal Farm, it argues that negotiations may function not as genuine peace efforts but as strategic instruments within power struggles. By linking contemporary geopolitics with political allegory, the study highlights recurring patterns of manipulation and the fragile boundary between dialogue and force.