New Delhi, June 25 -- MJ Akbar, Former Minister of State (MoS) MEA, said that it would be a misnomer to describe US-Iran talks as peace talks, as it would have to club Syria, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the whole region in the umbrella; not just Iran.

Akbar, in conversation with ANI, said that such peace talks have been failing since the last 75 years, and will not succeed even in the next 75 days.

"The first, I think, misunderstanding and even misnomer is to describe them as peace talks. Peace talks will have to deal with that whole region. Peace talks will have to deal with Lebanon. Peace talks will have to deal with Syria. Peace talks will have to deal with Gaza, the future of Palestine, what will be the map of Israel. It's a huge ente...