We are in essentially the same place we were two weeks ago.
President Trump told reporters to expect a peace deal with Iran by Monday, and said Monday morning that Vice President Vance was heading to Islamabad for talks.But Vance was actually still in Washington, waiting for a signal from Tehran before boarding his plane — a sign of the deep uncertainty over what will happen next.The big picture: Trump wants the…
President Trump on Monday dismissed that he is under “pressure” to cut a peace deal with Iran, as the end of the two-week ceasefire rapidly approaches. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that he “read the Fake News saying that I am under ‘pressure’” to reach a deal with the…
As the clock runs down on a two-week ceasefire agreed to by the US and Iran, the key question is whether they can reach a deal to end a war that has killed thousands of people and sparked a global energy crunch.
After briefly reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has again closed the vital economic waterway, saying it will restrict ships from passing through as long as the U.S. continues its blockade.
Did the president screw up a possible agreement with his own impulsivity? Or was the imminent deal that he touted on Friday an illusion all along?
The ceasefire expires Wednesday. Iran has fired on tankers, opened and closed the Strait of Hormuz within hours, and rejected Washington's core demands. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, not Iran's civilian government, is calling the shots. And a senior US official confirmed this week what the numbers have shown all along: "Iran has no money. They're…
