The Treaty
Pakistan again says a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape — but the author notes Islamabad was optimistic before the last deal, which collapsed days...
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The Treaty
Less than a day after President Trump declared the Iran war over and the deal "complete," Iranian state-affiliated media published what it says are...
The Treaty
The deal fixes the crisis the Iran war created — Hormuz, the blockade — and barely touches the three problems Washington started with: nuclear,...
The Treaty
Trump calls it a completed deal. Iran calls it a ceasefire opening 60 days of talks. They're describing the same document — and both...
The Treaty
Buried at the end of Trump's announcement that the Iran war ends Sunday was a line that had nothing to do with the signing...
The Treaty
The plan was so secret the Pentagon's top general flew the Atlantic rather than discuss it on an encrypted line: send U.S. troops into...
The Treaty
A White House official now puts the odds at "80 to 85 percent" — up from 75. But Washington and Tehran are still describing...
The Treaty
The signing could come Sunday in Geneva. The fight is over what gets signed: Iran's leaked version concedes almost nothing — no new nuclear...
The Treaty
Iran's state media kept score: thirty-eight times, a deal was declared imminent. But claim thirty-nine came with something the other thirty-eight didn't — a...
The Treaty
Five Miles Long, Three Wide — and Holding Up Iran’s Entire War: The Island America Says It Will Take
Five miles long, three wide — and Iran's whole war runs through it. A declassified CIA file called Kharg Island the most vital point...