The Treaty Donald Trump’s New Iran Deal Settles Nothing: It Looks Like a Long-term Ceasefire with Giant Question Marks Trump calls it a completed deal. Iran calls it a ceasefire opening 60 days of talks. They're describing the same document — and both... Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago
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The Treaty Donald Trump Just Invoked Nuclear Weapons Against Iran. That Was a Big Mistake 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... Harry J. KazianisJune 13, 2026
The Treaty The U.S. Military Reportedly Planned to Send Troops Into Iran to Seize Its Uranium. Then Trump Hit Pause 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... Reuben JohnsonJune 13, 2026
Dollars and Sense Even If the Iran Deal Is Signed This Week, the Thing It Broke Won’t Be Fixed A deal in Geneva would end the war — not the lesson. For three months the world watched a fifth of its oil hang... Jack BuckbyJune 13, 2026
The Treaty Iran’s Foreign Minister Says It Plainly: Control of Hormuz ‘Will No Longer Be the Same.’ There’s the Toll A White House official now puts the odds at "80 to 85 percent" — up from 75. But Washington and Tehran are still describing... Jack BuckbyJune 13, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Is Still Standing After a Devastating War. The Audit Shows Why It Can’t Stay Standing for Long Iran has paid a price: the Supreme Leader dead, fifty commanders gone, 55 aircraft destroyed, the navy largely wiped out. Iran has absorbed it... Isaac SeitzJune 12, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Israel Says It Isn’t Bound by the Iran Deal. One Buried Clause Makes That the Whole Ballgame The reported deal frees billions, punts every nuclear question into a 60-day window — and Iran keeps "sovereignty" over Hormuz. One analyst's translation: here... Brandon WeichertJune 12, 2026