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"Trump made Neville Chamberlain look like Winston Churchill," writes one veteran Middle East analyst, arguing the Iran deal repeats Obama's worst mistakes — leaving...
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All posts tagged "Strait of Hormuz"
The Treaty
Whatever gets signed in Switzerland on Friday, the war's most consequential outcome may be a conclusion forming in Tehran that no agreement can undo:...
Dollars and Sense
If Iran's version is real, the leaked terms don't look good for Washington: Hormuz free for just 60 days before "service fees" — a...
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
A White House official now puts the odds at "80 to 85 percent" — up from 75. But Washington and Tehran are still describing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
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...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Taking Kharg Island is the easy part — helicopters and Ospreys could do it. Holding it is the trap, one professor warns, and a...