Is China Trump’s Only Hope For Ending The Iran War?
Trita Parsi Tom Pickering Responsible Statecraft US interests in both the Middle East and Asia would be best served by cooperation with Beijing The current war with Iran and its…
Iran Accuses Kushner, Witkoff of Pursuing Profits Over Peace in Diplomatic Talks
Jake Johnson Common Dreams Iranian officials reportedly warned US Vice President JD Vance late last month that two officials leading the Trump administration’s diplomatic efforts in the Middle East—special envoys…
JD Vance Says Israeli Officials Are Pressuring U.S. to Prolong Iran War
Joshua Scheer Vice President JD Vance has made one of the most striking public acknowledgments yet of tensions between Washington and Israel over the future of the Iran conflict, claiming…
The U.S. Stick Won’t Work on Iran; Needs to Offer Carrots
Andreas Krieg, King’s College London The Conversation Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region into a tit-for-tat spiral of…
Why Iran Ceasefire Was Always Going To Break
Ben Soodavar, King’s College London The Conversation (The Conversation) – Less than a month after a ceasefire was signed between the US and Iran, conflict has returned to the Middle…
Trump Says US-Iran Memorandum Of Understanding Is ‘Over’
David DeCamp, Antiwar.com. Calls Iranian Leadership ‘Scum’. The president said Iran would get hit hard again and threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure. President Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire…
Trump Says Iran Deal Is “Over,” Signals More US Strikes Are Likely Coming
“Negotiators keep talking if they want, but I don’t see it,” Trump said on the status of future discussions. By Chris Walker This article was originally published by Truthout “Negotiators…
Why Israel fears a US-Iran Deal far more than Conflict
Paul Rogers OpenDemocracy.net ) The US/Iran Memorandum of Understanding remains just about intact despite several exchanges of fire. Oman’s recent decision to release $6bn in frozen Iranian assets has helped…
How Iran Is Moving From Resistance To Statecraft After The War
Farrokh Neghadar and Goudarz Eghtedari for Middle East Monitor The recent war involving Iran has revived a longstanding debate about the nature of Iranian power and the future of the…
Words Matter: What does “De-Confliction” Even Mean?
Kathy Gannon Substack The statement that came out of the first day of meetings in Switzerland between Iran and the United States announced a number of committees or cells, including…
Israel’s ‘Sabotage’ of Peace Agreement Working Again as Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz in Response to Lebanon Assault
Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Israel’s attempts to sabotage the peace agreement between the United States and Iran appear to be working again, with its relentless attacks on Lebanon reportedly…
Throughout the US-Israeli War, Iranians Refused to Be Owned
By Elham Rahmati & Sahand Saadatmandi This article was originally published by Truthout In a war of aggression, our people refused to disappear and earned something no diplomatic text can…
The U.S. And Iran Have Struck A Deal To Open The Strait Of Hormuz, But Israel May Prevent An End To The War
Mitchell Plitnick Mondoweiss According to reports, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and formally end the fighting between the…