Trump's maximum pressure strategy has produced nothing but a dangerous stalemate — the JCPOA he trashed was far stronger than anything on the table now. Weeks of bombardment haven't delivered the surrender Trump wanted, and the Revolutionary Guard is running Iran with less restraint than ever. The standoff is hammering the global economy and pushing food prices sky-high across the developing world.
Iran's offer to open the Strait of Hormuz while keeping nukes off the table is a transparent stall tactic from a regime on the verge of collapse. Iranian oil storage is nearly full, and shutting down wells risks destroying wellheads permanently — Tehran has zero leverage here. Any deal that leaves Iran's nuclear program intact isn't a peace deal; it's a surrender dressed up as diplomacy.
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