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Amid Fresh Strikes, Trump Says Iran Truce Over but Still Open to Talks

Amid Fresh Strikes, Trump Says Iran Truce Over but Still Open to Talks

Amid Fresh Strikes, Trump Says Iran Truce Over but Still Open to Talks
Above: Mourners attend the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad on July 9. Image credit: AFP/Getty Images

The Spin


Washington keeps waging an unwinnable war it can't afford. Sanctions promised and yanked away, bombs dropped mid-negotiation — no wonder Tehran can't trust a word from the U.S. Trump vowed to end 'forever wars', yet fuels another, bleeding trillions while diplomacy withers. Peace is being sabotaged by Washington's own contradictions.

Tehran has chosen conflict over compromise, weaponizing the Strait of Hormuz and missile strikes to bend a fractured world to its will — dragging out talks not to find peace, but to prove it can outlast Washington. Every "near deal" collapses because Iran wants leverage, not resolution. Real peace remains hostage to a regime convinced that chaos, not diplomacy, is its path to power.


Metaculus Prediction

There is a 25% chance the U.S. Senate will pass an Iran war powers resolution before Aug. 1, 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


The Controversies



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