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Cairo Quartet Backs US-Iran Deal at Summit in Egypt

Does this deal open a path to stability, or strengthen the region's revisionist powers?

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Cairo Quartet Backs US-Iran Deal at Summit in Egypt

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Above: Hakan Fidan, Ishaq Dar, Badr Abdel Ati and Faisal bin Farhan ahead of a meeting in Cairo on June 21. Image credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

The Cairo meeting highlighted why Trump's Iran strategy remains relevant. As regional powers pursue diplomacy and projects such as the Hejaz Railway, none directly address the region's core security challenges. The Abraham Accords remain the only framework linking Arab states and Israel in a durable strategic partnership. Far from derailing normalization, the confrontation with Iran reinforced why deeper cooperation with Israel remains a long-term necessity.

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Anti-Trump narrative

The Cairo meeting underscores how rapidly the region is moving beyond the Trump era's geopolitical framework. While Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey back diplomacy with Iran and projects such as the Hejaz Railway, the Abraham Accords increasingly appear out of step with a region focused on connectivity and de-escalation. Rather than isolating Tehran, the Trump administration's war against Iran accelerated regional efforts to contain tensions through cooperation and diplomacy.