nuclear deal

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conflict 2026-05-09

The Ceasefire That Keeps Shooting

US and Iran are exchanging fire in the Strait of Hormuz while both sides insist a ceasefire is still in effect. One of them is lying, or neither knows what a ceasefire means.

conflict 2026-05-01

Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Trade the Blockade, Keep the Bomb

Tehran is offering to reopen the world's most important oil chokepoint in exchange for Washington dropping its nuclear demands. Trump is saying no. Both sides are right to distrust the other.

decision 2026-04-19

Europe's Nuclear Experts Are Watching Witkoff and Kushner Negotiate Iran. They Are Not Calm.

European diplomats who spent 12 years building the 2015 nuclear accord have been sidelined from the current talks. They think a bad deal is more likely than no deal, and that a bad deal is worse.

conflict 2026-04-18

The Strait That Won't Stay Open

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is open. The US Navy says it is blockading Iranian ports. Both statements are true, and that gap is where the war continues.