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Home / US-Israel-Iran / Trump Needs to Defy History to End the Iran War
US‑Israel‑Iran, Iran, Middle East

July 21, 2026

Trump Needs to Defy History to End the Iran War

By William Walldorf

When U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran in mid-June, he promised to broker a final deal that will “bring peace and security to the whole region.” Since then, however, negotiations have stalled, fighting has resumed, U.S. sanctions have been reimposed, and U.S. warships have once again blockaded Iran. In short, we’re back to the same stalemated war we thought we were done with a month ago.

This all raises an important question: Can Trump bring the peace he’s promised?

Read at Foreign Policy

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