President Donald Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)A leading Middle East expert has branded Donald Trump’s decision to go to war in Iran “an absolute strategic failure”.
Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international affairs editor, said the US president’s vow to bring down the Tehran regime has not come true.
His comments came after Israel defied Trump by launching retaliatory strikes against Iran in a further blow to his hopes of securing a peace deal.
It is the first time the two sides ha...
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