President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that his administration has reached a peace deal with Iran more than three months after the US and Israel launched a disastrous war that has put intense strain on the world’s energy supply, and left the Iranian regime strengthened and emboldened.
The agreement constitutes the most notable diplomatic development since the strikes on Iran began on February 28.
American and Israeli forces decapitated the Iranian government by reportedly acting on information that many of the country’s top leaders would be in the same place at the same time.
The Iranian regime, however, has managed to sustain its grip on power, even in the wake of mass protests that were put down with ruthless violence earlier this year.
After some initial confusion among Trump’s own Republican Party as to what the US military action was ultimately meant to accomplish, the president began repeati...
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