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A deal to end the war between Iran and U.S. was announced with some fanfare on Sunday, coinciding with the 80th birthday of President Donald Trump.
The initial agreement should result in some immediate developments: a cessation of military strikes and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz among them.
But what of the long-term issues that led to the conflict in the first place? On that, the details are a little more sketchy. Not only are there lingering doubts that Israel will play ball when it comes to ending its offensive in Lebanon, but the fate of Tehran’s nuclear program is far from resolved.
Rather, as nuclear security expert Farah Jan notes, the nuclear issue has been merely deferred for 60 days – leaving both sides to negotiate from positions that failed to prevent the onset of war in the first place.
Seen in that light, the agreement should be “read not as the path to a settlement but as the interval or pause before the next one fails,” Jan writes, adding: “The strait is open, the oil is flowing, and the question the war was fought over sits exactly where it began. Thousands of lives were lost to arrive back to square one. Nobody has won, though both sides will say they did.”
Elsewhere, we have been appraising the chants being heard at the World Cup and reflecting on the life and music of jazz great Abdullah Ibrahim.
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Matt Williams
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People ride motorcycles past a large billboard in central Tehran on June 8, 2026.
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