National Security
Trump Calls Iran Deal a Near-Total Win; Text Defers the War’s Aims
The White House released the memorandum. By its own terms, the reasons the war started are parked in a 60-day window.
The White House released the memorandum. By its own terms, the reasons the war started are parked in a 60-day window.
The president vows a "word by word" reading of a text he won't release until he stages it himself.
A US-Iran memorandum may sign Sunday and reopen Hormuz, but the actors fighting in Lebanon never signed anything
The memorandum reopens Hormuz and extends the ceasefire — yet defers the enrichment fight that started the war
Both capitals are telling the truth about different layers of the same agreement. One signature is pending in neither's messaging.
Tehran put a war-zone threat on the cover page of a $1.77 trillion stock debut. Trading starts Friday.
Vance will attend a weekend ceremony in Europe. Trump won't. Iran's negotiators say nothing has been approved.
The declaration is recycled. What's new is that vessels are now being struck on both sides, and the dead are neither American nor Iranian.