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Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Keeps Crumbling

July 14, 2026·27 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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The U.S. and Iran have relapsed into open hostilities after a hastily negotiated ceasefire collapsed, primarily due to ambiguous language over the Strait of Hormuz. The failure reveals a fundamental misjudgment by the Trump administration, which treated the conflict as a transactional dea

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David Sanger

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David SangerRachel AbramsPresident TrumpJ.D. VanceJared KushnerSteve WitkoffAyatollah KhameneiWendy ShermanJohn KerryJavad Zarif

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