The US-Iran war is reaching an inflection point. Two months after the US and Israel started bombing Iran, there are still no clear winners. The temporary ceasefire is holding, but the specter of another phase of hostilities looms large. There is no war, but no peace either at the moment. Iran, on Thursday, via Pakistan, delivered a new set of proposals to the US in a move that rekindled the dwindling hopes for ending the catastrophic war. But President Trump has dampened those hopes by saying that the new plan proposed by Iran is not enough to make a deal. Iran submitted the revised plan after initial proposals were rejected by the US. Details, however, were never made public. It is believed that the initial plan focused only on addressing the Strait of Hormuz issue before tackling more pressing ones such as Iran's nuclear programme. In simple terms, the US wants an "all-in-one deal"........

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