John Bolton calls Iran ceasefire a ‘mistake’

Former national security adviser John Bolton said the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was a “mistake” as it gave Tehran time to prepare for a continued war.

“I think it was a mistake to have the ceasefire,” Bolton said on CNN on Sunday. “They‘ve got now a two-week breather where they‘re doing what they can to recover, regroup, get ready for the next phase of the war. We never should have let up on them.”

He later added: “I don’t think the president’s making geostrategic decisions, I think he’s making domestic, political decisions.”

In less than two days the two-week ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and Iran will expire, with Washington racing to shore up a peace deal with Iran.

The tenuous ceasefire began with Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and submitting a 10-point peace deal to the U.S., but Tehran shut down the........

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