The peace agreement between the US and Tehran, if it endures, could be the most consequential diplomatic breakthroughs of this decade

The announcement by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - swiftly confirmed by US President Donald Trump — that Washington and Tehran have reached a peace agreement is indeed a great breakthrough, and the world can take a sigh of relief, but with a small caveat: it should hold. For the United States, this deal is a strategic win dressed up as a humanitarian one. Washington secures what it has long sought: a pathway to constraining Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to toll-free commercial shipping, and a claim to regional peacekeeping without boots indefinitely on the ground. Trump, never shy about legacy-building, has a feather in his cap. For Iran, the........

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