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How the Trump administration handed Iran’s leadership a safe place to regroup
Iran’s officials are likely to be better prepared for the next round of US negotiations thanks to a golden opportunity in Islamabad.
- Akhtar Makoii
US chases a ‘Trumpian grand bargain’ with Iran as the message shifts again
US Vice President JD Vance maintains a deal to end the war can be achieved, while President Donald Trump says he would be comfortable walking away right now.
- Michael Koziol
- Updated
- Middle East at war
Trump issues new threat to Iran as ‘fragile’ ceasefire tested by Israeli strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says talks will be held with Lebanon “as soon as possible” after the White House was forced to clarify that Lebanon was never included in the truce.
- Michael Koziol
How Trump took the US to war with Iran
The US president’s hawkish thinking on Iran was a perfect fit with that of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
- Analysis
- Middle East at war
Trump stands accused, but a chilling message has exposed Iran’s own war crime
If the US president had launched his missile strikes, Tehran would have increased the civilian death toll.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- Middle East at war
Have Trump’s outlandish threats proved successful? We’ll find out in two weeks, or tomorrow
All we can really say for now is that there appears to be a greater chance of peace today than there was yesterday. And that’s not a bad thing.
- Michael Koziol
- Editorial
- Trump diplomacy
We all pay for Trump’s warmongering, bad-tempered toddler tantrum
US President Donald Trump’s weaponised uncertainty has a credibility problem.
- The Herald's View
Albanese calls for calm as world sits on edge of grim economic future
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will on Thursday pledge $1 billion for interest-free loans for struggling businesses.
- Paul Sakkal and James Massola
- Updated
- Middle East at war
‘That’s not for us’: Trump prepared to exit Iran with Strait of Hormuz still closed
The president and his defence secretary played down the importance of the strait to the US, even as the average price of petrol tipped over $US4 a gallon for the first time since 2022.
- Michael Koziol