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Can Iran and Trump really agree on a peace plan?
Published 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Donald Trump was threatening to wipe out ‘a whole civilisation’, then about an hour before his deadline the US president announced a ceasefire deal had been struck with Iran.
Iran and the United States will now spend two weeks negotiating a peace plan, but it seems there’s little they can agree on.
Today, Barbara Slavin, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center on why Trump ‘blinked’ and what comes next.
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Barbara Slavin, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and a lecturer in international affairs at George Washington University