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A pause, not an end: What the two-week ceasefire with Iran really means - opinion

From Washington’s perspective, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz constitutes a major strategic achievement. For Iran, the ceasefire offers temporary breathing room.

A man holds a photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, while the flags of the US and Israel are burnt, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.
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An IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon, published April 7, 2026.

US, Islamic regime claim victory over each other as Trump asserts Lebanon not part of ceasefire

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025

Intelligence report warned of Iran's 'persistent threat' to US as White House downplayed the risk


Iran claims it is weighing strikes on IDF West Bank, Lebanon positions after ceasefire announced

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it had accepted the two-week ceasefire, while stressing that the war itself had not ended yet.

An Israeli air-defence system intercepts an Iranian missile flying towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from Hebron, West Bank, April 7, 2026.

Trump announces 'double-sided ceasefire' between US, Iran following Pakistani proposal

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged both the Iranian leadership and Trump to implement a two-week ceasefire “to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war."

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington DC on April 06, 2026.

Why is the West pretending Iran is winning the war against Israel, the US? - opinion

Despite Iran's military collapse, Western analysts continue to push a false narrative of victory. The facts don't align with the rhetoric surrounding the conflict.

Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012.

Trump's deadline approaches, Russia caught with Iran

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with the Kennedy Center board members in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 16, 2026.

US shouldn't negotiate with Iran until it realizes how badly it's losing - editorial

Tehran’s refusal to accept an interim arrangement shouldn’t be seen as feigning confidence, but as evidence that the regime still believes time can rescue it from a deteriorating position.

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

‘No objectives being met’: Lapid, opposition slam Netanyahu for war conduct, lack of strategy

Lapid had previously expressed his full backing for Netanyahu at the beginning of the war, but wrote earlier in the day in a statement that he could no longer hold this stance.

Opposition head Yair Lapid and MK Meirav Ben-Ari deliver a joint statement at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.

Strait of Hormuz closure has raised oil prices, but not without precedent - analysis

Even as gas prices have risen in recent weeks, another set of numbers has remained relatively contained: the markets.

Oil barrels and several hundred dollars; Illustrative.

North Korea distancing itself from Iran to leave door open for US talks, Seoul says

Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said North Korea had not sent weapons or supplies so far to Iran since the conflict started on February 28.

NORTH KOREA'S Kim Jong Un visits a special operations training base in North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 29, 2026.

US boots on the ground in Iran could lead to widespread regional conflict, experts say

US forces operating on Iranian soil could trigger an unstoppable chain reaction across global shipping lanes, energy markets, and political fault lines.

US Army Soldiers conduct low-light, live fire training with M240B machine guns in the US Central Command area of responsibility.

Plan in place to strike strategic Iran sites if deal not reached, sources tell 'Post'

Agreement on the target list follows a series of intensive high-level discussions aimed at synchronizing the American and Israeli responses to Tehran’s continued defiance.

Smoke rises after strikes on the Mahshahr Petrochemical Zone in Bandar Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran, in this handout picture released April 4, 2026, and obtained from a social media video.