Contradictions in Trump's war on Iran are glaring, and unlikely to end the way he thinks it will
The Economic Times·2026-03-01 18:05
But the issue is trust. In June 2025, Israel struck Iran derailing Iran-US negotiations. Last Friday, Oman's foreign minister Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi had stated that a peace deal was within reach and Iran had agreed it would 'never, ever' possess nuclear material for a bomb and would accept full verification by IAEA. He said he had conveyed this directly to US veep JD Vance. So, diplomacy could have worked, but the Americans chose war.Within hours - citing the nuclear issue - Israel and the US launched at ...