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If Iran agrees to everything, was the war worth it?

It’s not clear. The conclusion could evolve with hindsight.

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Any deal will likely resemble the 2015 one that Iran and the US agreed to.

Any deal will likely resemble the 2015 one that Iran and the US agreed to.

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Marc Champion

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We still don’t know when the Strait of Hormuz will open and the US war with Iran will end.

But thanks to a carefully placed Trump administration leak, we do now know what it wants in a deal, including a moratorium on nuclear enrichment and an end to the blockade of the crucial oil waterway. Let’s say that this time, against all odds, the men who rule Tehran just say “yes” to it all – would this deal have been worth the war?

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