Iran has strong bargaining chips, but nobody to play against

It's not clear what else the United States and Iran have to negotiate over, given Trump's declaration that that most of the war's goals have been achieved - and given Europe does not have the tools to give Tehran what it wants in exchange for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz

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It's not clear what else the United States and Iran have to negotiate over, given Trump's declaration that that most of the war's goals have been achieved - and given Europe does not have the tools to give Tehran what it wants in exchange for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz

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Zvi Bar'el

06:00 AM • April 03 2026 IDT

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth could not have been clearer when he set the goal of the ongoing war in Iran. "We don't want to have to do more militarily than we have to. Our job is to ensure that we compel Iran to realize that this new regime, this regime in charge, is in a better place if they make a deal."

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