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The art of no deal: Why the US-Iran stalemate may be structural
Both sides say they want an agreement, and neither is creating the conditions for one
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Published Mon, Apr 27, 2026 · 06:30 PM
NEARLY two months have passed since US and Israeli strikes shook Teheran and killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The war that was supposed to end in decisive victory has instead settled into a grinding diplomatic stalemate, one that exposes fundamental contradictions on both sides.
The first round of talks in Islamabad on Apr 11 ended without a breakthrough.
