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Sanam Vakil

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Director of @ch_menap working on both sides of the Gulf & teaching Middle East politics @SAISHopkins
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The Iran Cease-Fire Was Doomed to Fail

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By Neil Quilliam, Sanam Vakil
| Foreign Affairs Verified
The memorandum of understanding that the United States and Iran signed in June has fallen apart. The deal was meant to halt fighting, open the Strait of Hormuz, and create a 60-day window for further negotiations, but Iran and the United States are back to launching missiles and drones at each other and have shut down commerce through the strait. The memorandum’s failure should come as no surprise.
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A War Neither America Nor Iran Can Win Original

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By Sanam Vakil
| TIME Verified
Fears of a return to full blown war are growing as the United States and Iran are increasingly trading military strikes. The memorandum of understanding the two countries signed after 40 days of American and Israeli bombing on Iran and Iranian strikes against the Gulf countries and Israel lasted barely a month before it unravelled.
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Will the US–Iran ceasefire hold?

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By Sanam Vakil
| Revista de Prensa "Almendrón" Verified
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (centre) looks on as Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (left) shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (right) at the Lake Lucerne Summit on 21 June 2026. (Photo by Nathan Howard-Pool Since the US and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) ending the war, much discussion has centred on the simple question of who won. There is no clear-cut answer.
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