In the long and fractured history between Washington and Tehran, a new obstacle has emerged — not from the battlefield, but from the negotiating table itself. President Trump introduced a demand for fifty years of financial compensation from Iran, a condition that had never been part of prior discussions, deepening a stalemate over nuclear sanctions and the Strait of Hormuz at a moment when the region can ill afford more uncertainty. Iran called it coercion; markets called it risk; and the violence that continued in Yemen and Lebanon reminded the world that diplomacy, however ambitious, has ra
Trump demands Iran pay 50 years of damages as nuclear talks stall
Houthi attack on Mocha killed seven people including four military personnel and three civilians, with 30 injured; Israeli operations destroyed homes in Lebanese villages.