'Trump has boxed himself into a corner', expert says as fate of Iran peace talks uncertain

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'Trump has boxed himself into a corner', expert says as fate of Iran peace talks uncertain Middle East

Issued on: 20/04/2026 - 21:23

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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin, Rosemary Kelanic, Director of the Middle East programme at the think tank Defense Priorities, says that US President Donald Trump "has boxed himself into a corner", explaining that "this war has failed, the war has put the United States in a weaker position relative to Iran than it was before the war started, because now Iran has closed the Strait and demonstrated its ability to do that".

Keywords for this article

• Iran
• Donald Trump
• Middle East
• Israel
• diplomacy

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