Trump says the cease-fire is dead, so Qatar rushed to Iran to fix it
Just when everyone thought a cease-fire deal might hold, ships got attacked, strikes resumed, and Trump posted that talks are on but the cease-fire is over. Enter Qatari diplomats trying to save the deal.
The ink was barely dry on a fragile cease-fire agreement when Iran targeted three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. That immediately prompted the U.S. military to resume strikes, turning a temporary pause back into an active warzone.
Then Donald Trump took to Truth Social to clarify the situation: Iran asked to keep talking, the U.S. agreed, but the cease-fire itself is officially dead.
Naturally, Qatari mediators hopped on a plane to Tehran in a US-coordinated rush to stop the peace framework from completely collapsing. They are pushing to set up a fresh round of negotiations in either Qatar or Pakistan before the escalation gets even worse.
Diplomacy in 2026 apparently means negotiating peace terms while actively exchanging missile strikes.
Source: CNN
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