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

France24 · · 333 words
Diplomacy and Negotiations Geopolitical Conflict (US-Iran)
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2 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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"”
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Multiple web search results cite Rosemary Kelanic, Director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities, making statements regarding US strategy and the difficulty of discerning a strategy related to Trump's actions concerning Iran. The evidence shows this claim is reported across different search results referencing her work.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…
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web search NEUTRAL — But Rosemary Kelanic, Director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities, warned: “It’s a very dangerous mission.” She said Iran occupies the higher ground across the northern side of the strai…
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump…
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“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".”
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The claim that a conflict weakened the US position relative to Iran, specifically mentioning Iran's ability to close the Strait, is supported by the context provided in the web search results. One result quotes Kelanic stating that Trump's belief in swift action shows the US 'doesn’t have the strategic advantages and power that it thought it had.' While the exact quote about 'closing the Strait' is not directly quoted in the provided snippets, the overall theme of diminished US power relative to Iran following conflict is corroborated by the context provided in the web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War
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web search NEUTRAL — Kelanic publishes widely on energy security, great power politics, and U.S. grand strategy in the Middle East. Her work has appeared in outlets ranging from Foreign Affairs and Security Studies to the…
https://www.defensepriorities.org/people/rosemary-kelanic/
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