Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for

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Following a US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed by Presidents Trump and Pezeshkian, the war initiated on February 28 has concluded with Iran empowered and the Strait of Hormuz reopened. The agreement mandates the lifting of US sanctions and unfreezing of Iranian assets, prompting questions about the war's purpose and its strategic outcomes for the US and Israel.

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While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

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