Dangerous nuclear stalemate


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  • Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025

Emergency workers at the site of an Iranian missile attack in Haifa, Israel. With no negotiations, no oversight and no clarity about Iran’s stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear another war with Israel is inevitable. — Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump insists that US strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme this summer, but regional officials and analysts have become less convinced in the months since, and they warn another outbreak of war between Israel and Iran is only a matter of time.

The 2015 deal intended to limit Iran’s nuclear enrichment expired in October. Tough sanctions on Iran have been restored. Negotiations on its nuclear programme appear to be dead for now.

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