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The announcement didn’t just rattle the windows of the Pentagon; it sent shockwaves through the hulls of every commercial tanker currently navigating the Persian Gulf. Citing “tremendous Military Success” and significant diplomatic movement toward a “Complete and Final Agreement” with Tehran, Trump has gambled on a window of restraint to see if the Iranian regime will finally bend to a signature.
The Mediation of the “Brotherly Countries”
The suspension of Project Freedom appears to be a calculated response to a high-stakes diplomatic intervention by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, acting as a principal mediator in the shadow war between Washington and Tehran, publicly expressed gratitude for Trump’s “courageous leadership”.
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