Not for the first time in his decade-long dealings with Iran, Trump has proved, from Tehran’s perspective, to be entirely untrustworthy. View image in fullscreen The flags of Iran and Hezbollah flown side by side at a rally in Tehran last June. Yet the White House knows Iran cannot desert Hezbollah after it suffered so much by answering Tehran’s call to intervene. View image in fullscreen Iran has shown its ability to wreak havoc in the Gulf, including in Dubai. Historical parallelsWhether this is the US’s Suez crisis, a perfect failure, or “essentially a passing thunderstorm” – as some in 1956 insisted Suez represented – is now the question.

Source: The Guardian April 11, 2026 14:19 UTC