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

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Source: France 24

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin, 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", 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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