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Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

The Guardian UK · 22 August 2026 at 10:00

Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

As the president tries to extract the US from his Iran war quagmire, leadership in Tehran is only too happy to crush his midterm dreams In the aftermath of his devastating election defeat, the US president remained haunted by regrets over Iran .

Months before Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan , eight US servicemen died in a botched high-risk rescue mission that failed to secure the freedom of dozens of US hostages seized in Tehran.

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Persuasion, denial and bluster: Trump ‘stuck’ on Iran war ahead of elections

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