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Trump Has Iran Cornered—and Tehran Knows It

The usual foreign policy experts are already misreading President Donald Trump’s decision to extend the Iran ceasefire as hesitation when it is actually a show of leverage.

Trump did not extend the ceasefire from a position of retreat. He did so citing Iran’s financial collapse and numerous ceasefire violations, all while maintaining the blockade and waiting for a coherent response to U.S. demands from a fractured regime that no longer looks formidable. The pressure test is working. Iran has lost its hold on the Strait of Hormuz, and the message is unmistakable: The only person Tehran is seriously responding to right now is Trump.

🚨 pic.twitter.com/7dXfz9afth— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 21, 2026

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Trump has already proven he can pressure Iran. The more important question now is whether Tehran is able to negotiate on any serious terms. Trump extended the ceasefire because the United States is still waiting for a formal Iranian response from a divided regime that appears unable to produce a unified proposal. At the same time, Pakistan, not Europe, has become the unexpected hinge on whether........

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