Donald Trump has nothing to show for his war with Iran

After waging a destructive war at vast expense, Donald Trump has ended up in a weaker strategic position than when he started. His main achievement has been to battle-test Iran’s ability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz and disrupt the world economy.

Andreas Krieg is an associate professor at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London and the author of Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World. He spoke to Jacobin about the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, whether it will lead to a wider rapprochement between the two states, and what the consequences of the US-Israeli war on Iran have been for the region and the wider world.

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