America blockaded Iran between ceasefire sessions, which is a bit like proposing during divorce mediation.
Announcing a naval blockade 'effective immediately' during active peace talks is the geopolitical equivalent of flipping the board mid-negotiation.
▸ Wikipedia — U.S. president Donald Trump announces a U.S. naval blockade of Iran and the strait "effective immediately," which will "seek and interdict" any vessel that paid Iran's toll to crosThe vice president led fourteen hours of ceasefire talks that produced no ceasefire, which raises questions about what exactly happened for fourteen hours.
▸ Wikipedia — U.S. vice president JD Vance, who led the American delegation in the ceasefire talks, says that the two sides have not reached a deal to end the war, with disagreement over nuclearPeruvian authorities raided their own election headquarters over late ballots, a level of institutional self-awareness rarely seen outside Swiss watchmaking.
▸ Wikipedia — Peruvian police and prosecutors conduct searches at the electoral authority's headquarters and a private company as part of an investigation into delays in delivering voting materi