As the US and Iran edged towards what appeared to be a breakthrough after weeks of conflict in early April, a sudden burst of public messaging from Donald Trump may have thrown fragile diplomacy off course.
According to CNN, optimism around a potential deal to end the seven-week war began to unravel after Trump publicly claimed that Tehran had already agreed to several key conditions, including curbs on its nuclear programme and the transfer of enriched uranium. Those assertions, however, had not been finalised, and Iranian officials quickly pushed back, denying that any such commitments had been made.
