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The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump’s Iran deal could place his legacy in the hands of Tehran

A composite image of Trump speaking on the left, and a man standing next to a destroyed building on the right.
Left: Donald Trump at Paris’s Orly airport on 17 June 2026. Right: A person surveys damage from a US-Israeli strike on 29 March 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Composite: Getty Images

It began with the fate of hostages.

Donald Trump’s first recorded foray into politics was sparked by the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran, which saw 52 American diplomats held incommunicado for 444 days.

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