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Why Iran thinks it’s winning the war
16 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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Donald Trump says Iran is negotiating with the US to end the war, but Iran says that’s ‘fake news’.
So, are there efforts underway to bring the conflict to a close or not? And who’s winning the war?
Today, Jonathan Panikoff from the Atlantic Council’s Middle East program on Iran’s stronghold on the Strait of Hormuz and why it will only stop the fighting on its terms. 
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Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council