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Trump's push for a new Iran agreement is running into a fundamental obstacle that no diplomatic framework has yet resolved — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its overseas Quds Force remain fully operational, and the regime's "4H" proxy axis of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi militias remains intact.
The strategic risk is not whether a deal is signed but whether it grants Tehran the time to rebuild influence it never fully surrendered.
History — specifically the record of the previous Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — offers a cautionary baseline.
The Infrastructure Survived the Pressure The elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran's regional terror network, was a landmark moment.
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