Is the ‘Islamabad Declaration’ a necessary truce or start of a long road to resolution?

A political billboard featuring Trump and Hormuz Strait is seen along Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 26, 2026. (AFP)

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If the reports surrounding what is now being called the “Islamabad Declaration” are accurate, then what we are witnessing is not a fully-fledged peace agreement between Washington and Tehran, but rather an urgent political attempt to pull the region back from the edge of a wider confrontation and return it to the negotiating table.