Are the US and Iran back to square one?

At the NATO summit in Ankara this week, Trump said the ceasefire deal was “over.” (AFP/File Photo)

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For all the hard work invested in trying to negotiate a lasting peace settlement, the latest upsurge in violence between Iran and the US does not bode well for the survival of their 60-day ceasefire, implemented last month. A key factor in both the Trump administration and the Iranian regime agreeing to the truce was a profound sense of war weariness in the two camps. For different reasons, both want to see an end to the conflict, yet here it is, continuing.