Donald Trump has trumpeted his ceasefire as a diplomatic breakthrough but it is a juvenile fantasy which won’t last, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Donald Trump cannot allow his instinct for self-congratulation to override the absolute need to carefully defuse the many minefields that lie ahead with Tehran.

Donald Trump said he went to war because Iran would not negotiate. Now he claims peace based on a negotiation with a regime he cannot defeat or control.

Donald Trump has trumpeted his ceasefire as a diplomatic breakthrough but it is a juvenile fantasy which won’t last, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Editorial: If the ceasefire holds, Donald Trump’s ill-starred foray into the Middle East will have left the Iranian regime stronger than it was before the conflict

Editorial: The US-Iran ceasefire is welcome. But the US president is trying to disguise a failed war of choice as a diplomatic victory

To end his war on Iran, Trump was forced to return to the status quo with the Strait of Hormuz open and no nuclear deal in place.

Donald Trump would have us believe he's achieved peace in our time with his so-called 'memorandum of understanding' with Iran, designed to end hostilities in the Gulf and pave the…