Six months into a war originally sold as a "short-term excursion", experts say the United States and Iran are in a stalemate where prospects for peace are "bleak", but not impossible.

The military conflict between the United States and Iran has reached the six-month mark since hostilities began on February 28, 2026. The war remains locked in a major strategic…

When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially said he expected the war to last four to five weeks.