'We have lost': Trump's Iran pact seen as a strategic defeat in Washington

'We have lost': Trump's Iran pact seen as a strategic defeat in Washington Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 20:56 Iran is reaping strategic and financial gains as a result of the agreement to end the war, pro- and anti-war voices agree US President Donald Trump, centre left, and French President Emmanuel Macron, centre right, during the signing of a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war, inside Château de Versailles, in Versailles, southwest of Paris, on 17 June 2026 (X account of President Emmanu