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WASHINGTON AND TEHRAN have performed this dance before. Carrier movements. Air defenses. urgent calls with Gulf capitals. a fresh round of “final warnings.” Then, at the last second, either a backchannel produces a face-saving pause, or the first explosions make the entire debate irrelevant.
Tonight feels like that familiar prelude, but also unlike it.
By Jeff SteinWASHINGTON AND TEHRAN have performed this dance before. Carrier movements. Air defenses. urgent calls with Gulf capitals. a fresh round of “final warnings.” Then, at the last second, either a backchannel produces a face-saving pause, or the first explosions make the entire debate irrelevant.
Tonight feels like that familiar prelude, but also unlike it.