‘A very strange outcome’: Fareed on US-Iran ceasefire
April 8, 2026
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After a month and a half of spiraling conflict in the Middle East, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday – less than two hours before US President Donald Trump’s deadline, after which he had promised to wipe out a “whole civilization.” CNN's Fareed Zakaria reacts to the ceasefire agreement and says the war has handed Iran a weapon in the form of the Strait of Hormuz.
0:00 Fareed Zakaria says US-Iran negotiations have been “a case book on how not to negotiate” 3:24 Is Iran better off than it was before the war? 4:34 Who’s in charge of the Strait of Hormuz? 6:45 Vice President JD Vance says the US still has economic leverage over Iran Watch more CNN here: https://cnn.it/4kh5RPe #Iran #Trump #News
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