Iran just gave Washington a deadline. Watch Islamabad, not the White House

Iran’s message at the United Nations this week wasn’t subtle. President Masoud Pezeshkian stood before the General Assembly and told the room his country would not surrender, hours after President Trump had reportedly threatened Iran with annihilation. The American delegation walked out mid-speech. Then came the real substance: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary, Mohsen Rezaei, said Tehran had handed Washington a written road map — a phased 60-day ceasefire, a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, an end to the US naval blockade — and given the Americans four to five days to accept it. That’s not the language of a peace process finding its footing. It’s the language of a war entering its final act, one way […]