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  • This BBC article is doing an ok job. It’s true that Trump claims that a deal is near. They also point out the history:

    Trump has previously claimed a deal with Iran was close without one materialising.

    […]

    On 20 April, Trump said a deal with Iran would be made “relatively quickly”, and both he and senior administration figures suggested negotiations were progressing in the weeks that followed.

    But on 27 May, after reports the two sides were close to an agreement, Trump said he was “not satisfied” with its terms. Talks have continued since.

    […]

    Hours before the latest comments on an impending deal, Trump had said “the United States will be hitting Iran… very hard tonight” while threatening to seize Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points “in the not too distant future”.