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"A Disastrous Development": Trita Parsi on Breakdown of U.S.-Iran Ceasefire

2026-07-09 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with political analyst Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about the latest events in the Middle East. The United States has bombed Iran for multiple days after President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire between the countries to be "over." Iran says it has retaliated by attacking U.S. military bases and other strategic sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@calgal5752 2026-07-09

Why isn’t Trump considered a global security threat? That’s what he is!

140 15 replies
@afzalhussain605 2026-07-09

Taking out negotiators and heads of state and then calling them scum is self evident who is naked here

101 3 replies
@michael2k3d48 2026-07-09

President Putin of Ukraine needs to tell the Islamic Republic of Japan to be more Iranian.

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@snowfort77 2026-07-09

There was never a cease fire. The MOU was BS. Trump has not once this whole time been in control of anything.

79 2 replies
@Red-jl5dq 2026-07-09

Trump is not in control of anything his under Netanyahu’s thumb and AIPAC , he knows it and the whole world knows it .

52 3 replies
@carlhopkinson 2026-07-09

Trump is an obscenity.

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@enjay9521 2026-07-09

What does this all mean? It means that Mr. Trump and his ilk are living in La La Land, while the rest of the world suffers.

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@cjjohnston3707 2026-07-09

This is what happens when the US sends negotiators who are focused on making business deals instead of sending experienced diplomats who know how to negotiate. So sad. None of this had to happen....

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@BarbaraNightingale-d2x 2026-07-09

This program is really important to share widely.

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@olorin4317 2026-07-09

Apparently, it’s been juuuust long enough for dementia Donnie to forget that this hasn’t worked the past five times he’s tried it. Pray he doesn’t have nuclear fantasies now.

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