{"id":71359,"date":"2026-04-10T06:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/middle-east-crisis-has-given-iran-new-way-to-resist-nuclear-limits-say-former-us-iran-envoys\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:58:26","slug":"middle-east-crisis-has-given-iran-new-way-to-resist-nuclear-limits-say-former-us-iran-envoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/middle-east-crisis-has-given-iran-new-way-to-resist-nuclear-limits-say-former-us-iran-envoys\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East crisis has given Iran new way to resist nuclear limits, say former US-Iran envoys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2015 nuclear deal negotiators say cutting off strait of Hormuz has shown Iran how it can \u2018balance asymmetry of power\u2019 with US<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/apr\/09\/iran-war-ceasefire-live-strait-of-hormuz-israel-strikes-middle-east-crisis-latest-news\"><strong>Middle East crisis \u2013 live updates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran\u2019s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran new tools and resolve to resist pressure to shutter its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>Two senior negotiators for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era agreement to limit Iran\u2019s nuclear uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief, said the Trump administration\u2019s war had handed Iran a coveted weapon by demonstrating its ability to cut off the strait of Hormuz, an economic chokehold that one negotiator said would help Iran \u201cbalance the asymmetry of power\u201d with the US.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/10\/middle-east-crisis-has-given-iran-new-way-to-resist-nuclear-limits-say-former-us-iran-envoys\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 nuclear deal negotiators say cutting off strait of Hormuz has shown Iran how it can \u2018balance asymmetry of power\u2019 with US Middle East crisis \u2013 live updates Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran\u2019s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran &#8230; <a title=\"Middle East crisis has given Iran new way to resist nuclear limits, say former US-Iran envoys\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/middle-east-crisis-has-given-iran-new-way-to-resist-nuclear-limits-say-former-us-iran-envoys\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Middle East crisis has given Iran new way to resist nuclear limits, say former US-Iran envoys\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}