Reported terms of Trump’s Iran deal would confirm the war as an epochal failure

Wednesday's cabinet meeting comes as ceasefire faces fresh strain, Hormuz tensions persist

An IRGC Navy official threatened to turn Iran's entire Gulf coastline into a killing ground if the US resumed strikes, even as negotiators reported the two sides were closer to an initial agreement than at any point since the April ceasefire.

It came after an Iranian delegation, led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, returned to Tehran from Qatar amid efforts to reach an understanding with the United States on ending the nearly three-month-long war on the country.

President Donald Trump has signaled an imminent end to the war in Iran — but that messaging is bumping up against a reality of escalating tensions in the wake of renewed U.S. strikes last night.