A Week of Vertigo: From the Threat of a Return to War in Iran to the Imminent Signing of an Agreement

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It was the shooting down of an American helicopter by an Iranian drone over the waters of the Strait of Ormuz. It could have been any other encounter: U.S. and Iranian forces had been embroiled in increasingly serious skirmishes in the area as talks for a peace agreement continued. But that encounter last Monday particularly bothered President Donald Trump, who had just agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon. The Republican announced Tuesday that the …