Iran mocks Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ as adversaries wrestle over talks to end war

When Donald Trump abruptly pulled the plug on “Project Freedom” , the scheme to open the strait of Hormuz, barely a day after it had been announced, he gave the impression that an opportunity for a peace deal had materialised that could not be missed. To the surprise of nobody who has been following the US’s recent adventures in geopolitics, Trump’s spin concealed a lot of the underlying reality. …