{"id":22467,"date":"2026-06-09T21:09:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=22467"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:09:53","slug":"region-on-edge-as-iran-peace-talks-stall-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=22467","title":{"rendered":"Region On Edge As Iran Peace Talks Stall Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iran conflict, in its low-grade double blockade form, feels like an endless cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran has been attacked by a superpower and is technically more able to develop nuclear material than they were a decade ago&#8230;they likely want a nuke for defensive purposes more than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran&amp;apos;s Wartime Strategy: Survive and Entrench\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KSDd3Z8eLjo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran conflict, in its low-grade double blockade form, feels like an endless cycle. <\/p>\n<p>Iran has been attacked by a superpower and is technically more able to develop nuclear material than they were a decade ago&#8230;they likely want a nuke for defensive purposes more than ever. <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KSDd3Z8eLjo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[552,221,272,355,314,156,391,180,275,276,273,170,619,158],"class_list":["post-22467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-conflict","tag-donald-trump","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-foreign-policy","tag-international-relations","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-nuclear","tag-nuclear-deterrence","tag-nuclear-proliferation","tag-nukes","tag-trump","tag-united-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22468,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22467\/revisions\/22468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}