U.S.-Iran deal redraws the Middle East, with Iran’s gains alarming rivals 66.8%
The Japan Times - By Samia Nakhoul - 6/19/2026, 12:45 AM
Negativity Bias 31.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 25.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 24.9%
BEIRUT – The U.S.-Iran agreement — the first signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution — is being hailed by its backers as the deal of the century. But for Tehran’s adversaries across the Middle East — from Israel to Gulf states and factions in Lebanon — it looks more like the curse of the... more