The Iran ceasefire was meant to pave the way for a grand nuclear deal. New strikes expose its flaws

The day after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, opening a 60-day window to negotiate a deal over the country’s nuclear program, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff got on the phone to brief skeptical Republican leaders.

The terms of the 14-point document were vague and open to interpretation, sparking concern across Washington about what exactly the president had just signed on to and what concessions had been made to Tehran.

Kushner and Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law and special envoy, respectively, had spent months leading backchannel talks on Iran, and now sought to reassure

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