Are the US and Iran closer to war or a deal? - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

On February 24, 2026, AL-Monitor hosted a live webinar on the rapidly escalating tensions between the United States and Iran amid fears of imminent war should negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program fail to yield a deal. AL-Monitor’s Editor-in-Chief Joyce Karam moderated a timely discussion featuring:

• Ali Hashem, author and senior regional correspondent who has just returned from Tehran
• Elizabeth Hagedorn, Diplomatic Correspondent for AL-Monitor
• Holly Dagres, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of The Iranist, a weekly newsletter on all things Iran

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