US and Iran Split on Deal Sequencing as Talks Near Breaking Point

🕊️ DEADLOCK — Washington wants everything at once; Tehran wants war's end first. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The sequencing gap is the real obstacle now. Iran wants a ceasefire before locking in nuclear terms — preserving leverage. Washington wants a single package, preventing Tehran from banking war's end then walking back denuclearization. With forces pre-positioned and Trump's one-condition offer unanswered, this structural gap may be unbridgeable in the hours left.