President Trump came to office promising an end to forever wars. He now finds himself bogged down in talks with Iran with no end in sight.

It is a stalemate that favors Tehran’s well-worn playbook of drawing out negotiations and putting off any concessions that cross its redlines, geopolitical analysts said.

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