Domestic pressures are injecting new life into stalled diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran, but analysts say peace still hangs by a thread.

Diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israel war on Iran have gathered pace, potentially reducing the chance of another round of intense conflict.

US President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani hailed positive closed-door talks at the White House on Monday, with Trump saying he considers the war “effectively” at an end.

But amid talk of peace, both sides have boasted that their militaries are ready and Iran has come under attack.

The US “is fully locked and loaded with the best equipment ever made”, Trump said, but added there would likely be no reason to use it as negotiations with Tehran are “going very well”.

Iran pointed to the possibility of a diplomatic solution while maintaining a deterrence posture.

On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the war would “not end either through military means or by increasing sanctions”, but only through “using the language of respect”.

The comment came a day after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had hinted at an openness to negotiations, telling the country’s leadership to end the “no war, no peace” reality.

“We can hold talks with dignity and bring the matter to an end with dignity,” Pezeshkian said.

The crushing Republican defeat in the US midterm elections earlier this month is one of the elements injecting new life into stalled diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran, analysts say.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/10/positive-momentum-is-the-us-war-on-iran-about-to-end?traffic_source=rss