# Analysis: Iran war has cost Washington leverage, Gulf trust and a quick path to an end

https://mins.news/en/video/36280

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-28 23:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6uwT7aonvo

> Alan Eyre, a former senior US diplomat involved in negotiating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, assesses the fallout from the US war with Iran. He says Trump’s unilateral campaign seriously damaged US soft power in the Gulf, pushed GCC states toward strategic hedging and turned “America First” into “America Alone.”

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