Washington, July 10 -- Merely a fortnight after celebrating a peace deal with Iran as a significant diplomatic breakthrough, US President Donald Trump abruptly decided to walk away from the framework, triggering a massive military escalation in the region.

Hours before departing for the NATO summit in Turkey, the American leader was anticipated to focus heavily on diplomacy. Instead, an urgent high-level meeting inside the Oval Office entirely altered the trajectory of the ongoing Iran conflict.

According to The Wall Street Journal, fresh intelligence exposing Iranian assaults against commercial vessels in the strategic Strait of Hormuz convinced President Trump that Tehran was no longer committed to the fragile ceasefire. By the time A...