India, Nov. 14 -- Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called the US war on Iran "a very unfortunate choice" and "an unnecessary war". He said any settlement would probably leave Washington with a nuclear agreement no better than the one Donald Trump abandoned, and would have to concede something to Tehran on the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaking at the 24th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Blinken said Trump had gone for regime change, and that it "has not worked out as hoped". He said he had expected the conflict to end sooner. Track the HTLS 2026 session live here

Blinken said any settlement would be politically awkward for the president. "What Iran ultimately agrees to do on its nuclear programme may not look any diffe...