As shares rose and oil prices fell, Iran’s foreign minister said there was no formal deal but said Iran would stop if Israel did and referred to the war in the past tense. “The military operations of our powerful Armed Forces to punish Israel for its aggression continued until the very last minute,

As President Donald Trump floats “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force in recent decades can offer stark warnings about the possibility of a deepening involvement in the Iran-Israeli conflict.