‘Trump Wants To Humiliate Tehran’: Experts Warn Miscalculation By Either Party Could Renew Conflict

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• ‘Trump Wants To Humiliate Tehran’: Experts Warn Miscalculation By Either Party Could Renew Conflict Published By, Last Updated: May 19, 2026, 17:07 IST US-Iran tensions persist as both sides refuse key concessions, experts warn miscalculation could spark war.
• Tehran parliament mulls bounty bill targeting Trump and Netanyahu.
• A photo of wreckage and remains of targeted and crashed aircraft in Iran, provided by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
• (Image: AFP) With US President Donald Trump holding off new military strikes on Iran, experts are no longer concerned with how long the tensions will persist but whether a miscalculation by Washington or Tehran will cause a new conflict, according to Reuters.
• While the US wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment for 20 years and also send its stockpiles to the US, Iran has demanded an end to strikes, security guarantees, war reparations and recognition of its sovereignty over Hormuz.