Where the Iran war stands as 60-day window to reach peace deal expires

President Trump lashed out at U.S. allies on Monday as the deadline to reach a deal to end the war with Iran expires.

"The crucial factor here is Iran possesses the de minimis military ability to threaten traffic so that traffic will not go through the strait. That's not going to change. Unfortunately, despite the fact that our military is so much stronger, we cannot open and keep open the strait militarily." — Alan Eyre, Middle East Institute

"I don't think there's any chance the Iranian leadership is going to relent. I actually think they want to intensify the war. That's why the president, I think, has now decided to put all his chips onto the blockade and sanctions, economic warfare, to try to either bring the regime to the table or to collapse it." — Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

"I agree with much of it, but I do think that Iran is open to negotiation. They have it — but they're going to negotiate while fighting. The decision Iran has made collectively in the last week or so is that they're not going to decrease economic pressure on the West of the United States by reopening even partially the strait because they don't want to lose the initiative they feel they have." — Alan Eyre, Middle East Institute