The impact has been felt for months at the pump in the U.S., with gasoline prices at a national average of $4.32 per gallon as of Monday, up from $2.98 before the conflict, according to the American Automobile Association.Â
What is the status of the U.S.-Iran peace deal?
But key disagreements—especially over Tehran’s nuclear capabilities and the future management of the Strait of Hormuz—have meant the two sides remain at a relative impasse.
The cease-fire is fragile “because there’s a realization dawning on both sides that they’re not going to get what they want out of the agreement,” Andrew Gawthorpe, senior research fellow at the Foreign Policy Centre, tells TIME.Â
During a press briefing on Monday, Esmaeil Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, claimed that the U.S. “continuously changes its views and raises new or contradictory demands” and said the talks are taking place against a backdrop of “deep suspicion and mistrust.”
