A think tank leader suggests that the war's economic costs are pressuring Iran to find a resolution beyond its current truce with the United States. However, he also notes that Iran believes its country's resilience is greater than that of the Americans, making a diplomatic breakthrough unlikely.

The economic toll of war is pushing Iran to find a resolution to the hostilities beyond its fragile two-week truce with the US, according to a Middle East-focused think tank leader and businessman who is familiar with the status of the negotiations. However, as the two long-time enemies tried to stare each other down, the Iranian regime believed that their country’s “pain tolerance” was much higher than the Americans’ and this made it unlikely to blink first, he said. In an interview with the...