Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, a prominent Iran analyst, has described a joint call between several Middle East leaders and Donald Trump as a “historic turning point” in the region’s security thinking, noting it reflected a unified push for an agreement to end the war, Al Jazeera reports.

In a post on X, Batmanghelidj said US presidents have previously pitted regional leaders against one another, often in ways that favoured Israel’s interests, but argued that dynamic is now shifting.

“Crucially, the terms of this initial deal have been defined through mediation and negotiation among the regional powers themselves,” he wrote.

“This reflects a maturation in regional diplomacy that has been years in the making, but which faced its ultimate test in the wake of the Iran war.”

He added: “The question is whether this experience can be consolidated in a new postwar order for the Middle East. If so, the region’s brightest days are certainly ahead.”