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2026年3月28日，伊朗德黑兰一处因美以与伊朗冲突遭打击受损的汽车维修店和经销商门店现场，记者正在工作。
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开战一个月以来，唐纳德·特朗普总统主导的对伊朗战争正处于十字路口。
这场快速升级的冲突可能因美军地面部队的介入进一步扩大，并引发全球范围内愈演愈烈的经济灾难。
尽管特朗普坚称伊朗与美国正在进行“富有成效的”接触，但没有迹象表明任何一方拥有足够的政治手腕来结束这场战争。伊朗否认双方正在进行直接会谈。美国的盟友以色列虽然预计在停火达成后会追随特朗普的立场，但似乎更倾向于接受长期对峙的前景。
但这场对峙给美国和伊朗伊斯兰共和国带来的高昂代价，也让人有理由期待战争在进一步恶化前得到控制。
巴基斯坦于周日率先牵头，联合中东国家发起一项初步的第三方斡旋尝试，寻求解决途径。这项任务的难度极大：需要协调行事反复无常的美国总统与仇视美国的伊朗政权之间截然对立的终局诉求。
这场战争已经证明，美国和以色列已经摧毁了伊朗的空军、海军以及其发动外部生存威胁的大部分能力。但迄今为止，他们未能根除这个困扰两国数十年的革命政权。当前的关键问题在于，是否有人能搭建一条“下匝道”，既能让双方都无法实现一击制胜，又能为双方提供政治和战略上的好处，让各自都能宣称自己取得了胜利。
2026年3月5日，美国海军“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号航空母舰通过苏伊士运河，前往支援针对伊朗的“史诗之怒”行动，舰上水手正在执勤。
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特朗普于周日晚间声称，美国与伊朗正在进行间接和直接会谈，德黑兰已经同意了华盛顿提出的结束战争的15项要求中的“大部分”。他并未提供具体细节，且其说法无法得到证实。
他还似乎在为美国全面胜利构建一个具有误导性的叙事，声称击毙包括阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊在内的伊朗高级领导人等同于“政权更迭”，尽管此前他承诺要保护的平民仍在遭受残酷镇压，且镇压并未停止。
“我们已经实现了政权更迭，如果你看看现状，因为旧政权已经被摧毁、覆灭，他们全都死了，”总统在空军一号上对记者表示，“下一个政权也基本覆灭了，第三个政权，我们打交道的是一群前所未遇的人。”
外界无法完全洞悉伊朗国内的真实情况。但众多伊朗问题专家的最佳判断是，尽管许多顶级神职人员和军事领导人已经丧生，但伊朗政权此前已下放权力，以确保其能在高调暗杀事件中存活下来，目前政权似乎仍由伊斯兰革命卫队掌控。
周日，伊朗警告美国不要在其领土上开展任何地面行动。伊朗的 defiant 态度让一些分析人士得出结论：尽管伊朗在火力上处于严重劣势，但它如今已经掌握了战略主动权。这显然不像特朗普所说的那样，伊朗迫切渴望“达成协议”。
特朗普最初的时间表正面临压力
伊朗政权通过典型的特朗普式策略拯救了自己：它将霍尔木兹海峡这一石油出口咽喉要道军事化，以此作为独特的杠杆，谋取经济和地缘政治利益。随着伊朗成为最新一个以不对称战术对抗美国军事优势的对手，经济连锁反应正在美国国内外给特朗普施加压力。
这场战争已经超过了政府最初设定的“4至6周”的下限时间线。特朗普仍模糊不清的战争理由，与他无法指出一条“下匝道”的窘境如出一辙。与此同时，霍尔木兹海峡的封锁以及伊朗的高浓缩铀库存，让他难以使用标志性手段——单方面宣布胜利。因此，他正面临一个悲剧性地回响着现代美国战争历史的艰难抉择：是否升级战争以寻求出路。
2023年12月10日，霍尔木兹海峡的伊朗海岸和格什姆岛航拍景象。
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尽管如此，如果战争持续下去，双方都将承受巨大痛苦，这为和谈提供了合理的理由。
伊朗陷入孤立；在本地区已成为众矢之的；其军事能力遭受了毁灭性打击。尽管伊朗仍有能力继续用导弹和无人机袭击以色列、美军基地以及美国盟友海湾国家，但其资源有限，迫切需要解除制裁以拯救崩溃的经济。
停火或许能让伊朗实现政权存续的目标。而通过展示自己能够封锁海峡，伊朗或许已经建立了威慑效果，即便美国或以色列日后重启战争。
特朗普也有充分理由结束战争。他的支持率持续下滑，股市暴跌，中期选举选民的经济困境加剧，他们本就难以承担食品和住房开支。这场冲突与他“美国优先”运动的核心原则背道而驰——不再发动外国战争。而且他的第二任期和总统遗产面临被这场战争吞噬的风险。
从理论上讲，存在达成解决方案的条件。问题在于，这位几乎未能兑现“世界最伟大谈判者”承诺的美国总统，以及目睹最高领导人被铲除的伊朗残余政权，是否能够展现出足够的技巧和意愿，为彼此提供一个保全面子的退出途径。
2026年3月7日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在多佛空军基地举行的庄重移交仪式上敬礼。
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战争正在扩大——而非平息
战争在周末升级，凸显了停火的必要性。
也门胡塞武装——一个受伊朗支持的民兵组织——发动了针对以色列的导弹袭击，这是冲突以来他们的首次重大行动。虽无人员伤亡，但此举引发了人们对另一条关键航运航线可能受到威胁的担忧。
“我认为胡塞武装开始发动袭击，这将成为这场战争的西线，”前北约最高盟军指挥官、退役海军上将詹姆斯·斯塔夫里迪斯告诉CNN的迈克尔·斯梅尔科尼什。他表示，在海峡封锁期间，胡塞武装控制前往苏伊士运河的海上交通的能力，“是对准全球经济咽喉的一把巨大枪”。
2026年3月28日，也门萨那，胡塞武装支持者举行声援伊朗的示威活动。
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这可能加剧已经显现的经济影响，而随着战争爆发前离开波斯湾的最后一批船只抵达目的地，经济影响可能会进一步恶化。这场战争的全球影响已有显现：菲律宾因政治动荡加剧宣布全国能源紧急状态。
其他升级迹象包括：沙特阿拉伯苏丹王子空军基地遭袭击，造成至少10名美军士兵受伤。伊朗誓言要打击美国和以色列的大学，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡下令以色列国防军在黎巴嫩开辟扩大的安全缓冲区。
在这种严峻背景下，迄今为止最具体的外交倡议在伊斯兰堡展开。巴基斯坦主办了沙特阿拉伯、土耳其和埃及参加的会谈。巴基斯坦是少数与华盛顿和德黑兰都保持良好关系的国家。巴基斯坦外交部长伊沙克·达尔在一份声明中表示，巴基斯坦“将荣幸地在未来几天主办并推动双方进行有意义的会谈”。两名特朗普政府官员上周告诉CNN，巴基斯坦有可能举行会谈，但尚未确认会谈即将举行。
2026年3月29日，巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡，埃及外交大臣巴德尔·阿卜杜拉蒂、沙特外交大臣费萨尔·本·法尔汉·阿勒沙特、巴基斯坦外交部长伊沙克·达尔和土耳其外交部长哈坎·菲丹举行会谈，讨论地区局势降级。
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战斗加剧的可能性似乎正在上升
搭载海军陆战队的两栖攻击舰“的黎波里”号已经抵达该地区。另一个海军陆战队远征部队正在从美国西海岸前往该地区的途中。第82空降师的1000多名士兵已被部署待命。
此次增兵远未达到入侵部队的规模。但分析人士谈到可能对哈尔克岛——伊朗在波斯湾北部的石油工业中心——或其他对跨海峡航行至关重要的战略岛屿发动袭击。另一项超高风险的美国任务可能旨在夺取伊朗的高浓缩铀库存，这些库存可能让伊朗重新启动其核计划。
但任何地面战斗都可能造成美军重大伤亡，这加剧了美国国内对战争的辩论，即使是一些支持特朗普的议员也感到担忧。民主党人同时警告不要升级冲突。
“唐纳德·特朗普没有向美国人民寻求这场战争的批准，是有原因的。因为他知道美国人民的想法：他们不想要这场战争，他们希望政府专注于他们的需求，降低生活成本，”民主党参议员安迪·金在CNN的《国情咨文》节目中表示。
2026年3月28日，纽约市，示威者参加“反对君主”抗议活动，反对唐纳德·特朗普总统政府的政策。
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战场上和国内的这些潜在代价，只会凸显总统令人不快的选择，以及他最初决定开战所冒的风险。
历史表明，大多数现代战争的结局都比总统发动战争时预测的更加混乱。即使特朗普现在选择外交而非升级，这场战争现在也有可能削弱他关于美国实力不可战胜以及自身全球主导地位的乐观主张。
Trump’s Iran war is at a fateful fork in the road
2026-03-30 12:00 AM ET / CNN
Analysis by Stephen Collinson
Journalists work at the site of a car repair shop and dealership damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on March 28.
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One month in, President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is at a crossroads.
A fast-escalating conflict could widen further with the injection of US ground troops and cause a worsening worldwide economic conflagration.
Despite Trump’s insistence that Iran and the US are having “productive” contacts, there is no sign either side has the political dexterity to end the war. Iran has denied direct talks are taking place. America’s ally Israel, while expected to fall behind Trump if a ceasefire is reached, seems more reconciled to the prospect of a longer engagement.
But the high costs of the showdown for the United States and the Islamic Republic also give reason to hope the war could be reined in before it gets even worse.
Pakistan took the initiative on Sunday by leading a nascent third-party attempt with Middle Eastern powers to look for a way out. The effort has a daunting mandate: bridging antithetical endgame demands of an erratic US president and an Iranian regime defined by hatred of America.
This war has already shown the US and Israel have devastated Iran’s air forces, navy and much of its ability to pose existential external threats. But they’ve so far failed to eradicate the revolutionary regime that has haunted both countries for decades. At issue now is whether anyone can build an off-ramp that might deprive either side of a knockout but offer political and strategic carrots for each to claim vindication.
US Navy sailors stand watch on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford as it transits the Suez Canal, en route to support the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran on March 5.
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Trump claimed on Sunday night that the US and Iran were talking indirectly and directly and that Tehran had agreed to “most of” the 15 demands Washington had made to end the war. He didn’t give specifics, and his assertions were impossible to verify.
He also appeared to be building a misleading template for a total US victory, arguing that the killing of senior Iranian leaders including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei equalled “regime change,” even if there’d been no letup of vicious repression of civilians whom he’d previously pledged to protect.
“We’ve had regime change, if you look already, because the one regime was decimated, destroyed, they’re all dead,” the president told reporters aboard Air Force One. “The next regime is mostly dead, and the third regime, we’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before.”
It’s impossible for outsiders to get full visibility into Iran. But the best estimate of many Iran experts is that while many top clerical and military leaders have perished, the regime previously decentralized power to ensure it could survive high-profile assassinations and still appears to be controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
On Sunday, Iran warned the US against any ground operations on its territory. Its defiance has led some analysts to conclude that Tehran — despite being critically outgunned — has now seized the strategic initiative. It certainly doesn’t look like it’s desperate for a “deal,” as Trump claims.
Trump’s initial timeline is under pressure
Iran’s regime saved itself with classically Trumpian move: It weaponized a point of unique leverage for economic and geopolitical gain by closing the Strait of Hormuz — an oil exporting choke point. Economic reverberations are piling pressure on Trump inside and outside the US, as Iran becomes the latest adversary to counter America’s military superiority with an asymmetric response.
The war has already surpassed the lower marker of the “four to six weeks” timeline initially sketched by the administration. Trump’s still-hazy rationale for waging war is matched by his inability to point to an off-ramp. The closure of the strait and Iran’s stocks of highly enriched uranium, meanwhile, make it hard for him to use a characteristic device — a unilateral declaration of victory. He’s therefore facing a bleak decision with tragic echoes in modern American warfare: whether or not to escalate the war in search of a way out.
An aerial view of the Iranian shores and the island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz on December 10, 2023.
Nicolas Economou/Reuters
Still, the pain that both sides would endure if the war went on means there are plausible reasons to talk.
Iran is isolated; has become a pariah in its own region; and has absorbed cataclysmic damage to its military capacity. While it has shown a continued ability to hit Israel, US military installations and American-allied Gulf states with missiles and drones, its resources are finite and it badly needs sanctions relief to rescue a shattered economy.
A halt to fighting might allow Iran to lock in its goal of regime survival. And by demonstrating that it can close strait, it might have created a deterrent effect if either the US or Israel wanted to restart the war.
Trump has good reasons to end the war too. His approval ratings are diving, stocks are plunging and economic distress is mounting among midterm election voters already struggling to pay for food and housing. The conflict jars with a dominant principle of his “America First” movement — no more foreign wars. And his second term and presidential legacy risk being consumed.
Conditions for a way out do exist — at a pinch. The question is whether a US president who has hardly lived up to his claim to be the world’s greatest negotiator and a remnant Iranian regime that has seen its top leaders wiped out can show the skill and will to provide each other a face-saving exit.
President Donald Trump salutes during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on March 7.
Nathan Howard/Reuters
The war is expanding — not dying down
The need for fighting to stop was laid bare as the war expanded at the weekend.
Yemen’s Houthis — an Iran-backed militia — launched a missile attack against Israel in their first major move of the conflict. There were no casualties, but the move raised concerns that another key shipping route could be under threat.
“I think the Houthis starting to strike, if you will, that’s going to become the Western Front of this war,” retired Adm. James Stavridis, a former NATO supreme allied commander, told CNN’s Michael Smerconish. He said the Houthis’ ability to control maritime traffic headed for the Suez Canal while the strait is closed was “an enormous gun pointed at the head of the global economy.”
Houthi supporters demonstrate in solidarity with Iran in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.
Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
This could exacerbate economic impacts already being felt, and that are likely to worsen as the last ships that left the Persian Gulf before the war reach their destinations. In one sign of the global impact of the war, the Philippines has declared a national energy emergency amid rising political unrest.
In other signs of escalation, at least 10 US service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Iran vowed to target US and Israeli universities, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to carve out an expanded security buffer zone in Lebanon.
Against this dire backdrop, the most concrete diplomatic initiative so far played out in Islamabad. Pakistan hosted talks involving Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt. It’s a rare nation with strong relations with Washington and Tehran. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in a statement that his country “will be honored to host and facilitate meaningful talks between the two sides in coming days.” Two Trump administration officials told CNN last week that discussions in Pakistan were possible. But there’s no confirmation that they are imminent.
Foreign Ministers Badr Abdelatty of Egypt, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Ishaq Dar of Pakistan and Hakan Fidan of Turkey meet to discuss regional de-escalation in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday.
Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout/Reuters
The possibility that fighting will intensify seems to be rising
The USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship carrying Marines, has arrived in the region. Another Marine Expeditionary Unit is en route from the US West Coast. More than 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne have been ordered to deploy.
The buildup is far short of an invasion force. But analysts talk of a possible assault on Kharg Island — the epicenter of Iran’s oil industry in the northern Persian Gulf — or other strategic islands critical to cross-strait navigation. Another ultra-high-risk US mission could aim to snatch Iran’s stocks of highly enriched uranium that might allow it to reconstitute its nuclear program.
But the possibility of heavy US casualties in any ground battles is sharpening debate over the war back home, where even some lawmakers loyal to Trump are worried. Democrats are meanwhile warning against an escalation.
“There’s a reason why Donald Trump is not coming before the American people for approval for this war. It’s because he knows what the American people feel, which is that they don’t want this, that they want a government that is focused on them, lowering costs,” Democratic Sen. Andy Kim said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Demonstrators take part in a “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump’s administration policies in New York City on Saturday.
Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Those potential costs on the battlefield and at home only underscore the president’s unappetizing options and the gamble he took by deciding to go to war in the first place.
History shows most modern wars end more messily than presidents predict when they launch them. Even if Trump now opts for diplomacy over escalation, this one now threatens to undercut his bullish claims about the invulnerability of US power and his own global dominance.