A Dangerous Limbo Leaves Iran, and the World, Between Peace and War NYT - Top Stories By: Mark Landler and Anton Troianovski 12 June 2026 at 13:30 Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal. © Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York TimesIn Tehran on Monday, a billboard featuring the Iran theocracy’s first two supreme leaders loomed over passers-by.