“National Security Council spokesman John Kirby played down any U.S. role in Sala’s release and declined to say whether the White House had given Italy the green light to negotiate Abedini’s detention”:
- Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Released by Iran (Washington Post)
“[I]t took a lot of standup nerve and being a real human being to come directly to us and apologise for what had happened to us”:
- Iran Hostages Reflect on a Crisis that Defined Jimmy Carter’s Presidency: ‘A Fine Man that Did His Best’ (The Guardian)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- LIVE: Death Toll from Israel’s War on Gaza Surpasses 46,000 (Aljazeera)
- Three Palestinians, Including Two Children, Killed in Israeli Army Drone Strike in the West Bank (Haaretz)
- Israel Blocks UN Probe into Hamas Sexual Crimes from October 7 to Avoid Inquiry into Abuse of Palestinians (Haaretz)
- Newborns and Other Patients at Risk as Nasser Hospital in Gaza Runs Out of Fuel, MSF Warns (Medecins sans Frontieres)
Iran’s now weaker geo-political position combined with the possibility that Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz may not be as closed-minded as Mike Pompeo and John Bolton suggest that there may be an opportunity for diplomacy between Tehran and Washington this time around …
- Only Trump Can Go to Tehran (Foreign Policy)
… a view supported by Trump’s sharing a video of Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs’s criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s obsession for war between the US and Iran:
- Trump Shares Video Criticising Netanyahu’s ‘Obsessive’ Push for US-Iran Conflict (Middle East Monitor)
The “‘rules-based’ order … has come to symbolize American hypocrisy and double standards”:
“Although this idea has been discussed before, it has never been pursued due to financial constraints and political debate”:
- Iran Is Changing Its Capital City—Here’s Why (Newsweeek)
League commissioner Adam “Silver did not contact the former Orlando Magic star, NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in an email on Wednesday”:
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