Both sides are satisfied enough with the first round of talks to schedule another. Is it a ruse?
- Trump Says U.S. and Iran Had “Very Good Talks” (Axios)
- Talks with US Set to Continue After ‘Good Beginning’, Iran’s Foreign Minister Says (BBC)
- US, Iran Agree to More Nuclear Talks (The Hill)
- Iran–U.S. Negotiations Restart: Cautious Progress, Maximum Pressure, and Uncertain Prospects (NIAC)
- Iran FM: No Date Set for Next US Talks; Slams Israel’s ‘Domination’ (Times of Israel)
- Trump’s Five Impossible Demands, and the Inevitable Second Strike Against Iran (MEMO)
RSF and war crimes continue:
- Drone Attack by Paramilitary Group in Sudan Kills 24, Including 8 Children, Doctors’ Group Says (Washington Post)
- Handcuffs, Interrogation, Humiliation: Palestinians Describe Israeli Treatment at Rafah Crossing (Mondoweiss)
Bessent claimed “the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure campaign’ against Iran [rather than the Iranian government’s blunders] was responsible for collapsing the country’s economy and sparking the protests and unrest that began at the end of December”:
“Aggregated data published by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports 6,941 confirmed deaths overall, including 171 children” …
… as reports emerge of “growing signs of discontent among some IRGC members over the continued use of live fire against civilians” …
- Reports Point to Defiance Within IRGC After Mass Killings in Iran (Jerusalem Post)
… and “[j]ournalists said family members had been threatened with arrest and the seizure of their assets unless their loved ones stopped reporting on Iranian unrest”:
“According to The New York Times, the approval of the arms deals marks the third time that the Trump administration bypassed Congress to send [$6.5 billion in] weapons to Israel” …
… and the administration has also approved “$12 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia … a few months after Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman visited President Trump at the White House”:
- State Department Approves $12 Billion in Arms Sales for Saudi Arabia in Less Than a Week (Antiwar.com)
“They indicate that blackouts, filtering, forced migration to state platforms and aggressive enforcement against circumvention tools are intended to become permanent features of Iran’s digital landscape”:
“Under the resolution, the police are required to provide the groundwork for issuing such licenses to women, with practical training for female applicants and the administration of licensing exams”:
The “’three no’s’ …have been referred to as ‘poison pill’ demands which Israel has pressured
Washington to adopt given that they are designed to make any diplomatic agreement with Iran
impossible” …
- Israel’s Efforts to Push U.S. President Trump to Adopt Its Maximalist Approach Towards Iran (National Interest Foundation)
… but “Trump knows Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons,” he just wants to remove “the only actor in the region beyond U.S. control”:
- Trump Is Not Threatening War on Iran over Its Nuclear Program, but Because It Challenges U.S. Dominance (Mondoweiss)
The “BoP’s presentation of plans for ‘New Gaza’ offered stark clarity about the greed-driven intentions Trump, his inner circle, and their Israeli billionaire partners seek to pursue, while raising a fundamental question as to how such a project of colonization and land theft could claim any legal basis at all, let alone a moral one”:
- Trump’s Board of Peace Is a Dystopia in Motion (Antiwar.com)
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