For now, links to SEVEN-plus reports, analyses, commentaries and interviews (about 16): from or via the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, Indian Punchline, Consortium News, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and Anadolu Ajansi; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 4-10-26. Scroll up for today’s LEBANON so far.) — MCM
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U.S.-Iran talks begin in Pakistan as war’s fragile truce holds, by Munir Ahmed, Sam Metz, E. Eduardo Castillo and Samy Magdy | AP ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran began negotiations today in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Middle East Eye.
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Pressure builds on Iran to ‘drop’ Lebanon ceasefire demand as Islamabad talks hang in balance. From the Cradle. Pakistani officials are pressuring the Iranian delegation in Islamabad to enter talks with their US counterparts by “dropping” demands for a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to information obtained by Lebanese journalist and the Cradle columnist Dr. Mohamad Hassan Sweidan. READ MORE . . .
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Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas shares likely outcome of U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan. Scott Simon
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FROM APRIL 10 The Iranian billionaire negotiating with Trump, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline / Consortium News Glaring differences between the United States and Iran notwithstanding, the talks beginning in Islamabad Saturday have a fairly good chance of being a success. READ MORE . . .
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Islamabad and the end of easy power, by Junaid S. Ahmad | Middle East Monitor History, when it chooses to humiliate power, does not bother with elegance — it stages spectacle. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 10 Could the Islamabad talks end 48 years of hostility between the U.S. and Iran? by Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Middle East Eye After 40 days of military confrontation, the ceasefire between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other emerged from a combination of military, strategic, political, and economic realities. READ MORE . . .
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Former U.S. secretary of state says Netanyahu repeatedly pressed U.S. presidents to strike Iran, only Trump agreed, by Merve Berker | Anadolu Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had repeatedly urged U.S. administrations to carry out military strikes on Iran, but previous presidents declined. He spoke in an interview on The Briefing with Jen Psaki on Friday. READ MORE . . .
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