For now, links to NINE-plus reports, analyses, interviews and commentaries (11 or so): from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, Indian Punchline, Truthout, CNN, Anadolu Ajansi, Consortium News, and MintPress News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 4-11-26.) — MCM
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U.S. and Iran end ceasefire talks without agreement and blaming each other, by Munir Ahmed, Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks today without an agreement to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt. U.S. officials said the negotiations collapsed over . . . 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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U.S., Iran end 21-hour talks without agreement, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline There is growing expectation in Tehran that the Islamabad talks with the U.S. may open the door leading into the rose-garden. But footfalls still echo in the memory, as the U.S. has been . . . READ MORE . . .
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Analyst discusses the role the Strait of Hormuz is playing in talks between U.S. and Iran. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR talks with Noam Raydan of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the strait as central to talks to end the Iran war. Click HERE to listen and, later read; and HERE for all three Iran war-related reports on NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”
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FROM APRIL 11 U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran’s universities signal higher ed no longer off-limits, by Kourosh Ziabari | Truthout There are no definitive figures as to the number of higher education institutes targeted in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, but Iran’s science minister, Hossein Simaei Saraf, has said more than 30 universities have been bombed. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 11 U.S. intelligence indicates China is preparing delivery of new air defense systems to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say, by Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen | CNN They would be delivered to Iran within the next few weeks, according to three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 11 U.S. Navy ships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war: Axios reporter, by Berk Kutay Gökmen | Anadolu The crossing by several U.S. Navy ships on Saturday would mark the first instance of such an event since the beginning of U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Feb. 28. Axios reporter Barak Ravid said a U.S. official confirmed the development and noted it was not coordinated with Iran. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for some comments via Middle East Monitor.
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Watch: The World This Week: ‘Will the war end?’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News talked with fellow journalist Chris Hedges Friday evening to examine the prospects of a deal to end the war on Iran and to remake the Middle East. Click HERE for video and print introduction.
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FROM APRIL 8 Inside the U.S. F-15E rescue coverup: Contradictions, costs, and a failed mission, by Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News A triumphant success of biblical proportions, was the way U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described his nation’s mission to evacuate two fighter pilots, whose F-15E fighter jet was downed over Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. Click HERE for Inlakesh’s article and his MintPress News podcast on same subject.
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