For now, links to FOUR reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Reuters, and to commentary via Middle East Eye; headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 4-22-26.  Scroll up for today’s IRAN so far.) — MCM

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Peace talks between U.S. and Iran at a standstill as Trump extends ceasefire. Reported by Jane Arraf and Michel Martin | NPR  President Trump has extended the ceasefire, but Iran says it’s not enough if the naval blockade is still in place. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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U.S. military says it seizes another oil tanker associated with Iran, by Jon Gambrell and David Rising | AP  DUBAI — The U.S. Defense Department said today it seized the tanker Majestic X in the Indian Ocean associated with smuggling Iranian oil. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Iran has a long history of defying bullies. Trump has reaped the whirlwind, by Soumaya Ghannoushi | Middle East Eye  he modern history of the Middle East can be read as a single, enduring dialectic: humiliation and the revolutions of dignity it produces. READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 22  U.S. intercepts three Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say. From Reuters. LONDON / NEW DELHI — The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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