For now, links to TEN reports and analyses: from the Cradle, the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s LEBANON, GAZA and MEDIA so far, and down for IRAN 5-31-26.) — MCM
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Iran stops exchange of messages with U.S. over Israel’s war in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Iran’s negotiating team is stopping exchanges of messages with the U.S. due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment and invasion of Lebanon, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported today. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. bombs Iranian military sites and Tehran targets American troops in Kuwait, by Jon Gambrell | AP DUBAI — The United States said today that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it targeted American soldiers in Kuwait with missiles, which the U.S. says it shot down. The nominal ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. has . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others. Click HERE and HERE reports from Reuters and the Cradle.
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Iran says it will not ‘tolerate’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon. From Middle East Eye. The Iranian Armed Forces accused Israel of taking advantage of the US-Iran ceasefire to commit what it described as “blatant aggression” against Lebanon. READ MORE . . .
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EU is ‘ready to contribute’ to possible U.S.-Iran deal. From Middle East Eye. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday said that it was prepared to contribute towards a possible ceasefire deal between the US and Iran through “maritime operations, and economic incentives.” READ MORE . . .
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State Department official on the potential for a deal to end the Iran war. Steve Inskeep of NPR asks State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott about the White House’s confidence in closing a peace deal with Iran. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE for links to other Iran war-related reports from NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
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BBC probe reveals Iranian strikes heavily damaged at least 20 U.S. military bases in West Asia. From the Cradle. A BBC Verify investigation of satellite imagery and video analysis published on 1 June reveals that Iranian military strikes successfully damaged at least 20 US military sites across West Asia since the start of the US-Israeli war of aggression on the Islamic Republic. READ MORE . . .
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The end of American forward presence in the Persian Gulf, by Jasim Al-Azzawi | Middle East Monitor The analysts who have spent careers watching American power projection are now saying what was once unsayable: the era of U.S. forward military basing in the Middle East is effectively over. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 31 Could Iran’s new air defence system be a game changer? by Jannus TH Siahaan | Middle East Monitor The doctrine of absolute air dominance, long regarded as an unassailable pillar of Western military strategy, is facing an unexpected test over the skies of the Persian Gulf. READ MORE . . .
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TO BE CONTINUED