Links to TWO reports: from Agence France-Presse and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for IRAN 2-22-26 and GAZA, WEST BANK, SYRIA, CUBA, UKRAINE and MEDIA.) — MCM

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U.S. official confirms Iran talks on Thursday. From AFP. The United States will resume nuclear talks with Iran on Thursday, a U.S. official confirmed today, as Washington continues its huge military build-up to put pressure on Tehran. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AFP report in French, and HERE for headlines of others.

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Iran vows ‘ferocious’ retaliation as Trump considers ‘limited’ strike. From the Cradle. “I think there is no limited strike,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said today. “An act of aggression would be regarded as an act of aggression. Period. And any state would react to an act of aggression as part of its inherent right of self-defense ferociously, so that’s what we would do.” READ MORE . . .

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