For now, links to EIGHT reports, analyses, commentaries and interviews: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, Consortium News, Middle East Eye, the Jasim al-Mazzawi Show, and Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s UKRAINE and LEBANON so far. Scroll down for IRAN 5-9-26.) — MCM
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Iran responds to ceasefire proposal as drones target Gulf nations, by Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy | AP DUBAI —Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others. Click HERE for earlier report from Reuters.
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Senior Iranian lawmaker threatens strikes on U.S. bases, ships if violations persist. From the Cradle. Spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, said today that Tehran will strike U.S. military bases and vessels in response to any new violations from Washington — stressing that “restraint has come to an end.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 9 Watch: The World This Week — ‘Playing with fire.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News spoke on Saturday night with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter about various aspects of both the Iran and Ukraine wars. Click HERE for replay.
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Two Tehrans: The parallel lives of a city, by a correspondent | Middle East Eye TEHRAN — On a recent evening on a central street, a street vendor knelt beside a set of clothing spread across the pavement, arranging small household items under the glare of passing headlights and honking cars. A few metres away, across the same street . . . READ MORE . . .
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Iranian speedboat network poses challenge to U.S. Navy operations: report. From Middle East Eye. The Financial Times has reported the growing role of Iran’s so-called “mosquito fleet,” a network of fast attack boats operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that has become a central part of Tehran’s strategy in confronting the United States in the Gulf. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 9 Israel pressuring Trump to ‘destroy’ Iran’s energy infrastructure: report. From the Cradle. Israel has told the U.S. that any return to fighting with Iran must include the destruction of the Islamic Republic’s energy infrastructure, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Saturday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 8 Iran and nuclear Armageddon. Jasim al-Mazzawi of the Jasim al-Mazzawi Show / Middle East Monitor talks with former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter. Click HERE for video of podcast.
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