Links to THREE-plus reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio, and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material or at least headlines is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for UKRAINE and for IRAN 5-23-26.) — MCM

NEWER  Details emerge of a potential Iran deal as Trump says not to rush, by Samy Magdy and Melanie Lidman | AP  CAIRO — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials said today. They said details and timelines would be worked out later. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others.

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Trump says framework of Iran deal ‘largely negotiated,’ with provision to reopen strait, by Asif Shahzad, Michael Martina and Ryan Patrick Jones | Reuters  WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD / NEW DELHI — President Donald Trump wrote on Saturday that a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal with Iran is “largely negotiated,” as both countries and mediators in Pakistan reported progress. READ MORE . . .

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What both sides have said about a U.S.-Iran deal. Reported by Greg Myre, Jane Arraf and Ayesha Rascoe | NPR  President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands. Click HERE for report, and, HERE and HERE for links to all three Iran war-related reports Saturday and today from NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

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FROM MAY 23  Watch: The World This Week — ‘Chaos of the old order.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks again with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter about the Iran and Ukraine wars, Russia, Israel,  Lebanon, China, Cuba and others topics. Click HERE for Lauria’s spoken intro and discussion.

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