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For now, links to three items: a report from Foreign Policy in Focus via ScheerPost, and to two segments from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE, ALL OF IT and MEDIA so far, and down for IRAN 8-28-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 27  Pakistan’s ‘fresh’ proposal to end Iran-U.S. conflict, by Tarique Niazi | Foreign Policy in Focus / ScheerPost  Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir’s trip to Iran on Aug. 24 has ignited new hope . . . READ MORE . . .

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PBS News correspondent Reza Sayah on daily life and resilience inside war-torn Iran. Scott Simon of NPR speaks with PBS News special correspondent Reza Sayah about life inside Iran, just as President Trump promised even tougher sanctions this week. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE for audio and text of an Aug. 28 report from NPR. NOTE: Both segments place the start of the current Iran war as Feb. 28 of this year rather than June 22, 2025.