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IAEA technical visit at Natanz underway as Iran files first post-ceasefire declaration

IAEA technical inspectors began their site visit at the Natanz nuclear facility Tuesday morning, with Iran filing its first formal post-ceasefire declaration under the framework being negotiated in Geneva.

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IAEA Director Grossi arrives in Tehran for first post-ceasefire technical site visit cycle

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran Monday afternoon for the first technical site visit cycle since the post-war inspection regime entered its drafting phase.

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Riyadh-Tehran Hajj channel processes first application batch under new bilateral pact

The bilateral Hajj processing channel opened May eleventh between Saudi Arabia and Iran completed its first application batch Friday, advancing approximately eight thousand Iranian pilgrim applications toward final visa adjudication.

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IAEA Director Grossi opens technical protocol talks for post-war Iran inspection regime

The IAEA director-general opened the first round of technical protocol talks in Geneva on Friday, beginning the formal drafting of the inspection regime that will sit beneath the April fifteenth ceasefire framework.

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UN Security Council convenes on Iran inspection regime as Grossi delivers pre-visit assessment

The UN Security Council convened a special briefing Tuesday on the Iran inspection regime as IAEA chief Rafael Grossi presented a pre-visit assessment ahead of the first on-site verification at Natanz, scheduled for May 19.

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IAEA Tells Board of Governors Iran's Nuclear Program Set Back Years, but Gaps Remain

The UN nuclear watchdog told its Board of Governors that Israeli strikes and emergency inspections have set Iran's enrichment program back by years, while warning that a meaningful quantity of near-weapons-grade uranium remains unaccounted for.

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Riyadh-Tehran talks close with naval hotline text as Hajj channel opens and Muscat looms

Saudi and Iranian diplomats wrapped two days of bilateral talks in Riyadh on Sunday evening with agreed text for a naval communications hotline, a Hajj humanitarian channel and a deferral of border protocols to a late-May session in Muscat.

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Security Council Adopts Post-War Iran Resolution as Russia and China Abstain

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution codifying the Islamabad ceasefire framework and authorizing the Hormuz observer mission for an initial twelve months, with Russia and China abstaining rather than vetoing.

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Tehran cabinet shake-up: reformist bloc gains ground as Pezeshkian cedes economic portfolios

President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday accepted the resignations of three senior ministers and signaled a broader reshuffle, the clearest sign yet that Iran's wartime cabinet is being recast for a long recovery.

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Iranian envoy arrives in Riyadh as Gulf and Tehran open bilateral track on maritime and border measures

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi landed in Riyadh on Saturday for two days of talks on maritime and border confidence-building measures, the first publicly announced bilateral visit by an Iranian official to the kingdom since the April 15 ceasefire.

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Riyadh and Tehran open bilateral maritime channel as Marseille shifts into implementation

Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed Friday to open a direct bilateral channel on maritime security in the Persian Gulf, the first standing Riyadh-Tehran working group since the April ceasefire and a discreet sequel to the Marseille pledging conference.

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Khamenei endorses Marseille on conditions and warns against American overreach in first post-ceasefire address

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered his first major public address since the April 15 ceasefire on Friday, conditionally blessing the Marseille reconstruction framework while warning that Tehran would treat any U.S. attempt to use disbursements for political leverage as a violation of the truce.

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Tehran conditionally accepts Marseille framework as Gulf-Iran sidelines yield quiet bilaterals

Iran's Supreme National Security Council voted Thursday to accept the Marseille reconstruction framework in principle, while Saudi and Iranian deputy foreign ministers held an unannounced meeting on the conference sidelines, marking the first publicly acknowledged direct contact between Riyadh and Tehran since the ceasefire.

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Doha chairs' statement locks in monitoring calendar as Iran accepts IAEA camera restoration

Mediators in Doha closed the first round of framework talks with a chairs' statement Monday that committed Iran to reinstall IAEA cameras at two declared sites within 30 days and set a verification calendar running through August.

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IAEA technical team opens Vienna session to operationalize Iran inspection regime

A joint technical committee convened at IAEA headquarters in Vienna on Monday to write the operating procedures behind the Iran-Israel inspection regime, with the first on-site visit to Natanz tentatively penciled in for May 19.

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IAEA Inspectors Arrive in Tehran as Monitoring Cameras Go Live at Natanz

An advance team of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors arrived in Tehran on Sunday and certified the reactivation of surveillance cameras at the Natanz enrichment plant, the first concrete step under the Iran-IAEA accord finalized in Geneva last week.

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Gulf states press Tehran on monitoring regime as Doha framework talks resume

Saudi and Emirati negotiators pushed Iran on Saturday to accept a tougher inspections regime as the second round of Doha framework talks opened, with mediators hoping to convert the April ceasefire into a durable security architecture.

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Second Doha prisoner exchange frees 28 dual nationals as mediators bank momentum for Marseille

Iran released 28 dual nationals at a Doha handover on Saturday in the largest prisoner exchange since the April ceasefire, a move mediators called a confidence builder four days before the Marseille reconstruction conference.

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EU, Gulf States Launch Tehran Reconstruction Contact Group as Ceasefire Holds

European and Gulf foreign ministers met in Muscat on Wednesday to formalize a contact group on Iran's postwar reconstruction, the first multilateral structure since the April 15 ceasefire took effect.

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Modi government greenlights Chabahar expansion as India recalibrates Iran ties after ceasefire

New Delhi cleared a long-stalled $370 million package for the Chabahar port and signed letters of intent on Iranian crude offtakes, in the clearest sign yet that India intends to use the post-war moment to deepen its commercial footprint in the Gulf.

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Gulf States Press Tehran on Monitoring as Vienna Talks Open

Saudi and Emirati envoys joined a new round of post-ceasefire talks in Vienna on Tuesday, pressing Iran to accept expanded IAEA monitoring as a condition for sanctions relief and reconstruction financing.

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IAEA preliminary report finds Natanz and Fordow cascades largely destroyed, complicating Vienna talks

An IAEA preliminary assessment circulated to member states Wednesday found that Israeli strikes destroyed an estimated 70 to 85 percent of the enrichment cascades at Natanz and Fordow, a finding that has reordered the calculus of the Vienna talks on day 14 of the ceasefire.

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Muscat shuttle diplomacy intensifies as Oman hosts pre-talks between US and Iranian envoys

Senior US and Iranian envoys arrived in Muscat on Tuesday for two days of indirect preparatory talks, the highest-level American engagement with Tehran since the April 15 ceasefire took effect.

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Geneva Talks Yield Tentative Sanctions Roadmap as Iran-IAEA Deal Clears Final Hurdle

Negotiators in Geneva on Monday produced a draft framework for phased sanctions relief tied to Iranian compliance with inspections, while Tehran and the IAEA finalized terms for the agency's return to nuclear sites untouched by Israeli strikes.

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Tehran Protests Swell as Economic Pain Tests Post-War Leadership

Tens of thousands marched in Tehran and four other Iranian cities on Sunday as anger over rationing, blackouts and stalled wages spilled into the largest street demonstrations since the ceasefire took hold 11 days ago.

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Beijing Quietly Lifts Iranian Crude at Steep Discount as Post-War Trade Recalibrates

Chinese independent refiners restarted Iranian crude lifting at the steepest discounts in three years this week, ship-tracking and trade data showed Saturday, as Beijing moved to lock in cheap barrels while Tehran's economy reeled from the war.

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Araghchi tours European capitals pressing for sanctions relief as EU weighs conditional easing

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi opened a four-capital European tour in Brussels on Thursday, pressing the bloc to begin lifting wartime sanctions as EU foreign ministers prepared a draft framework for conditional, phased easing.

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IAEA Chief Arrives in Tehran as Inspectors Prepare to Enter Struck Nuclear Sites

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran on Wednesday at the head of a fourteen-member inspection team, the agency's first visit to Iran since the ceasefire and its first to nuclear sites struck during six weeks of war.

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Tehran Majlis Convenes Emergency Session as Rial Slides and Pressure Builds on Supreme Leader

Iran's parliament opened an emergency session in Tehran on Tuesday to confront a collapsing currency, soaring food prices and the first audible calls from inside the system for an accounting of the war, just six days into the ceasefire with Israel.

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Netanyahu Coalition Fractures as Knesset Opens Probe Into Conduct of Iran War

Two religious-Zionist parties withdrew from Israel's governing coalition Monday, narrowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's working majority to a single seat as the Knesset voted to open a formal commission of inquiry into the six-week war with Iran.

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Mediators Reconvene in Islamabad to Sketch Phase Two of Iran Ceasefire

Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman and Qatar opened a second working session in Islamabad on Sunday, tasked with translating the four-day-old Iran-Israel ceasefire into a durable phase-two framework covering sanctions sequencing, naval coordination and monitoring.

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After Doha Handover, Focus Shifts to a Fragile Reconstruction

A day after the Doha prisoner handover, governments turned to the harder work of rebuilding battered cities and ports, with donor pledges, monitoring rules and refugee returns at the top of the agenda.

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Doha Swap Frees 40 Foreigners, Returns U.S. Remains as Qatar Brokers First Post-Ceasefire Exchange

Qatar-mediated handover in Doha returned roughly 40 detained foreigners and the remains of U.S. service members to Western custody while Iranian and Hezbollah-linked detainees were released, the first major confidence-building step since the April 15 ceasefire.

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In Doha Tarmac Exchange, Iran Releases 40 Foreigners and Remains of U.S. Service Members

A choreographed swap at Hamad International Airport delivered roughly 40 detained foreigners and the remains of fallen U.S. troops out of Iran, while Tehran took home dozens of its nationals and Hezbollah-linked detainees held by the United States and Israel.

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Doha Prisoner-Exchange Talks Conclude as Mediators Finalize Saturday Handover

Negotiators in Doha closed final talks Friday on the prisoner exchange that will deliver roughly 40 foreign nationals and the remains of U.S. service members out of Iran on Saturday, in the largest single test of the two-day-old Islamabad ceasefire.

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Iran Ceasefire Holds Into Third Day as Doha Prisoner Exchange Set for Saturday

The Iran-Israel ceasefire passed its third full day Friday despite two minor violations, as Qatari mediators announced a prisoner exchange in Doha Saturday that will include the remains of fallen U.S. service members.

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UN Monitors Deploy to Hormuz as Mediators Absorb First Ceasefire Violations

A first batch of United Nations monitors took up positions along the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday as mediators in Islamabad and Doha scrambled to contain the earliest violations of the 36-hour-old Iran-Israel ceasefire, including a Houthi missile launch and a rocket fired from Iraq.

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Ceasefire Holds Despite Isolated Strikes From Yemen, Iraq

A Houthi missile intercepted over the southern Red Sea and a rocket launched from a militia base in western Iraq tested the day-old ceasefire on Thursday, but all parties moved swiftly to condemn the strikes and reaffirm the truce.

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U.N. Security Council Blesses Ceasefire as Foreign Ministers Converge on Paris

The U.N. Security Council voted 14-0-1 Wednesday morning to endorse the Islamabad ceasefire framework as foreign ministers from a dozen capitals converged on Paris for a hastily called conference on verification, sanctions and the shape of post-war diplomacy.

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Iran Ceasefire Takes Hold at Midnight GMT as U.N. Observers Reach Strait of Hormuz

A six-week war between Iran and an Israeli-American coalition paused at 00:00 GMT Wednesday under terms brokered in Islamabad, with U.N. observers deploying along the Strait of Hormuz as the first day held without major incident.

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Iran Fires Final Volley, Israel Strikes Nuclear Site on Ceasefire Eve

Iran launched a barrage of more than 90 missiles and drones at Israeli targets early Tuesday while Israeli warplanes struck a hardened nuclear facility near Natanz, a final exchange of blows on the eve of a ceasefire set to take effect at midnight Wednesday.

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UN Observers Deploy to Hormuz as Muscat Cell Races to Stand Up Before Ceasefire Hour

A first wave of UN military observers arrived in Muscat on Monday and Pakistani, Egyptian and Saudi liaison officers began round-the-clock shifts at the Strait of Hormuz Verification Cell, racing to stand up the machinery of the Islamabad ceasefire before it takes effect Wednesday.

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Last-Minute Strikes Test Iran-Israel Ceasefire Before Wednesday Deadline

A burst of last-minute attacks rattled the Iran-Israel ceasefire framework Monday, even as mediators in Islamabad insisted the Wednesday halt remains on track and both governments publicly reaffirmed the timetable.

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World Capitals React to Islamabad Ceasefire With Cautious Relief and Pointed Conditions

Foreign ministries from Brussels to Beijing welcomed Sunday's Islamabad ceasefire announcement, but a wave of statements made clear that capitals see the next 72 hours as the real test, with verification, the Houthis and post-war sanctions emerging as immediate flashpoints.

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Iran and Israel Agree to Ceasefire in Islamabad Accord, Effective April 15

Iran and Israel agreed Sunday to halt the six-week war under a ceasefire brokered in Islamabad and set to take effect at 00:00 GMT on April 15, with mediators announcing a four-pillar framework and a 30-day verification window.

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Dialysis and Cancer Patients Trapped Inside Iran as Medical Evacuation Corridors Stall

An estimated 38,000 dialysis patients and tens of thousands of cancer and transplant patients inside Iran have gone weeks without reliable treatment, the World Health Organization said Saturday, as proposed medical-evacuation corridors remained stalled.

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Islamabad Talks Run Overnight as Mediators Narrow Text Toward Ceasefire Announcement

Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian mediators worked through the night in Islamabad on a draft joint statement aimed at halting the six-week Iran war, narrowing the text to a handful of unresolved clauses, three officials said Saturday.

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Islamabad Talks Cross Final Threshold as Israel Signals Acceptance and Ceasefire Text Nears Completion

Mediators in Islamabad said Saturday that the framework principles document had been initialed by Iranian and U.S. delegations and that Israel had signaled it would not block a joint statement, putting a ceasefire announcement within reach as soon as Sunday.

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Israeli Cabinet Greenlights Quiet Engagement as Islamabad Text Narrows Toward a Cessation

Israel's security cabinet authorized indirect engagement with the Islamabad mediation track on Friday, clearing the way for U.S. negotiators to relay Israeli positions on verification as the draft text on a conditional halt to the Iran war moved into final language.

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Islamabad Talks Near Framework as Iran Signals Conditional Pause

Mediators in Islamabad circulated a draft of 'framework principles' Friday as Iran's foreign minister signaled openness to a conditional halt in strikes, raising the strongest hope yet for a ceasefire in a war now in its sixth week.

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Oman Takes Formal Role in Iran Talks as Muscat Monitoring Cell Begins to Stand Up

Oman accepted a formal role Thursday as host of a multinational monitoring cell envisioned in the Islamabad framework, with Omani officers to chair a 'sequenced quiet' verification arrangement that mediators hope can underwrite a conditional halt to the Iran war.

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Netanyahu Signals Conditional Engagement With Islamabad Framework as Mediators Brace for Hardest Week

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled Thursday that his government would engage 'conditionally and through Washington' with the Islamabad framework, ending an awkward silence and clearing a procedural hurdle that had threatened to stall the mediation.

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Islamabad Mediators Circulate 'Framework Principles' as Iran Talks Gather Pace

Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian mediators handed Tehran and Washington a draft document outlining 'framework principles' for halting the Iran war, as a second day of substantive talks in Islamabad raised hopes of a conditional ceasefire.

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Iran Launches Coordinated Strikes on U.S. Bases as Israel Pounds Missile Production and Islamabad Text Hangs Fire

Iranian and allied forces struck five U.S. installations across Iraq and the Gulf in a coordinated overnight assault that killed at least nine American service members, even as Israeli jets again hit missile-production sites and mediators in Islamabad waited for Tehran's written reply.

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Araghchi Signals Iran Open to Conditional Halt as Islamabad Track Narrows Toward Text

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a state broadcaster Tuesday that Tehran was prepared to discuss a conditional halt to strikes, the most explicit opening yet from Iran since the Islamabad mediation track began.

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Islamabad Mediators Table Framework Principles as Iran Signals Openness to Conditional Pause

Iran's foreign minister told mediators in Islamabad on Tuesday that Tehran could accept a conditional halt to strikes if a phased verification mechanism is agreed, the first explicit movement from the Iranian side since the war began.

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Islamabad mediators publish framework principles as Iran and Israel weigh response

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt jointly released a four-page set of framework principles in Islamabad on Monday, asking Iran and Israel to respond within ten days as the war entered its sixth week.

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Israel Pounds Iranian Nuclear and Industrial Sites Over Weekend as U.S. Toll Passes 350

Israeli warplanes hit a dozen Iranian nuclear, missile and refinery targets over a 60-hour campaign that ended Monday morning, as the cumulative American military death toll in the five-week war crossed 350.

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U.N. Envoy Pedersen Arrives in Islamabad as Weekend Diplomacy Tests Framework Paper

U.N. regional envoy Geir Pedersen landed in Islamabad on Sunday for consultations with Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian mediators as the weekend's diplomacy turned to whether a short framework paper could hold across capitals.

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Israel Hits Natanz and Parchin in Largest Air Campaign Since War Began as U.S. Toll Nears 330

Israeli warplanes struck the Natanz enrichment complex and the Parchin military site in an overnight wave the IDF called its broadest operation of the war, as the U.S. combat death toll climbed toward 330 with two more attacks on bases in Iraq.

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Islamabad mediators table framework text as Pedersen arrives and Tehran signals conditional pause

Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian mediators on Saturday formally tabled a five-page framework text in Islamabad and welcomed the UN regional envoy, as Iran's foreign minister signaled openness to a conditional pause in strikes.

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Israel Launches Broadest Strikes Yet on Iranian Nuclear and Energy Sites in Response to Tel Aviv Barrage

Israeli warplanes and standoff munitions hit at least 27 sites across Iran in a sweeping overnight operation that targeted enrichment infrastructure near Natanz, IRGC command nodes and the Bandar Abbas oil-export terminal, officials in Tel Aviv and Tehran said.

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Tehran Hospitals Ration Supplies as Blackouts and Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll Inside Iran

Iranian hospitals have begun rationing dialysis sessions and pediatric cancer drugs as rolling blackouts and a fifth week of Israeli strikes push the civilian medical system toward what aid groups described Friday as a cascading failure.

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Mediators Converge on Islamabad in Push to Open Iran Talks

Senior envoys from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt opened coordinated meetings in Islamabad on Friday in an effort to draw Iran and Israel into structured talks, as the regional war entered its second month.

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Iran Fires Largest Missile Barrage of War at Israel as U.S. Death Toll Rises in Iraq

More than 180 Iranian missiles and drones streaked toward Israeli cities overnight in the largest single salvo of the five-week war, even as a fresh strike on a U.S. logistics base in western Iraq pushed American combat deaths past 290.

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Iranian cities empty as strikes on industrial belts drive internal displacement

Iranian Red Crescent figures released Thursday put internal displacement at roughly 1.1 million people, with neighborhoods around Isfahan and Bushehr emptying as Israeli strikes on nuclear-adjacent industrial sites continue.

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E3 foreign ministers press Iran on nuclear verification in Geneva side-track

Foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom met Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in Geneva on Thursday, opening a European side-track to the Islamabad mediation that focuses narrowly on verification of Iranian enrichment activity.

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U.S. Strikes IRGC Missile Bases Inside Iran in Largest Retaliation of the War

American warplanes and Tomahawk missiles struck five Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps missile complexes deep inside Iran overnight, the Pentagon said, in the largest single U.S. operation since fighting began a month ago.

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Pakistan, Saudi, Egypt Quietly Stitch Back Channels as Pressure Builds for Iran Talks

Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian envoys have spent the past 72 hours shuttling between capitals to test whether a narrow opening for Iran talks can be widened, officials in three governments confirmed Wednesday.

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Pakistan and Saudi envoys press quiet shuttle as Iran war enters second month

Pakistani and Saudi mediators conducted back-to-back meetings in Tehran and Jerusalem on Tuesday, pushing a draft framework for de-escalation as the Iran-Israel conflict entered its second month with no halt in strikes.

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U.S. Launches Large-Scale Retaliatory Strikes on IRGC Bases Inside Iran

U.S. forces struck more than two dozen Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets across western and central Iran overnight, the largest American military operation against Iranian soil since the war began, in retaliation for Monday's deadly attack on Ain al-Asad airbase.

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Sunday Political Shows Dominated by Iran War, Energy Costs, and AI Moratorium Debate

Sunday morning political programs converged on three themes this weekend: mounting U.S. casualties in the Iran war, soaring gasoline prices, and a Sanders-AOC bill that would freeze new AI data-center construction.

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