Iraq Denies Mediating US-Iran Ceasefire Ahead of Trump Address

🏛️ BAGHDAD — Iraq's denial kills the one ceasefire rumor markets had left. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Baghdad's public denial forecloses the Iraqi channel at the worst moment — Brent at $100, munitions constrained, Trump's address hours away. Al-Zaidi's proposal was already rejected by Tehran; now Baghdad won't own the mediator role either. That strips the last face-saving off-ramp before Thursday. Variable: whether Oman or Qatar fill the vacuum, or Trump speaks into a diplomatic void.