US and Iran Reach Interim Peace Deal, Pakistani Officials Say

🕊️ DOHA — "Fairly comprehensive" — the phrase doing enormous work right now. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pakistan's mediation channel just produced what Doha's five rounds couldn't. "Fairly comprehensive" via Reuters/Pakistani officials is not a signed text — watch for US and Iranian confirmation before markets move. The unresolved structural issues: enrichment, Hormuz sovereignty, sanctions. If those are inside this deal, it rewrites the 85-day trajectory entirely.

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Tehran Rejects US Talks, Denies Rezai-Vance Meeting in Doha

🚫 TEHRAN — The Qatar channel just lost its last unverified asset. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tasnim denying the Rezai-Vance contact removes the one back-channel signal suggesting Iran was engaging informally. Combined with the seven-conditions ultimatum, Tehran is now publicly locking itself to preconditions Rubio already called outrageous. The Qatar meeting

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US Military Aid to Israel Set to Halve by 2028 Under Emerging MOU

🎖️ WASHINGTON — Washington racing to cut Israel's aid before its own Congress expires. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The lame-duck window is the mechanism — Republicans lost their majority; this MOU must clear before the new Congress sits. Halving aid from 2028 and phasing it out in 5 years reshapes Israeli sustainment

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Iran Links Hormuz Reopening to Release of $8 Billion in Frozen Funds

💰 HORMUZ — $8B frozen funds as the price tag for reopening the strait. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran is converting military leverage into a cash ask — $8B unfrozen for Hormuz access. That's cheaper than another carrier week. But Rubio called Iran's terms outrageous yesterday; this either bypasses him or

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Trump Meets Qatar Mediator as Iran War Deal Remains Out of Reach

🤝 DOHA — The meeting everyone waited for is happening, but no one expects it to matter. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Qatar holds the only active channel to Tehran, but "no imminent deal" means the meeting tests process, not outcomes. With Rubio calling Iran's terms outrageous and UAE signaling pessimism,

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Tehran Rejects US Talks, Denies Rezai-Vance Meeting in Doha

US Military Aid to Israel Set to Halve by 2028 Under Emerging MOU

Iran Links Hormuz Reopening to Release of $8 Billion in Frozen Funds

Trump Meets Qatar Mediator as Iran War Deal Remains Out of Reach