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Inside the Deal-or-No-Deal Moment That Could Reshape the Middle East
1. Escalating U.S.–Iran Tensions President Trump repeatedly highlights U.S. military deployments—armadas, flotillas, and aircraft carriers—near Iran as leverage. Trump frames the buildup as a strategy to force negotiations and prevent war. Iran warns the U.S. that any attack could trigger a broader regional conflict. 2. Attempted Restart of Nuclear Negotiations U.S. Special Envoy Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister plan to meet in Istanbul—potentially the first direct talks since negotiations collapsed. Multiple Middle Eastern nations (Turkey, Egypt, Saudi…
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