Hyping a possible resolution to the conflict ... "'Very, very strong talks,' President Trump claimed. Fake news, replied an Iranian parliamentary leader" ... ... Iran is considering a Trump proposal, however, ... ... but "Trump has made similar claims about negotiating breakthroughs before, only to reverse course and attack" ... ... and Israel and Iran carry on in any case: "Civilian targets have been struck by all three warring parties": "[T]he world has grown thoroughly exhausted with these tired and discredited ‘false flag’ storylines" -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei: "UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said the world gave Israel a ‘licence to torture Palestinians’ as she presented her latest report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva": Diesel prices are higher, "deportations have thinned out the labor force, ... Tariffs increased the prices of goods such as machinery... [and] soybean prices [are] tumbling": "At least 16 aircraft have been shot down or crashed.... In contrast, during the 2011 U.S. military intervention in Libya, another large-scale air campaign, there were just three reported combat losses over four months" ... ... but the Iranian military has also paid a price: "President Trump teased Monday that he's moving closer a deal with Iran to end the war — but he stopped short of saying who the U.S. is negotiating with," so Axios speculates ... ... as Pakistan volunteers to serve as intermediary:
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