The Forty-Eight-Hour Ultimatum Stretches to a Week as Tehran Lets the Window Run
Trump's bomb-or-deal deadline did not close but dilated to a week, and Tehran is letting the clock run while a French aircraft carrier moves into the southern Red Sea.
Yosef Stern
Bureau: Jerusalem
Washington's MOU and Tehran's MOU Diverge on the Page That Matters
Both sides call it a fourteen-point memo, but the provisions Axios published as the U.S. draft are what Iran's foreign ministry calls fabrications, and no signed text yet exists.
IRGC Navy Pivots From 'Completely Closed' to 'Safe Passage' on the Same X Handle in 48 Hours
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards put two opposite Hormuz statements on the same Twitter account in 48 hours, and the second one matters.
Saudi Aramco Prelim Q1 Lands T-3 With $26.1 Billion Net Profit Consensus Inside Brent's Whipsaw Week
Aramco prints preliminary Q1 numbers Sunday with the dividend held flat and capex pinned at the upper end while Brent moves twice in 30 hours.
Pezeshkian Runs Phone-Call Diplomacy Around the Pakistan Channel as Trump's Ultimatum Holds
Iran's president called the Iraqi PM-designate Tuesday and Macron Wednesday with a single line — Iran will talk, but not under pressure.
Lebanon Ceasefire Frays as Israel Strikes Beirut for First Time Since the April Truce
Israel killed the Hezbollah Radwan Force commander in Beirut Wednesday — its first strike on the Lebanese capital since the April 16 ceasefire.
Alghorra's Pulitzer Enters Week Two as Gaza Stays Closed to Foreign Reporters
Alghorra is winning Pulitzers from inside Gaza because no foreign photographer can get in — the prize doesn't change the visa wall.