Gulf Insider
Given the pace of tit-for-tat airstrikes and escalation against infrastructure – in Iran, across the Gulf, as well as in Israel – this is not surprising: The current round of efforts by regional countries led by Pakistan to reach a cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran has reached a dead end, mediators said Friday. Iran has officially told the mediators it isn’t willing to meet U.S. officials in Islamabad in the coming daysand that U.S. demands are unacceptable, the mediators said. Tehran is settling in for a long war, hoping to keep imposing serious costs on America, the global economy, and on Washington’s allies. The White House has at various points over the last days and weeks presented a level of optimism for talks that just wasn’t there in reality.
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