Iran War
Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they wave Iranian flags during their gathering at a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war looking increasingly in doubt. Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that the Iranians have agreed to negotiate on nuclear points they had not been willing to address in the past. He would not offer an assessment on what those talks might produce and added that it was no guarantee they would produce an acceptable deal. His optimism is running into two semiofficial Iranian news agencies reporting that Iran has stopped communicating with mediators after Israel threatened to bomb Beirut as it fights the Hezbollah militant group.
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