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Middle East crisis live: Trump claims that Israel and Iran are ‘looking to do an immediate ceasefire’
US president says ‘final peace negotiations’ under way despite countries striking each other for first time since April ceasefire Israel strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate Iranian media is reporting that there were no immediate casualties following apparent Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province. According to the Fars news agency, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they responded to what they described as an American-Israeli strike on the Iranian petrochemical site by launching a missile attack on a similar plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Middle East crisis live: Trump claims that Israel and Iran are ‘looking to do an immediate ceasefire’, US president says ‘final peace negotiations’ under way despite countries striking each other for first time since April ceasefire Israel strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate Iranian media is reporting that there were no immediate casualties following apparent Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province. According to the Fars news agency, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they responded to what they described as an American-Israeli strike on the Iranian petrochemical site by launching a missile attack on a similar plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Continue reading…
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- Middle East crisis live: Trump claims that Israel and Iran are ‘looking to do an immediate ceasefire’The Guardian - 2026-06-08T11:24:59+00:00
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