Thanks to the religious hostilities that burst open in the late sixteenth century, the prevailing hue is blood.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
The lull follows a ceasefire agreement reached Tuesday, when Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week pause in hostilities in an effort to end the war involving the United States and Israel against Iran, which began February 28.
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