Gulf nations are increasingly supporting US attacks on Iran, hoping to prevent Tehran from gaining long-term leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and don’t want to act as mediators.
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Chloé Farand,
semafor.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Some of these electron mediators can also be toxic, limiting their practical use.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.
Three senior Iranian sources told Reuters on Tuesday that Qalibaf could be the nation’s representative in hypothetical negotiations, but that only preliminary communications have occurred via intermediaries in Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
As a first step, the new intermediaries recommended that Jane stop communicating directly with her lenders and block her auto-payments to them.
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