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The Rest of the World Report | June 1, 2026 — Evening Edition

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Iran Suspends Talks

Iran suspended peace negotiations with the United States on Monday morning. By Monday afternoon, Trump said the talks were continuing at a rapid pace. In between, he told CNBC he couldn’t care less whether the negotiations were over. All three statements were made within hours of each other. At least one of them is wrong.

The sequence began overnight Sunday when CENTCOM confirmed that Iran fired two ballistic missiles at American forces in Kuwait at 11 p.m. Eastern time. Both…

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