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Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has condemned President Trump’s threat to destroy a “civilization” in Iran and urged an end to the war, echoing Pope Leo XIV’s appeals for peace. “The threat of destroying a whole civilization and the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure cannot be morally justified. […]

Growing Division In Iran's 'Hardline Camp' Emerges Over Halting All Talks With US It remains difficult to know what's really going on inside Iran, and to accurately assess the state of the country's internal politics, but Financial Times describes a situation of hardliners vs. moderates duking it out to see whether negotiations with the United States should continue. The report comes well after President Trump and the White House have at various times alleged Tehran governance is 'fractured' and the state is even 'collapsing' - which seems exaggerated if not flatly...