i guess you could call these gatherings 'negotiations';

 

The United States and Iran have agreed to four major points to permit peace negotiations to continue for the next 60 days, including Iran’s allowing inspectors to monitor the nation’s nuclear development.

And today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that his department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has authorized the production, sale, and delivery of oil and petroleum products of Iranian origin.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz again said Israel will not surrender conquered territories in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon that they term “security zones.”

Netanyahu vowed that Israel will remain in southern Lebanon as “long as we need” at a conference yesterday. He reiterated that promise today on X. 

But National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir went further in a television interview. All of Lebanon, he said, must be an Israeli “playground;” i.e., Israel must conquer the whole country...........more...........