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Those who know what’s happening aren’t talking, and news outlets like Axios and Reuters, who can’t possibly have inside information, are. 

Clarice Feldman | May 24, 2026

I’ve been watching reports all Friday and Saturday, tracking reports of events in Iran. It seems to me that those who know what’s happening aren’t talking, and news outlets like Axios and Reuters, who can’t possibly have inside information, are. I disregard as unlikely the accounts of terms of any agreement which do not come from official sources.

Yes, there are some credible signs that we are reaching a critical juncture in the negotiations: The President abandoned his plans to attend his son’s wedding in Florida to return to the White House. The Vice President made an unscheduled return from Ohio to D.C., where all of the top cabinet officers are said to be assembled. Pizza sales at shops near the Pentagon are soaring, usually a sign of a planned military operation. If it weren’t so important to know what’s going on, I’d be laughing at the predictable online rumors and responses to the made-up news accounts of terms of agreement:

Once again, it is rumored online that Mojtabhi Khamenei has been........

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