Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.

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The seizure last month came amid fears of a renewed conflict between Iran and Israel.

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers.