NUCLEAR AFFAIRS: Iran and the US have been in a staring contest to see who would blink first and re-enter the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal on better terms.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speak at the Caspian Summit in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Wednesday. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/GRIGORY SYSOYEV/REUTERS)ByYONAH JEREMY BOB