The longer the war continues, the greater the consequences for the region & for the wider world. SOURCE: Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working, in: BBC, by JEREMY BOWEN.

It is hard to see a deal being made. The Iranian regime has a history of negotiation. Arab diplomatic sources have backed up other reports that Iran was offering a path towards a deal on its nuclear program when the US abruptly abandoned diplomacy by going to war.(BBC)

Iran has countered with its own demands, equally unacceptable to the other side, including recognition of its control of the Strait of Hormuz, reparations for war damage, & the removal of American bases from the Middle East. (BBC)

A leaked version of Trump's document shows that is a compilation of all the demands the US-Israel have made of Iran over many years. It reads more like terms of surrender rather than a basis for negotiation. (BBC)

Contacts between the two sides, via the mediation of Pakistan and others, are taking place. The Iranians deny Trump's assertion that it is a full-blown negotiation. (BBC)