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Iranian Officials to Drop Site: Tehran is Showing “Unbelievable Level of Flexibility" in Talks to Prevent U.S. War Iran understands it is dealing with an erratic U.S. president, but its negotiators still believe they can thread the needle with Trump. Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain Feb 24 Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a  501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today . Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) speaks to the media after his meeting with the E3 group of European ministers on June 20, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Sedat Suna/Getty Images). The U.S. and Iran are headed to a new round of talks in Geneva aimed at averting a conflict this week—as the U.S. continues to surge military forces to the region in its largest military buildup since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Although talks are scheduled for Thursday, the prospects for a deal that w...

The Unbreakable Nael Barghouti After 45 years in Israeli captivity, the longest-held Palestinian prisoner speaks about his fight for liberation: “We deserve a state under the sun.” Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad Jan 19 Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider making a  501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today . Nael Barghouti speaks at a Palestine conference in Istanbul on November 14, 2025. (Photo: Jeremy Scahill) “I never lost hope, and I never will,” said Nael Barghouti, a 68-year-old Palestinian from the occupied West Bank who spent more than four decades in Israeli captivity. It has been a year since Barghouti won his freedom through a prisoner exchange deal signed between Hamas and Israel in January 2025. As a condition of his release, Barghouti had to agree to go into exile and was deported to Egypt a month later. “I have been optimistic from the very first day I began my struggle,” he said. “In pr...