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Comments by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf indicate that moderate elements in Iran's political leadership think that after focussing on ending the war, the country needs to resuscitate its ailing economy.

Iran is trying to rally international opinion against what it sees as the perceived discriminatory tariffs and sanctions regime, backed to the hilt by the Trump administration, as a tool to spur a rallying cry against US actions globally. Tehran hopes that such a step would, in effect, put the US administration in an isolated position globally.

A new Canadian report raises questions over whether taxpayers are funding Justin Trudeau's RCMP security as he travels on luxury trips with pop star Katy Perry.

Oil analyst Ben Cahill told Axios that initially markets "overreacted" to Trump posts. After the first few weeks, that began to change.