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!["Both of these warmongering nations [US and Israel] have displayed a total lack of integrity and credibility through their disingenuous words and actions over many decades."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Iran-not-going-to-talks-AJ-680wide-218x150.jpg "No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record")
!["Both of these warmongering nations [US and Israel] have displayed a total lack of integrity and credibility through their disingenuous words and actions over many decades."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Iran-not-going-to-talks-AJ-680wide-100x70.jpg "No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record")
