It would be hard to speak the opposite of the truth with more precision than the spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry.

As 20 leaders joined Donald Trump at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt to discuss reshaping the Middle East, Esmail Baghaei looked like someone had stolen his last pack of Smarties.

Iran was invited but decided not to attend. As a “responsible country” Iran wants to end the bloodshed in Gaza, he said, but “normalization of ties has only been used by the Zionist regime to continue its crimes and justify the genocide it has committed.”

The reality is that Iran has been humiliated and isolated. Trump’s campaign of “maximum pressure” is seeking to drive Iranian oil exports to zero. Last week, the U.S. imposed new sanctions on 90 individuals and entities for facilitating illicit t

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