India, March 24 -- After claiming to have mediated and ended at least eight wars since he returned as US President last year, Donald Trump is once again calling for peace, but in very different circumstances.

Trump says his administration is now "holding talks" with Iran, a country the US attacked in partnership with Israel four weeks ago. He has even spoken of working with "the Ayatollah", a reference to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

The number of countries playing mediator at different levels can now be estimated between four and eight, even upwards, as of Tuesday evening.

Some of Trump's Republican Party colleagues are talking of a "sprint to peace" too. For Trump, not counting the 12 days of attacks on Iran in June led ma...