Washington/Tehran, April 8 -- Amidst the unfolding of a dramatic turn of events in the final hours before US President Donald Trump's deadline on Iran was set to expire, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Ali Khamenei, for the first time since the war began, had shown a willingness to make a deal.
Reportedly, he had directly instructed Iranian negotiators to engage more seriously with Washington, marking what one regional official described as a "breakthrough" moment after weeks of refusing to budge an inch from its hardline public stance,The shift came as Trump had issued his starkest threat to date, warning "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Tehran failed to comply with the US' demands, which included reopening the Strait of Hormuz....