Monday opened with two officials describing the same negotiation in incompatible terms. The American position is that talks with Iran are being kept deliberately quiet, that the pressure now is economic rather than diplomatic, and that Tehran is broke enough to have trouble paying its own soldiers. The Iranian foreign minister said, a few hours earlier, that there are no talks. Not stalled talks. None. He added that Iran will not sit down while Washington keeps breaking the June agreement.

Kaspersky, the renowned Russian cybersecurity software firm, is on the brink of ceasing its operations in the United States. This significant move highlights the intertwining of cybersecurity concerns and geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Russia, reflecting a broader trend in the regulation of foreign technology companies based on national security considerations. For years, Kaspersky has been a leading name in cybersecurity, offering powerful antivirus protection and sophisticated threat detection. However, suspicions regarding the firm’s connections to the Russian government have prompted increasing scrutiny from U.