US and Iran may have to talk 'as guns are firing'

US and Iran may have to talk 'as guns are firing' The US was racing to salvage a ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday that appeared to collapse as a result of deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon and an unclaimed strike on an energy facility on Iran’s Lavan Island. The mismatch between the White House’s statements and developments on the ground in the Middle East summed up much of the day. In effect, the Trump administration and Iran appeared to be working through what they had agreed to under Pakistani mediation on Tuesday in real time, with comments to reporters and social media posts.