Foreign diplomats at an event in Tehran this week mingled with little sense of urgency, waving away as posturing the US move to pull some non-essential personnel from the Middle East.
Iran and the US were due to hold crunch nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday, and Washington was making a show, was the consensus not just among the diplomats, but at the top of western companies in the region.
Less than 30 hours later, Israel had struck, launching air strikes that hit Iran’s primary nuclear sites and military facilities, and killed its top four commanders.
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