Tehran holds its nerve: Iran keeps talking even as US strikes to make it ‘pay’ for soldier deaths?

Talks between the United States and Iran are reportedly continuing even as U.S. forces carry out a 10th straight night of strikes intended to punish Tehran for alleged violations of the Islamabad MoU and attacks on shipping and American troops, letting you frame this moment as a stark mix of “devastating blows” from Washington and a still‑open diplomatic channel that Iran’s leadership under Mojtaba has not yet shut down.