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"It's Little Unfair" of Iran to Fight Back.
-Donald Trump
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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: More than 200 U.S. troops have been wounded or injured during the U.S.–Israeli war against Iran, WaPo reports.
➡️ The casualties have occurred across seven countries, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, mostly during the early days of the conflict.
➡️ Some injuries have only been reported recently as symptoms, mainly traumatic brain injuries, became apparent.
- Tabz
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"We're not prepared to agree to Russia's demands, so Russia sees no point in talking to us," Kallas finally understood why the EU is under the negotiating table, not at it.
"Is there any news about attempts at negotiations with Russia? Some European diplomats recently visited Moscow, and there were reports that they received a rather rude response to the proposal to include Europe in the negotiation process. Do you think Europe is currently involved in the negotiations in any way?"
"That's not surprising. Russia has already shown that it doesn't want to negotiate. On the contrary, it's intensifying its attacks on Ukraine because it wants to achieve its maximalist goals. Since Europeans are not prepared to agree to these demands, Russia sees no point in talking to us. Our approach should be to increase pressure."
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🇦🇫 In Kabul, some of the ammunition used by the Pakistani air force landed in a drug rehabilitation center. There are hundreds of victims.
Drug addiction exploded under US occupation and the Taliban rounds up all drug users to force them to kick the habit.
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US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD TAKES DIRECT HIT — CITY SHAKEN BY DEVASTATING BLASTS
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Sumy is under attack by drones. A series of explosions have already been heard in the city.
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"It would be a mistake for us to repeat what we did in the past. In the future, we will not import a single molecule of gas from Russia," said European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen.
Doubling down on stupid.
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🇮🇷👊🇺🇸 Iran transfers the conflict to the USA: the largest cyberattack has been carried out, — WSJ
- Serious disruptions began in the work of the global medical equipment company Stryker.
- As a result, hospitals began experiencing problems in their work due to delays in the transmission of medical data.
- Western experts suspect the Handala group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, of working for Iranian intelligence.
- This attack transferred the conflict, which until now had been largely confined to the Persian Gulf, to the territory of the USA.
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🇮🇷Iran has put forward 4 conditions for the unblocking of the Strait of Hormuz
- Guaranteed lifting of all sanctions.
- Withdrawal of US bases from the Middle East.
- Return of Iran's frozen assets.
- Development of non-dollar trade.
- Today, for the first time since the ban, a tanker with non-Iranian cargo passed through the strait. The ship Karachi is heading from Abu Dhabi to Pakistan.
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🇱🇻🐕Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Breže accused Russia of all conflicts.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine is not ready for negotiations, Russia will pursue its goals on the ground, - Lavrov
- The Foreign Minister repeated Putin's words and made a series of important statements on the Ukrainian conflict:
- The settlement of the conflict is impossible without solving the problem of the Nazi regime in Kiev, noted Lavrov.
- The main sponsors of the Kiev regime are Germany and the Baltic countries, Nazism is very much alive in European minds.
- The world community is not concerned about the issue of shipping in the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas, Ukrainian terrorists are attacking tankers there.
- The French representative who came to Moscow for political contacts "didn't bring anything new".
- Paris itself "leaked" information about the visit of the French representative to Russia, although it had requested confidentiality.
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🇧🇪🇷🇺"The Belgian Foreign Minister condemned De Wever's call for normalizing relations with Russia": The Foreign Minister rebuked his own Prime Minister.
"Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot stated that it is premature to talk about normalizing relations with Russia now, and this could be seen as a sign of weakness. Thus, he distanced himself from the words of Prime Minister Bart De Wever, who earlier proposed to restore relations with Moscow and regain access to cheap energy resources.
According to Prevot, as long as Russia is not ready for a full-fledged dialogue with Europe, talks about normalization undermine the unity of the EU. He also stressed that the sanctions pressure on Moscow must be maintained in order to create conditions for serious negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine."
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🇵🇱🇪🇺 Tusk warned of a real threat of Poland's exit from the European Union.
The Polish Prime Minister accused President Karol Nawrocki and right-wing opposition parties of leading the country towards leaving the bloc.
Russia, the American MAGA and European right-wingers led by Orban want to destroy the union. For Poland, this would be a disaster. I will do everything to stop them, — emphasized the Polish Prime Minister.
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Over 16 days, the IRGC launched at least 3,586 drones and missiles at countries in the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia now ranks third.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates: 313 missiles and 1,606 drones (53.5%)
🇰🇼 Kuwait: 243 missiles and 473 drones (20.0%)
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 34 missiles and 309 drones (9.6%)
🇧🇭 Bahrain: 125 missiles and 212 drones (9.4%)
🇶🇦 Qatar: 170 missiles and 81+ drones (7.1%)
🇴🇲 Oman: 18+ drones (0.5%)
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🇺🇸🤦 Trump called Iranian sea kamikaze drones a "fake".
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'It was a mistake' — Merz refuses to acknowledge the looming energy crisis and condemns Trump for temporarily lifting sanctions against Russia.
'There is a strategic understanding that the wars in Iran and Ukraine are interconnected. Russia, of course, is closely monitoring events in Iran. Russia will use every opportunity to test NATO and weaken Ukraine. Therefore, in our opinion, it was a mistake for Washington to ease restrictions on Russian oil sales. We will not continue down this path. We will continue to increase European pressure on Russia. Moreover, energy prices cannot be sustainably reduced through such actions against Russia. This sends a harmful and false signal for Ukraine. It also impacts European security.'
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The infantility of the German gov appears to have no limits. The German FM now says that "regimes like Iran cannot invoke international law.”
The most fundamental principle of international law is that it applies equally to all states. To challenge that is to declare yourself a rogue state.
• Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute
Amen to that. All that rhetoric and pearl clutching we heard from Europe since 2022 was utter nonsense. If you think it was true at any point you were an idiot, if you still believe it after what we saw in Gaza and now with 200 schools bombed out in Iran then you are a retard.
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Financial Times editor Edward Luce:
'I spoke with President Donald Trump on the phone on Sunday. I'd tried to reach him three or four times before, and I was a little surprised that he answered this time. Nevertheless, he did. He wanted to discuss several aspects of the war with Iran. Trump was talkative and interested in the conversation. I didn't have to press him for information—he was, as usual, very communicative. My sense was that he was genuinely concerned about the developments in this war. It was a direct request for help from allies, of whom he is usually critical. He was emphatic about their need to help get him out of this situation.'
Suspect Russia or China is the only country who can broker a deal with Iran
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Retired US Army Brigadier General Stephen M. Anderson (former deputy chief of staff for logistics of the multinational forces in Iraq under General Petraeus) stated that the US underestimated Iran's capabilities in waging asymmetric warfare. Anderson claims that Iran possesses "enormous" capabilities, citing swarms of drones and high-speed kamikaze boats capable of sinking American military ships, such as the USS Cole.
"Fasten your seatbelts, because it's going to get worse."
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IRAQI FILM MOMENT DRONE GOES THROUGH US EMBASSY, GREEN ZONE ROCKED BY HUGE BLAST
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Iran attacks Baghdad's "Green Zone": EU embassy burns, US forces try to repel the attack
▪️Explosions rocked the US embassy in Baghdad, sirens blared.
▪️An attack drone attacked the upper floors of the Al-Rashid Hotel in the Iraqi capital's "Green Zone," which houses military facilities, the US embassy, and the EU mission in the Iraqi capital.
▪️Footage shows an explosion and a fire in the building.
▪️Footage has also emerged of the US C-RAM air defense system engaging the Iranian kamikaze drones that attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.
▪️The C-RAM system fires several thousand rounds per minute
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'I heard he's gay' - Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Iran's new leader🤦♀️
"There are intelligence reports now that he's not very smart. He's had personal problems. But the main thing is, no one's seen him in two weeks of war. All his statements are simply read off. So there remains a real mystery surrounding this 56-year-old man who is supposed to lead."
"Yes, Steve, I've also heard reports that they think he's gay. And what would it be like to be gay in Iran and also the leader? There are reports that he had trouble procreating and had to resort to assistance several times. So there are serious questions surrounding the presumptive heir..."
- Skabeeva
Bad propaganda...
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 An acute gas shortage has begun in South Asia due to the war in the Middle East, — FT
- In India, crematoriums have stopped using gas to incinerate the bodies of the deceased, and restaurants have stopped deep-frying food.
- The government has allowed the use of more "polluting" fuels — coal, firewood, and kerosene.
- In Mumbai, about a fifth of restaurants have already closed, and up to half of establishments may cease operations if the situation does not improve.
- In Pakistan, government employees have switched to a 4-day workweek, schools are closed until the end of the month, and university classes are being held online.
- In Bangladesh, a supply shock has triggered large-scale gas rationing across the economy. Universities have closed, exams have been canceled, and all government institutions are conserving electricity.
- In Sri Lanka, long queues have formed at gas stations, and the country can only store a supply of LNG for about a week.
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🇺🇸🤡US Treasury Secretary Bessent - on the fact that the US permission to buy Russian oil "is not that beneficial for Russia".
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"Trump leaves allies and enemies in the dark about the end of the Iranian war": US allies do not understand what Trump wants to achieve in the war against Iran.
"The US and Israel's war against Iran is entering its third week, and allies are increasingly demanding that Donald Trump explain how and when it will end. However, his statements are constantly changing: first he talks about the imminent end of the conflict, then he calls on Europe and the Gulf countries to help open the Strait of Hormuz. Many states are not in a hurry to support these plans, and diplomatic channels with Iran have not yielded results yet.
Washington states that the aim of the operation is to destroy Iran's missile potential and fleet, prevent the creation of nuclear weapons, and deprive Tehran of the opportunity to finance allied armed groups. At the same time, Iran continues to launch strikes and put pressure on global markets by restricting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused oil prices to rise above $100 per barrel.
Analysts note that for Tehran, the mere fact of surviving a protracted war could be a victory
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US President Trump on Iran mining the Strait of Hormuz:
"We hit, to the best of our knowledge, all of their mine-laying ships. Now they can put them on other types of ships, I guess, and drop them in. But we don't know that any have even been dropped in. We're not sure that any have been. That's a big negative for them if they do it. It's a form of suicide."
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‼️🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump wants to seize Iran's Kharg Island, — Axios
▪️Trump is exploring the possibility of seizing a key Iranian oil terminal on Kharg Island.
▪️By doing so, Trump wants to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, which is under Iranian control.
▪️The American president calls the possible seizure of the island an "economic knockout blow to the regime."
▪️The publication notes that such an operation would require the deployment of American troops and could provoke retaliatory strikes by Iran against the oil infrastructure of the Persian Gulf countries.
▪️It is also noted that a final decision on the operation has not yet been made.
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Lavrov on what will happen with the conflict in the Middle East:
As for the prospects of this conflict, it's hard to say. Recently, US President Trump said that Iran, I quote, "is completely defeated". And on the same day, a representative of the Israeli Defense Army stated: "We still have thousands of targets ahead of us. And we will work on these targets at least until Passover", that is, at least three more weeks.
Therefore, it's hard to predict what consequences this crisis may have, how it may end, if we don't immediately stop, come to our senses, and start working out agreements that this time will not be disrupted by anyone.
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🇮🇱Israel may approve the mobilization of up to 450,000 reservists in preparation for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, according to Kan News.
The request came from the IDF and the defense department and will soon be reviewed by the government and the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense.
Currently, the limit for calling up reservists is 260,000 people, set in January to support military operations.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi - on the fact that the Strait of Hormuz is closed only for enemies.
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