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🇺🇸🇮🇷Iran and the US are in the final stages of working on a memorandum, said the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei.

Currently, negotiators are discussing issues of ending the war and the American naval blockade, as well as issues related to unfreezing Iranian assets, said the Iranian diplomat.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also reported progress on Iran and suggested that there might be news in the coming days.

🇺🇦🇷🇺The number of children killed in the attack by Ukrainian drones on a college in Starobelsk in the LNR has risen to 16, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported.

In total, 58 people were injured, and five more are still trapped under the rubble.

🇷🇺🇺🇦A strike by a kamikaze drone “Geran-2” on the enemy's UAV warehouse in the village Pechenyugi of the Chernihiv region.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️Trump reportedly ‘50/50’ on Iran peace deal or restarting war

US President Trump is split “50/50” between reaching a peace deal with Iran and restarting military strikes, the Axios news outlet reports.

Axios reporter Barak Ravid said he spoke to Trump by phone and the president said there’s an even chance of securing a “good” agreement, or deciding to “blow them to kingdom come”.

Trump said he would meet later today with senior aides – including envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as well as Vice President JD Vance – to discuss the negotiations.

“I think one of two things will happen: either I hit them harder than they have ever been hit, or we are going to sign a deal that is good,” Trump said.

“Some people would much rather have a deal and others would rather resume the war,” he added, rejecting suggestions that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “worried” about a possible agreement.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️BREAKING: Trump heads to Oval Office to speak to regional leaders about ceasefire deal

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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ Channel 15 correspondent Yossi Yehoshua says the probability of renewed fighting with Iran is high unless one side shows flexibility, expressing skepticism over reports of a breakthrough and urging caution given the volume of rumors in recent hours.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸❗️BREAKING: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Axios that some regional leaders are urging President Trump to strike Iran in order to weaken the government and negotiate “from a position of strength.”

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰❗️A Pakistani official involved in the negotiations with the U.S. and Iran told Reuters, "It is never over till it is done.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ US officials arriving at the White House for a decision on Iran.

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