Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich:

We will remain in southern Lebanon. We will deepen our presence there.

As long as Hezbollah is not disarmed, we will stay there for a long time— for as many years as necessary and we will take it back

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich about Iran:

We must overthrow this regime because we cannot tolerate the existence of such a radical regime that seeks our destruction and possesses such capabilities.

And we will continue this work in our own way.

Again, we will stand firm in our position.

Documentation: The new base that the Americans are building in Israel, near the border. Will it serve the international force for Gaza?

Israeli Defense Minister Katz: All villages near the Lebanon border are being systematically destroyed.

Today's cover: The US just revealed details of the secretive US-Iran MOU agreement. trib.al/9HZ8V5C

Our forces eliminated a terrorist who was holding hostages and another terrorist who took part in the massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri.

For Mojtaba Khamenei, surviving the Iran war may prove to be the easy part.

The hardest struggle – turning his inherited title of supreme leader into genuine command over the Islamic Republic – has only just begun ⤵️
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic must move beyond confrontation and focus on economic development.

“We must take over the trench from the launcher boys, lift people out of economic pressure and build the country,” he said at a meeting on China-related economic policy with Iran’s chamber of commerce.
iranintl.com/en/202606179173

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun:

▪️ "We were given assurances that Lebanon's track in the negotiations is independent."

▪️ "Lebanon insists on the independence of its negotiation track."

▪️ "We support any country that helps us achieve a ceasefire, including Iran."

Trump on Iran:

Deals are amazing. I have made deals all my life. I have entered into deals that were one hundred percent certain, but they did not happen. I have entered into deals that had no chance of happening, but they did and they happened easily.

So you can never be sure about deals. But you will find out very soon. I think it will happen.

They want to sign — they want to return to normal life.

IRNA reporter:

While initially the signing ceremony in Switzerland was supposed to be held by senior Iranian and American officials,

Vance's meeting with Ghalibaf was canceled. The Iranian delegation will not go to Geneva.

US President Trump: "Iran has exploited the world and the Middle East. This agreement is a wall that prevents them from obtaining nuclear weapons":

"I canceled the JCPOA. It was Obama's terrible agreement that gave them nuclear weapons. I stopped it. And then the second time, I stopped it with B-2 bombers. And these are all significant events in world history, in my opinion, because it prevented them from having nuclear weapons. And now we will do it again and see how it goes."

Trump: Israel can defend itself in Lebanon – but I want it to exercise discretion.

Trump on Iran:

In deals, you can never really know what’s going on, but you’ll find out soon. They want to sign the agreement and return to normal life.

If they don’t sign — we’ll have to resume military action, like we did with the assassination of Soleimani and with the B-2 bombers.

Axios report: The United States, Iran, and intermediary countries are discussing moving up the signing of the memorandum of understanding from Friday to early Wednesday


If approved, the memorandum of understanding may be signed electronically earlier than scheduled, allowing the provisions related to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to be implemented sooner and possibly the text of the agreement to be made public. However, sources disagree on whether an early electronic signing may have already taken place.

The main motivation for accelerating the timeline is to restore transportation through the strait more quickly.

As of Wednesday morning, no final decision had been made, and negotiations between the US and Iran in Switzerland on Friday are still expected to continue.

The Friday meeting, led by Vice President J.D. Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, will focus on starting formal negotiations about Iran's nuclear program.

Trump on Iran: The new leaders of Iran are smart, very smart

They have become much less radical. I think they really love their country. They are good.

Trump: I entered like a hero, otherwise Iran would have destroyed Israel with a nuclear bomb

Macron called for the disarmament of Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon

▫️ The President of France about Lebanon:

▫️ Hezbollah must lay down its weapons in Lebanon. On the other hand, Israel must do the same.

▫️ There should be no war. Peace must be established.