Despite France having imposed significant restrictions, the booths of Israeli defense industries showcased at the prestigious exhibition in Paris were crowded with senior representatives, including chiefs of staff and defense ministers from various countries.

🇺🇸 JD Vance, the Vice President, on Iran:

⚠️ Currently, the Iranian nation has a population of about 94 million. Their economy is in free fall. They have very high inflation.

📈💥 Basically, about one trillion dollars in damage has been done to their industrial base in the past three months.

❌ The notion that selling a few million dollars of oil can fundamentally change Iran's economy is not correct.

🇺🇸 U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance on Iran:

⛔️ Regarding the frozen funds, the amount of money — honestly, I don't know.

💵 I've heard figures over $100 billion. In fact, I've heard figures over $200 billion.

📊 Most of it is not in U.S. accounts; most of it is either in the Persian Gulf, or in Europe, or somewhere else.

📌 But I don't know the exact amount of money — it's a lot.

🇺🇸 U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance on negotiations with Iran:

🔴 Our plan is to go to Switzerland. I don't know exactly when.

🔗 The way these negotiations are arranged is technical, and it is clear that political leadership will be involved. We will have people on site who will really advance the technical negotiations — the nuclear negotiations —.
🗣️ We think these technical negotiations are supposed to start over this weekend. That is still the plan. But it may change because Iran is not an easy country to leave, so we are trying to figure out exactly when this will happen.

🇺🇸 Vice President J.D. Vance on Iran's missiles:

❗️ What matters is the number of launchers they have and, more importantly, the ground teams capable of launching these missiles.

⚡️ Their ability to launch missiles has significantly decreased.

🔽 Has this ability dropped to zero? No. But it has significantly decreased.

✔️ We have not abandoned this mission. We have accomplished it.

⚠️🛡 Gulf Arab allies and Israelis have borne the brunt of these missile attacks — each of them feels safer today.

🎤 Reporter:

Who is funding that $300 billion fund for Iran?❓

🇺🇸 U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance:

There is a strong willingness from the Arab world and also outside the Arab world that if Iran behaves properly, they would really intervene in Iran.❗️

🇺🇸 Vice President J.D. Vance on the Iran deal:

💬 What I tell each of the critics is to have a little faith in the President of the United States.

🚫 The idea that he would want to sign a deal that is bad for the American people is ridiculous.

🇺🇸 JD Vance, Vice President, on Netanyahu:


🔴 I saw the Axios report saying Netanyahu is angry.

This does not reflect the conversations I have had with him.

👀 Maybe he is telling something to someone else that he is not telling me.

🇺🇸 Vice President JD Vance on Iran:

🔴 Iranians are making proposals that even six months ago were just a dream. So let's continue this negotiation.

👀 Let's see if Iranian actions really match their words and give the United States some credit, a country that in my opinion has long been an excellent partner for the Israeli government.

🇺🇸Vice President J.D. Vance on Iran:

I am usually very skeptical about endless military conflicts.

I think this case was different because it really had a clear goal and a definite end.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has formally announced that the blockade of all maritime traffic to/from all Iranian ports and coastal areas is lifted.

🇪🇺💬🇮🇱 — EU Foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas, in response to the Israeli Foreign Minister:

I cannot always fight shadows.

I will not go down the path of commenting on everything said or unsaid behind closed doors...

I will fight every week against anyone saying I have said something somewhere.

Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that America is committed to peace and called on all parties in the Middle East to adhere to the negotiation process.
He added that he expects a complete ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel.

Trump wrote that the markets have welcomed what is happening; oil prices have dropped sharply and stock markets have risen.

Poll: 71% of Israelis don't trust Trump to look out for them in Iran deal; just 11% say Israel won war

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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Democrats would not support any effort to provide funding tied to President Donald Trump's agreement with Iran, accusing Trump of acting out of "incompetence and ego."

"The US is worse off because of Trump’s incompetence, his ego, and his inability to listen to facts. If Trump wants to send hundreds of billions of dollars to Iran, he’ll need to do with Republican votes. Democrats will not be helping Trump send $300 billion to Iran," he posted on X.