—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: ‘I expect to be bombing Iran very soon’ – President Trump

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇺🇸 President Trump: ‘I would have won the Vietnam War very quickly’

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇷 The wall of the destroyed residence of Ayatollah Khamenei

People wrote various things:

‘My dear Imam, I loved you so much, why did you go?’

‘You were like a father to me. Pray for me from heaven.’

‘I miss you, Agha Jan’

‘We will continue your path’

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump on Truth Social:

‘To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women. I am sure that they will respect the fact that you did so.

Please do them no harm! Would be a great start to our negotiations!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP’

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Minister of Information, Ataullah Tarar:

1. Formal response from Iranian side about confirmation of delegation to attend Islamabad Peace Talks is still awaited.

2. ⁠Pakistan as the mediator is in constant touch with Iranians and pursuing the path of diplomacy and dialogue.

3. Ceasefire ends at 4:50 am PST (Pakistan time), 22 April. Decision from Iran to attend the talks before the end of two weeks ceasefire is critical.

4. ⁠Pakistan has made sincere efforts to convince the Iranian leadership to participate in the second round of talks and these efforts continue.

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Red Alerts in Northern Israel, possible rocket fire from Hezbollah

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 CONFIRMED: Several rockets were fired from southern Lebanon for the first time since the ceasefire was declared

The video above shows Israeli interceptor trails in the sky.

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 UPDATE: Israeli media say it was a false alarm, interceptors were launched at a ‘large migratory bird’

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 UPDATE (2): Israeli National Broadcaster Kann now confirms rockets were fired from Lebanon, despite the IDF calling it a ‘false identification’

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 BREAKING: Following Iran’s refusal to take part in negotiations, Vice President J.D. Vance will likely NOT depart for Islamabad and will remain at the White House today – CNN

J.D. Vance was supposed to leave towards Islamabad this morning, as the flight takes almost 19 hours, but that now seems increasingly unlikely.

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Bloomberg: ‘The U.S. is still in the dark on whether Iran will participate in talks in Islamabad to end the war before the ceasefire expires’

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei:

‘No final decision has been made on whether to attend the Islamabad talks or not’

@Middle_East_Spectator

‘Maybe we will, maybe we won’t’

⚡IDF: This is a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement

Cry me a river pieces of shit

You blow up villages on a daily basis, but one rocket is a violation?

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei:

‘U.S. diplomatic claims are inconsistent with their field behavior and aim to influence public opinion’

@Middle_East_Spectator

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: ‘Iran has informed the mediators it will send a delegation to Islamabad only if the U.S. naval blockade is lifted’ – Wall Street Journal

@Middle_East_Spectator

This seems to be the case.

Iran doesn’t have a problem with negotiations, but negotiations can’t happen during an active aggression.

Naval blockade is a form of aggression, and a violation of the ceasefire.