— 🇮🇷 NEW: The Strategic Deputy of President Pezeshkian has issued an order that nightly pro-Islamic Republic rallies should end after Ayatollah Khamenei’s burial ceremony in July, because they ‘threaten national cohesion’

The reason? Very predictable. They know the Iranian population is against the current negotiations.

In the statement of the Strategic Deputy, it explicitly says:

‘The gatherings could change the field dynamics towards creating blockages in the path of diplomacy.’

‘Some of these gatherings have turned into a lever to put pressure on the official structure (i.e. the government and negotiators)…posting a serious obstacle to making strategic and expedient decisions at critical moments.’

In other words, they want to use the people to protect the system during war time, but they don’t want those same people to be on the streets and freely expressing their critical opinion against the Pezeshkian / Qalibaf / Araqchi negotiations.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Barak Ravid, citing a diplomatic source, says Iran did not leave the venue and talks still continue with the U.S. and mediators

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The IDF is considering withdrawing from Beaufort Castle and the surrounding heights, including Ali Taher hill and Kfar Tebnit, after suffering heavy losses in the area

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—❗️🇦🇪/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Hebrew media report that Iranian agents tried to kidnap Ronen Bar, former chief of the Israeli ‘Shin Bet’ intelligence agency, in the United Arab Emirates

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇶🇦/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran is demanding an apology post on Truth Social from President Trump

Mediators are currently forcing him to do it, but he’s being stubborn.

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— 🇱🇧/🇸🇾 Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa: ‘You won’t see Syria interfering in Lebanon, and I don’t know why everybody keeps asking me this.’

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Jolani > Aoun?

An Iranian source says America has agreed to a partial Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as a ‘goodwill gesture’.

Iran is still insisting on an eventual full withdrawal from all occupied territories.

— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Hebrew media: The Iranians were right when they chanted ‘death to America’, we get it now

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— J.D. Vance looks at Araqchi talking to the Pakistanis.

I think he was offended that he was completely ignored, lol.

—❗️🇶🇦 BREAKING: An explosion occured at Ras Laffan Industrial City, the largest gas facility in Qatar

The explosion was so intense that Qataris described it as an ‘earthquake’, and it was even heard in Bahrain. The cause is unknown.

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