— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘Iran is begging for a deal, we’re talking to them now. But this is their last chance.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump:

‘We have total control over it [the Strait of Hormuz], there’s a thing called the blockade. They call it the United States Wall of Steel.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump on the alleged talks with Iran:

‘They’re gonna go quickly, one way or the other. It’s not very complex.

We’re talking about the opening of the Strait, having it open, literally by tomorrow. Completely open.

That’s Phase 1. Phase 2 is, we’ll talk about the nuclear, the de-nuclearization of Iran.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump:

‘Almost all of them [Arab leaders] asked us not to attack Iran. They all wanted to give this a last chance.

This is the last chance. It’s a last chance for them to sign a good document.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump says Iran begged him not to attack, that it would’ve been the biggest attack since World War ll, and there would have been ‘very little left’ of Iran

He also called leakers (Axios, WSJ, CBS) ‘sleazebags’ and said there should be a stronger punishment for leaking to the press.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇦 Official military advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, IRGC Major General Mohsen Rezaee:

‘We had prepared to strike three different locations in Ukraine, but after they publicly apologized for striking our vessel, we decided not to escalate.’

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Official military advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, IRGC Major General Mohsen Rezaee:

‘Right now, no ceasefire exists. But all of our operations have a purpose.

For example, under no circumstances will we allow a second corridor to be opened in the Strait of Hormuz.

Even if an American warship tries to pass through, we’ll hit it.’

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇰🇼 BREAKING: Drone attack on Kuwait, impacts reported

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—❗️🇰🇼/🇮🇶 UPDATE: The drones may have come from Iraq

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran struck a cargo vessel 20 nautical miles off the coast of Oman, per UKMTO

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Shahed-136 impacts in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Sulaymaniyah

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range ground to ground missiles, such as ATACMs and PrSMs, according to Reuters

These missiles, which allowed the U.S. Army to carry out precision strikes against targets in southern Iran from a safe distance, will take years to fully replenish.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: The Yemeni Armed Forces announce they struck a sensitive target at Najran International Airport, Saudi Arabia

The operation was carried out in response to an airspace violation in Hodeidah and Saadah provinces.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Under the current deal being discussed between Iran and Oman, Iran would control all inbound traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, using a corridor within Iranian waters, while charging for maritime service fees

Outbound traffic would use a route close to Oman, but Iran would still supervise the passage of vessels and retain the right to intervene if necessary. – New York Times

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— In Iran, resignation of the President is mostly a political pressure tool, not a real threat.

By threatening to resign, they aim to put pressure on the Supreme Leader or other branches of government to achieve the policies they want.

Basically, throwing a fit. The same thing Javad Zarif (FM) did when he felt he was being excluded from decision-making, but his resignation was rejected by Khamenei at the time.

However, in recent days, people close to the Supreme Leader have claimed that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei may actually accept Pezeshkian’s resignation, should he offer it. This has likely caused him to back down.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump has presented Iran with an ultimatum; reach a deal to fully open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday (today), or face ‘devastating strikes’ – Bloomberg

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪/🇮🇳 BREAKING: An Indian-flagged tanker, carrying oil from Saudi Arabia, was blown up with a Yemeni suicide boat 13 nautical miles off Hodeidah in Bab Al-Mandab

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