—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessent: ‘Our new sanctions will lead to the collapse of the Iranian regime’

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— 🇨🇳/🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The Chinese Foreign Ministry says it does not recognize U.S. sanctions against Iran and that China will not comply with the ‘economic warfare’ campaign initiated by President Trump this week

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— 🇸🇾/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: While visiting Pakistan, Syria’s Foreign Minister Asad Al-Shaibani expressed openness to normalize relations with Iran

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 WATCH: Yemen’s Armed Forces have released a 10-minute compilation of targeting Saudi-backed troops, vehicles, and tanks in Marib and along the Western coast

All of these operations were carried out by munitions dropped from quadcopter drones. The Yemenis are surprisingly very accurate.

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Saudi tank gets hit by a munition dropped from a Yemeni drone, and completely explodes

The Yemenis have clearly received training of some kind; accurate hits from such altitudes are not easy.

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Some very interesting things might happen regarding Iran’s adherence to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

— 🇺🇸 NEW: President Trump crashes out against Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Thomas Massie, saying ‘Praise be to Allah’

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— 🇮🇷/🇶🇦/🇰🇼 NEW: The IMF expects Qatar’s economy to shrink by 8,6% in 2026 due to the war with Iran; it is the largest GDP decrease in decades

Kuwait’s economic crisis as a result of Iranian attacks is also expected to worsen further. Both Qatar and Kuwait have suffered extensive damage to their vital oil and gas infrastructure.

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— 🇺🇸/🇨🇦 NEW: Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States, citing unacceptable ‘last minute changes’ that were unfair and called into question the reliability of the deal

Prime Minister Carney has instructed Canada to impose reciprocal tariffs against the United States.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇹🇷/🇸🇦 NEW: Mehdi Rahimi, the head of Iranian Parliament’s news agency, tells Al-Mayadeen that Iran has received an invitation to join the Mecca Defense Pact

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇬🇧 BREAKING: Iranian hackers shut down a power plant in the UK for 4 consecutive days with a sophisticated cyber attack, according to The Telegraph

It is thought to be the first time that hackers affiliated with the Iranian government have succeeded in closing down such a facility in the UK, and believed to be the most successful cyber attack of its kind.

The incident took place at the same time as a series of attacks on U.S. water infrastructure last month, which affected 12 states and caused concern in the White House.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israel’s Minister of Defense, Yisrael Katz, says that kites being launched by Gazan children constitute an ‘act of war’ and that anyone flying these kites will be ‘dealt with forcefully’ (i.e. killed)

Katz declared that kites, balloons, and even paper planes are considered national security threats to Israel, and will be considered the same as drones or missiles.

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Pakistan’s Field Marshal Assim Muneer will visit Tehran tomorrow, in an effort to revive diplomacy with the United States

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For the record, I believe reports of Iran being invited to the Mecca Defense Pact are very probably false.

—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: The Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PSGA) announces that any vessels that violate the Iranian arrangements for crossing the Strait of Hormuz will be placed on a ‘non-compliance’ list

These vessels will not receive easy permission to transit the Strait in the future, and will be subject to fines, seizure, or confiscation by the IRGC.

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