— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 IDF: ‘A short while ago, an interceptor missile was launched towards a suspicious aerial target detected in the area where Israeli forces are operating in southern Lebanon, and the details are under investigation.’

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Tucker Carlson says that after attempting to convince Trump not to go to war with Iran, President Trump told him:

“Yes, you’re right, but in the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Contrary to Pezeshkian’s comments yesterday, Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran will not compromise on its nuclear program, even if a deal is reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

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Contrary to Fars and Tasnim, unfortunately negotiations (albeit through mediators) are most definitely taking place at the sidelines of the UN.

Pezeshkian spilled the beans to NBC and Fox News, admitting Iran’s various weaknesses (no oil selling / limited exports) & intent to reach a deal soon, substantially reducing Iran’s leverage.

This whole circus is a debacle and the trip to New York should have never been authorized in the first place.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian also decided to give an interview to CBS News

It will be aired soon.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump has rejected Iran’s demands and expects to resume bombing after the midterm elections – WSJ

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: After ignoring several warnings from the Ministry of Culture, and inciting moral corruption among the youth, Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was sentenced to 74 lashes, a 2-year travel ban, and a 2-year ban on audiovisual activities for performing in public without the mandatory Hijab

Eight others, involved in organizing and promoting the event, received the same sentence from the Judiciary.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Supreme National Security Council:

1. We deny the claim that Iran will retaliate militarily to the recent aerial restrictions that were imposed.

2. Negotiations between Iran and the relevant countries regarding the removal of aerial restrictions are being seriously pursued.

3. There are various non-military responses that can be applied to some regional airports if necessary, but we hope it doesn’t reach this point.

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‘Admin, don’t post this, it will make people have a bad opinion of Iran!’

I could care less what Westerners think about Iran. The opinions of people are not more important to me than Islam.

Laws are laws, rules are rules—if you ignored several warnings then it’s completely your own responsibility for getting punished. Hijab has been a national law in Iran since 1983.

And it’s already being very sparsely implemented, most of the time it only results in warnings. But as a singer, you have a responsibility and a position of influence on the youth, so the sentence is harsher for misguiding people.

Every country has its own clothing restrictions. You cannot be naked in the West either. The only difference is that Western countries base their restrictions on arbitrary rulings (i.e. the vote of the people & what’s accepted in society) rather than divine legislation.