— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The Qatari-backed outlet ‘Al-Araby Al-Jadeed’ claims the U.S. and Iran have reached agreement on a first confidence-building step

It would include Iran agreeing to an unannounced visit by the IAEA to its damaged nuclear sites, in exchange for access to the profit incurred from $6 billion of frozen USD held in Qatar.

Iran would not receive the $6 billion of frozen funds itself, but rather the ‘interest’ that the frozen funds have accumulated over the years.

NOTE: Qatari outlets have not been very reliable regarding the U.S.-Iran talks, and I highly doubt Iran would agree to such a concession.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: The price of oil fell sharply as a result of Assim Muneer’s visit to Tehran today

Iran should stop shooting itself in the foot by continuing to hold meetings that will bear no fruits and only serve as a temporary breather for the global oil markets.

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— 🇮🇷/🇶🇦 NEW: A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran and departed after less than an hour

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—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇷 President Pezeshkian to Field Marshal Assim Muneer:

‘The Americans must first lift all pressure, threats of force, and sanctions before any negotiations can take place.

Because today, the entire Iranian nation believes that if we negotiate, they’ll simply attack us again.

You [Pakistan] as our Muslim brothers must convince the U.S. they cannot treat Muslims in this way. We have never sought to bully anyone, but we won’t submit to bullying.’

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— 🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: Pakistan’s Field Marshal Assim Muneer has left Tehran

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Iran’s security chief, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, to Field Marshal Assim Muneer:

– Not a single particle of enriched nuclear material will leave Iran.

– Until trust-building takes place on the part of America, there will be no negotiations.

– The process must begin by yielding to all of Iran’s demands.

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An Iranian MiG-29B fighter jet was seen conducting a patrol over western Iran today, continuing the trend of heavy Iranian Air Force activity near the border with Iraq.

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Initial reports that Ansarallah forces have clashed with Saudi troops on the border and may have crossed into Jizan Province

This remains unconfirmed so far.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: After the failure of Pakistani and Qatari mediation efforts, oil skyrockets back to $110 per barrel within just a few hours

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Barrels of crude oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz per day:

– 1st week of October: ~ 17 million b/pd

– 2nd week of October: ~ 9.1 b/pd

– 3rd week of October: ~ 6.5 b/pd

And it continues to decline. The short-lived era of U.S. Navy escorts has come to a pathetic and silent end.

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— 🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran has struck an oil tanker off the coast of Oman

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iran struck an oil tanker off the Al-Faw peninsula near Iraq in the Persian Gulf

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— 🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: During yesterday’s trip of Pakistani Field Marshal Assim Muneer to Tehran, a U.S. threat was issued that Iran must either make nuclear concessions or face an attack

Iran rejected the issuance of the threat, told the Pakistanis the U.S. must accept Iran’s 7 demands, and told Assim Muneer to get back on his plane.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

– There is no reason to believe in progress in negotiations with the U.S. at this time.

– We have absolutely zero confidence in the U.S. government’s stated desire for peace with Iran.

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Absolutely delusional.

Kpler & WSJ claim 23 million barrels of crude oil are flowing though the Strait of Hormuz daily.

Does anyone believe this?