— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth: ‘The document says Iran will never have a nuclear weapon’

Interviewer: ‘The JCPOA said that too’

Hegseth: ‘But they didn’t have the threat of military force that we do, in a way that Iran respects. Their regime is more devastating—excuse me, more DEVASTATED—than it’s ever been’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth: ‘We have controlled the Strait of Hormuz this entire time’

Interviewer: ‘But you’re negotiating with them to reopen it?’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Reporter: ‘How quickly will the U.S. blockade end, and how quickly will Iran be able to sell oil again?’

Hegseth: ‘Well, immediately, is what the President has said’

Reporter: ‘So tomorrow?’

Hegseth: ‘Well when i, uh—again, it’s performance based, Margaret.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth: ‘Our credible threat of military force is the only thing that brought Iran to the negotiating table, so that the Strait of Hormuz is open and returns to the way it was before’

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‘Our military is the only thing that helped open the Strait, which was also open before’ (Absolute clownery)

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei:

– According to the MoU, Iran will be responsible for managing passage through the Strait of Hormuz, in coordination with Oman.

– Iran is not seeking to impose tolls. However, in return for navigation services, environmental protection, insurances and other maritime services, Iran will collect the necessary fees.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Response by Iran’s Foreign Ministry to Israel’s claim they will not withdraw from Lebanon:

– We know that Israel never takes any action without consultation and direct coordination with America.

– Therefore, we hold America directly responsible if it fails to force Israel to submit to its obligations as part of the MoU, with necessary consequences.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: Without thanking Iran, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accepts the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon as part of the Iran-U.S. Memorandum of Understanding and says the Lebanese government will work to ensure that Israel abides by withdrawing from Lebanese territory

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J.D. Vance acting like Iran signed the Abraham Accords or something lol

The only thing that happened is ‘we promise not to bomb the shit out of you, and you promise not to bomb the shit out of us, do we have a deal?’

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 NEW: A U.S. official also told Reuters that withdrawal from Lebanon is not part of the MoU, confirming the statement by Israel

If it isn’t, then why did Iranian officials say it is? And what was that alleged ‘last minute concession’ given to prevent an attack on Israel?

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For me, nothing in this deal is more important than Lebanon.

I don’t care about the money or sanctions relief or even Hormuz if there’s no peace in Lebanon.

What could be is that Iran and the U.S. did agree on an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, but that Israel is allowed to present it as a separate agremeent with the Lebanese government, having Aoun announce it in a week or two, so that Iran doesn’t get any credit.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Reporter: ‘Will Iran be allow to produce ballistic missiles with no limitation?’

President Trump: ‘It’s a great deal. They will never have a nuclear weapon.’

Reporter: ‘What about missiles?’

President Trump: ‘You’re with the fake news. You’re fake. You’re a horrible person.’

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: ‘We will remain in the occupied areas in Lebanon. We will maintain the security zone.’ – Netanyahu

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Netanyahu:

‘What we did in Gaza, we will do in Lebanon.

Just like we secured the South of Israel, we will secure the North.’

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇱🇧 Netanyahu: ‘Sometimes, I do not agree with Trump. Therefore, Israel will do whatever it takes to maintain its own security.’

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Netanyahu: ‘We don’t know exactly what’s in the agreement between Iran and the U.S.’

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Reporter: ‘Was the war against Iran a mistake?’

Netanyahu: ‘I never said that one of the operation's goals was to topple the Iranian regime. I said the goal is to prepare the conditions for the Iranian people to overthrow it.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Reporter: ‘Are you the one who makes decisions about Israel, or is it Trump and America?

Netanyahu: ‘I set certain parameters for our activity and we are doing it, but we cannot completely ignore what the U.S. says’

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