— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇱🇧 IRIB Reporter to J.D. Vance: ‘Why don’t you stop the Israeli genocide in Lebanon?’

J.D. Vance: ‘President Trump has done more to stop the war in Lebanon than anyone else’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The Iranian delegation rejected a joint photograph with the Americans and did not shake hands

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What kind of negotiations is this?

I’m sorry but why the hell are we sending a delegation to Switzerland while this maniac is still threatening war? Is there no shred of dignity?

— Paragraph 1, Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding:

‘And to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other…’

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🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Israel's conditions for accepting the U.S.-Iran demands in the Memorandum of Understanding when it comes to Lebanon:

1 - The withdrawal of all Hezbollah elements north of the Litani River.

2 - The complete dismantling of Hezbollah's infrastructure in the area south of the Litani River.

3 - Granting Israel full freedom of movement and military action to thwart and eliminate any future threats, which includes ground and aerial operations.

Source: Israel Hayom.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇱🇧/🇺🇸/🇮🇱 Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency:

– According to an informed source, if Israel does not withdraw from Lebanon, Iran will suspend the ongoing negotiations with the United States.

– A ceasefire itself is a major part of Paragraph 1 of the MoU, but a withdrawal of forces constitutes another integral part of this.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Ghalibaf, in reaction to Trump’s threats:

Do they not think to themselves that if their threats had achieved anything, they would not have reached today’s desperation? We do not take American threats seriously.

They had better be careful with their statements. Our armed forces are ready to respond to them in a different way. No matter how much they talk, we are the ones who act.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇱🇧 Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB):

– So far, the topic of discussion at the first round of talks has been Lebanon.

– This lasted for about 80 minutes, and the Iranian side insisted on an Israeli withdrawal and lasting ceasefire.

– The nuclear issue was not discussed and will not be discussed until the final negotiations.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran’s negotiating delegation has left the venue entirely and will not continue talks tonight, in protest of Trump’s threats – Tasnim

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: The Strategic Deputy of President Pezeshkian has issued an order that nightly pro-Islamic Republic rallies should end after Ayatollah Khamenei’s burial ceremony in July, because they ‘threaten national cohesion’

The reason? Very predictable. They know the Iranian population is against the current negotiations.

In the statement of the Strategic Deputy, it explicitly says:

‘The gatherings could change the field dynamics towards creating blockages in the path of diplomacy.’

‘Some of these gatherings have turned into a lever to put pressure on the official structure (i.e. the government and negotiators)…posting a serious obstacle to making strategic and expedient decisions at critical moments.’

In other words, they want to use the people to protect the system during war time, but they don’t want those same people to be on the streets and freely expressing their critical opinion against the Pezeshkian / Qalibaf / Araqchi negotiations.

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—❗️🇦🇪/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Hebrew media report that Iranian agents tried to kidnap Ronen Bar, former chief of the Israeli ‘Shin Bet’ intelligence agency, in the United Arab Emirates

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇶🇦/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran is demanding an apology post on Truth Social from President Trump

Mediators are currently forcing him to do it, but he’s being stubborn.

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— 🇱🇧/🇸🇾 Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa: ‘You won’t see Syria interfering in Lebanon, and I don’t know why everybody keeps asking me this.’

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An Iranian source says America has agreed to a partial Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as a ‘goodwill gesture’.

Iran is still insisting on an eventual full withdrawal from all occupied territories.