🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 - An Israeli security source told Israel Hayom:

"An American strike will most likely lead to the overthrow of the ayatollahs".

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⚠️🇺🇸👀😂 Maduro ran out of budget for his defense in the United States.

Nicolás Maduro's legal team asked a federal judge in New York to force the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to release Venezuelan state funds, arguing that the former leader lacks his own resources to pay for the trial.

Attorney Barry J. Pollack sent a letter on February 20, 2026 to Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to complain about the blocking of the accounts.

In the court document, the defense argued that the economic sanctions violate the constitutional rights of the defendant.

"Venezuela would do it, and Mr. Maduro cannot pay a lawyer otherwise," the legal firm justified in the text.

The defenders accused the US agency of sabotaging the process by denying access to the Caribbean nation's public coffers.

"By not allowing the Venezuelan government to pay for Mr. Maduro's defense costs, OFAC interferes with Mr. Maduro's ability to retain a lawyer and, therefore, with his right to a lawyer of his choice under the Sixth Amendment," the firm claimed in court.

https://alertas24.com/defensa-de-maduro-denuncia-que-el-mandatario-no-puede-pagar-abogados-privados/

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭 - The indirect U.S.–Iranian negotiations in Geneva have been suspended for consultations after about four hours and are expected to resume this evening.

- ISNA | @thewarreporterr

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭 - U.S. demands presented to Iran in Geneva:

— Destroy all three nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan

— Deliver all enriched uranium to the US

— No sunset clauses

— Zero enrichment, but Iran can keep the Tehran research reactor

— Minimal sanctions relief up front; more if Iran is compliant

- The Wall Street Journal | @thewarreporterr

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭 - A senior Iranian official told Reuters:

"New ideas were raised during the negotiations that require consultation with Tehran. There are still gaps.

Reaching a deal is possible if the US seriously separates the nuclear issue from other matters".

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Israeli sources told i24 News:

"If the gaps in the talks between the U.S. and Iran are not significantly reduced, Trump may have no choice but to order an attack".

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 - A senior Iranian official rejects U.S. demands in an interview with Al Jazeera:

"We completely reject the dismantling of nuclear facilities, the handover of uranium stockpiles, and the principle of zero enrichment forever".

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭 - The second half of the U.S.–Iran negotiations in Geneva is now underway.

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