Reza Pahlavi claims that elements of Iran’s leadership are “gearing up to escape from the country” and “loading up planes to take off,” saying he receives intelligence from inside Iran, including information from secret meetings within the supreme leader’s inner circle.

Source: CBS News

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Senator Graham:

To the ayatollah: we don’t talk as much as we used to. Have I offended you?

As to your recent warning to American politicians, I hear Moscow is a winter wonderland.

Beware of the drones.

Trump is reviewing a wider range of military strike options against Iran, including nuclear sites and missile facilities.

The Pentagon is weighing options from cyberattacks or limited strikes to broader air campaigns.

Sources say diplomacy remains the first option.

Source: NYT

Iran has supplied nearly $3 billion in missiles to Russia since late 2021.

Missile deliveries include hundreds of Fath-360 short-range ballistic missiles, ~500 other SRBMs, and ~200 surface-to-air missiles.

Total Russian spending on Iranian military gear since 2021 exceeds $4 billion, including Shahed-136 drones, ammunition, and tech transfer that enabled Russia to produce Geran-2 drones domestically.

Source: Bloomberg

U.S. military used an aircraft painted to look civilian to strike a suspected drug-smuggling boat in Sept 2025, killing 11 people.

Legal experts warn the civilian-looking aircraft may constitute perfidy (a war crime) under the laws of armed conflict.

The Pentagon denies wrongdoing.

Source: NYT

Germany's Merz says he shares Trump’s security concerns about Greenland and wants a NATO-based solution, not confrontation.

“We share the American concerns that this part of Denmark needs to be better protected… I hope that we will reach a mutually acceptable solution within NATO.”

Source: Politico

NEW: Pentagon funded an eight-figure undercover purchase of a pulsed radio-wave device now tested for links to Havana Syndrome.

Device fits in a backpack and has Russian components.

Officials fear the device’s capabilities may have spread.

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German Foreign Minister Wadephul on Iran:

This regime has obviously lost all legitimacy and no longer has the support of the Iranian people.

We will apply all measures available to us, including sanctions, against this regime.

German Foreign Minister Wadephul on possible U.S. invasion of Greenland:

I have no indication whatsoever that this is being seriously considered.

Hegseth on Yemen's Houthis:

They cried, ‘Uncle!’ and said, ‘We’re not going to shoot at your ships anymore.’

These airframes and others helped bomb the Houthis for 50 days.

American ships now sail freely. Peace through strength.

Hegseth:

We brought the indicted nominal leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, from the most fortified house… without them knowing we were there until three minutes before.

No other military on planet Earth could pull that off.

Elon Musk:

We want to make Star Trek real.

We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it’s not always science fiction.

Big spaceships with people going to other planets… and ultimately beyond our star system.

Hegseth:

We are done running a peacetime science fair while our potential adversaries are running a wartime arms race.

Hegseth:

Gone are the days of equitable AI and social justice infusions.

We will not employ AI models that won’t allow you to fight wars.

Department of War AI will not be woke.

It will work for us.

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Germany's Merz:

I believe Iran’s leadership is in its “final days and weeks.”

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NEW: Iranians could make international mobile calls Tuesday for the first time since a nationwide communications blackout.

Internet and SMS remain largely cut, with access limited to state-approved sites.

Source: AP

G7 countries and their allies met in Washington to discuss ways to reduce dependence on China for rare earth elements, focusing on alternative supply routes and coordinated policy tools.

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Somalia Cancels UAE Deals Over Alleged Breach of Sovereignty

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Germany's Merz on Iran:

If a regime can only hold on to power by force, then it is effectively at its end.

I assume that we are now seeing the very last days and weeks of this regime here.

It has no legitimacy through elections by the population anyway. The population is now rising up against this regime.

I hope that there is a way to end this conflict peacefully. The Mullah regime must realize this now as well.

And we are in close contact with the Americans.

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NEW: Syrian Army Operations Command issued a warning, declaring a closed military zone after SDF/YPG mobilization.

The area (Maskanah and Deir Hafer) is accused of being a launch point for Iranian suicide drones that struck Aleppo.

Civilians are urged to stay away from SDF positions.

Armed groups are told to withdraw east of the Euphrates.

The army says it will act to prevent further attacks from the area.