Prof. Foad Izadi | Foreign Policy Expert | American Studies at the University of Tehran:
 

Trump cares about the midterm elections in November. High gas prices mean losing.
 
Netanyahu told him he could quickly overthrow the Iranian government & bring oil prices back down. Trump took that miscalculation.
 
It's not going to happen. And Iranians will make sure the US pays a high enough price - because if the cost is too low, the US will attack Iran every few months.
 
Trump cares about public opinion not because he cares about people - but because he cares about his political future.
 
If Democrats win in November, he faces impeachment for his illegal attack on Iran. He doesn't want that.

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NEW: Israel built a clandestine military outpost in Iraq's western desert just before its air campaign against Iran — with U.S. knowledge — to house special forces and search-and-rescue teams supporting strikes 1,000 miles away.

In early March, an Iraqi shepherd reported unusual helicopter activity, and when Iraqi troops moved to investigate, Israeli airstrikes killed one soldier and wounded two others to keep the base hidden.

Iraq blamed the U.S. in a UN complaint, but Washington says it wasn't involved; the base was never officially discovered.

Outgoing Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar had hinted at the operations in a March letter referring to "special missions which could ignite the imagination."

Source: WSJ

Putin:

Foreign leaders who came to Moscow for Victory Day demonstrated personal courage.

India's DRDO successfully test-fired the Advanced Agni ballistic missile with MIRV technology.

The night-time launch deployed multiple independently targetable warheads across separate locations in the Indian Ocean, with all mission objectives met.

It marks India's second MIRV demonstration after Mission Divyastra in 2024.

Putin:

Armenia’s plans to join the EU require “special consideration.”

Prof. Foad Izadi | Foreign Policy Expert | American Studies at the University of Tehran:
 

Innocent passage through the Strait of Hormuz is allowed under international law - but only if ships don't threaten coastal states.
 
The Strait has two coastal states: Iran & Oman. The US is 11,000 kilometers away. So American & Israeli ships will not be allowed passage.
 
This is Iran's right under Article 51 of the UN Charter - self-defense against an attack that killed over 3,500 civilians.
 
Iran will use its geography to ensure the US pays for damages. Passage fees are how Iran gets compensated.
 
Ordinary citizens won't be affected - countries that attacked Iran will pay.
 
Oil prices are up 100%. Once the war ends, they'll drop - except a 10% security fee.
 
Iran would rather collect that directly than let British insurers pocket it by declaring a danger zone.

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Prof. Foad Izadi | Foreign Policy Expert | American Studies at the University of Tehran:
 

A fatwa by Iran's previous leadership prohibits nuclear weapons.
 
The US intelligence community's own 2025 Threat Assessment confirms: Iran has no nuclear weapons, no nuclear weapons program, & Iranian leaders have not decided to pursue one.
 
Trump dismissed his own intelligence community & sided with Netanyahu's version.
 
Countries with nuclear weapons don't get attacked by the US. North Korea is the clearest example.
 
So the question is growing in Iran - why not build nuclear weapons after being attacked?
 
It's not illegal internationally. It only becomes illegal under the Non Proliferation Treaty - and Article 10 allows members to exit.
 
Public opinion in Iran is increasingly pushing for it. The religious ruling still holds - but this is a live debate, especially after the attacks Iran has suffered.

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Putin:

I heard once again that Zelensky is ready to hold a personal meeting.

We have never refused this. Whoever wants to meet, let them come to Moscow.

Putin:

Russia is ready to repeat the experience of storing Iran’s enriched uranium, and initially everyone agreed to this, but later the United States toughened its position.

Putin:

The globalist wing of Western elites is fighting against us through the hands of Ukrainians; in that sense, they have positioned themselves quite comfortably.

Putin:

I think the conflict in Ukraine is heading toward a conclusion.

Putin:

Finland — why did it join NATO? Did we have any territorial disputes with Finland? Everything had long been settled.

Putin:

Macron called me in 2022 and said that Ukraine could not sign documents in Istanbul "with a gun to its head," and asked me to withdraw troops from Kyiv.

Putin:

The United States clearly does not need the Ukrainian conflict; it has many other priority tasks.

Putin:

They expected a crushing defeat for Russia and the collapse of its statehood within a few months.

It hasn’t happened. And then they got stuck in this rut and now they can’t get out of it.

Putin:

Russia and China are preparing to take a very serious step forward in cooperation in the gas and oil sectors.

Trump:

Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff met Qatar’s prime minister in Miami Saturday to discuss a possible Iran war deal.

Source: Axios

IRGC Aerospace Commander Maj. Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi:

IRGC Aerospace Force missiles and drones are locked onto American targets in the region and enemy aggressor ships; we are awaiting the order to launch.