Senator Graham:

I don't think you're a leader in Iran unless you buy into the movement created by the Ayatollah in 1979 — which is to purify Islam, destroy the state of Israel, and push the West out of the Middle East.

If they've abandoned their desire to create a nuclear weapon, which I think they would use, that would be a sea change in the Middle East.

Having said that, they can still have those goals and not act upon them. They can be put in a box.

I think the president's done more to neutralize the threat Iran presents to the world than any president since 1979.

Senator Graham:

Saudi Arabia and Israel, quite frankly, owe President Trump a lot.

It would be good for the region and the world for these two countries to make peace and do business together.

Ukrainian drone-maker Alexander Kokhanovskyy says a one-off test two years ago used 10 fully autonomous AI "Terminator" drones near Bakhmut/Chasiv Yar, with no human controlling targeting.

Confirmed casualties included a couple of soldiers and a truck.

Ukraine currently bans full autonomy at the final targeting stage, but the government is reportedly discussing loosening that rule.

Source: New Scientist

John Bolton:

Iranians played Trump like a violin. That's why they've got the deal that they want.

The Iranians can see that — they've seen for weeks, if not months, he's desperate for a deal. And they have maneuvered him.

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, and sentenced him to 4 years and 2 months in prison.

The court found that he improperly lobbied U.S. officials to pressure Brazilian authorities and interfere with the legal proceedings against his father, who was previously sentenced to 27 years in prison for a coup attempt.

Eduardo’s lawyers argue there was insufficient evidence for a conviction.

He has been living in Texas since 2025 and is currently involved in his brother Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign ahead of Brazil’s upcoming elections.

John Bolton:

I think it's a very bad deal for the United States.

Trump isn't thinking about the geostrategic implications of the deal.

He's thinking of one thing. He wants the strait open. He wants Gulf oil on international markets.

He wants the price of gasoline at the pump down. That's all he cares about.

We don't know what's in this deal. If it were a great deal, it would be out in public.

I think that tells you pretty much what you need to know.

Source: Euronews

JD Vance on Iran:

If Donald Trump were elected the Supreme Leader of Iran, the Democrats would still say the United States had lost.

France is exploring a defence partnership with the UAE on the next-generation Rafale fighter after Germany effectively abandoned the joint Franco-German FCAS fighter program.

The UAE, which already operates Rafales, could help fund development of the Rafale F5 upgrade and commit to future purchases, giving France an alternative path for developing future combat aircraft.

Source: FT

Since the MoU was digitally signed on Sunday, Iran has launched multiple drones each night.

The drones were launched by the IRGC, but U.S. forces intercepted them.

Source: NBC News

US officials are urging caution about the Iran agreement’s text, describing the 1.5-page MOU as a vague “political document” that omits key back-channel commitments from Tehran.

“People shouldn’t read too much into the language of the MOU,” one official said.

“What’s more important than the actual document is the understandings we have with each other.”

Source: CNN

The US Defense Department announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) will revert to its former name, the US Pacific Command (USPACOM).

Originally established in 1947, the command operated as USPACOM until it was renamed in 2018.

The change does not affect the command’s mission, responsibilities, or geographic area, which spans from the US West Coast to India’s western border.

JD Vance on Iran:

The reason why we haven't released the MOU text is because some of our mediators — the Pakistanis and the Qataris — have asked us to sequence this in the right way.

There are sensitivities that exist in the Arab and Muslim world that we're trying to be responsive to.

Source: Megyn Kelly

JD Vance on Iran:

While a lot of people were focused on, "We want to replace the Ayatollah with Reza Pahlavi or somebody like that," what President Trump always said was, "We want to destroy their ability to project power across the Middle East."

Source: Megyn Kelly

JD Vance argues that Saudi Arabia went from being associated with the "spread of Islamic radicalism" to becoming a close U.S. partner after it "completely cut down on that" and "transformed their country."

He says that if Iran is "willing to change their behavior in the same way the Saudis did," the U.S. would want Iran "to be a successful country."

Source: Megyn Kelly

Canadian PM Mark Carney says he’s among the few who have seen the U.S.-Iran MoU.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich openly defies Trump:

There will be no withdrawal from Lebanon—not by Friday and not after Friday.

We are preserving the IDF's full freedom of action in Lebanon.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Trump's Iran deal:

This agreement is bad, and I think we can and should say what we think and conduct this debate.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Iran:

We crippled the Iranian economy, we crippled its industries, we crippled its nuclear program, we crippled so many things. We pushed them back significantly.

We wanted to do much more, and we wanted to continue.

But we have a partner called the President of the United States. He has a small superpower—a small country of 380 million people—that he has to take care of. He has his interests.

As Netanyahu rightly said, he looks after the interests of the United States, and we look after ours.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

There are real disagreements right now between us and the United States.

The challenge is knowing how to manage this crisis while standing your ground.

You need to know how not to snap the rope while standing firm.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Iran:

We must bring down this regime, because we cannot allow the very existence of such a radical regime that seeks our destruction and possesses these kinds of capabilities.

And we will continue to do this in our own way.

Again, we will stand our ground.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

We will remain in southern Lebanon. We will deepen our presence there.

As long as Hezbollah is not disarmed, we will remain there for the long term—as many years as necessary.