Yemen's Houthis say they struck the Saudi oil tanker Daisy in the Gulf of Aden with a ballistic missile, forcing it to turn back.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

They had planned to take over Iran within 48 hours, just as they did Syria.

Despite all the hardships and challenges, today Iran is spoken of as a powerful country with great dignity and honor.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

The martyred Leader had agreed that Iranians living abroad should not face any problems if they returned.

Even if someone had an issue, we should tell them to come back—not arrest them when they arrive here.

Iran is considered home for every Iranian, and the plan was to establish a mechanism so that every Iranian could travel to and from the country freely.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

No matter how much I think about it, I cannot find any logical reason why they killed our Leader, our commanders, and our scientists.

Many of our commanders and scientists who were killed did not even own a home.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Nobody can get it out of their mind that a large number of our young people died, were martyred, some were injured, and some lost some of their limbs.

Well, this was very bad... I still can't forget that incident. Our work shouldn't have reached this point.

Of course, that cowardly Trump himself said that we had armed these people and that we were supporting them. And well, it was clear that they were doing this.

But some innocent people were mixed with these. In fact, we had problems and we still do. Some are rightly raising their problems and some in the middle want to implement their own sinister and dirty intentions.

And this causes the process to be a bit mixed. It is said that truth is a decorated house, and passion and desire are the dust that has risen; you won't see it because of the dust, and the eye will not see, even though the man is clear-sighted.

When the issue turns into this process of rebellion, man can no longer distinguish well between friend and foe, and the process reaches a point where difficult events occur.

You look at these people sitting abroad, they present themselves as compassionate and knowledgeable, and sometimes they adopt such intellectual and scholarly personas that one might think it's truly so.

Exaggerating a three-digit number to thirty or forty thousand and then inciting people, this shows how cowardly and treacherous they are.

Q: You know that some divide people into "insiders" and 'outsiders.' From your perspective, who are 'the people'?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

"The people" are all those who live in this country, regardless of their ideology, belief, perspective, gender, or ethnicity.

The government has a duty to treat them with justice and truth. Unfortunately, we have many problems in this regard, and reforming this process requires time.

We have survived until now, it is because of the noble people of Iran who held us up.

It wasn't just those in the streets who saved our Iran. It was all these people who see our hardships and endure them for the sake of the country.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Communicating with Mojtaba Khamenei is very difficult now, but his presence is a significant source of strength for us, allowing us to maintain the process.

In the events they initiated, regarding the message he gave stating that while he was fundamentally opposed, he would now permit it to take shape, a group of people seeking division tried to reopen that rift to pursue their own partisan agendas, constantly magnifying the issue.

What his eminence said was entirely correct. He had a perspective; in the conclusion reached within that same council, a report was recently presented to him, and he stated that if it received three-quarters of the votes, he would accept it. It actually received 12/13ths of the votes, and he accepted.

This act of accepting an expert opinion and deciding accordingly was turned into an excuse by some to create division and make unfair, dishonest claims, attempting to portray others in a certain light.

The Israeli Knesset Finance Committee approved budget transfers that raised the Ministry of Settlement and National Missions' 2026 budget to a record $242 million, reinforcing the government's policy of expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Israel's High Court of Justice temporarily froze the disputed transfers on August 5, pending a ruling on whether the committee was legally convened during the election recess.

Source: The Times of Israel

Pete Buttigieg:

I don't think Netanyahu is remotely interested in the safety and dignity and security of Palestinian people.

I think he believes that he would be better off if they didn't exist—or, at the very least, he doesn't want them around.

Source: The Diary Of A CEO

Pete Buttigieg:

If you look at Netanyahu's actions, it's hard to believe that he is comfortable with anything less than Greater Israel.

Source: The Diary Of A CEO

Trump:

I was 28-1 last night on Endorsements, and numerous of them were outliers, but if you studied the Fake News, you would think it was just the opposite, 1-28.

All they talked about was the one, and that’s why they call it the FAKE NEWS!

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates President Trump’s proposed 15-ship "Trump-class" fleet would cost $275 billion, up more than 50% from earlier projections.

The first ship alone is expected to cost $23.4 billion, $8 billion above the Navy’s initial estimate, while each additional vessel could cost over $18 billion.

The higher price is largely driven by Trump’s decision to switch the ships to nuclear propulsion.

Source: NYT

Nikita Bier steps down as Head of Product at X.

BIG: Iran has warned Gulf states that any new U.S. strike on its territory would trigger retaliation against energy infrastructure and U.S. assets across the Gulf.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi urged Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye and other regional partners to press Trump to avoid military action and return to diplomacy.

The message: Iran is prepared to retaliate but prefers a negotiated solution.

Source: Reuters

Trump:

Nobody knows that "dumb" doesn't have a B.

Trump:

I had 28 wins and 1 loss. The loss was a person I thought was a good person. Didn't have much of a chance, but I said, "I'm doing it anyway."

Nobody knew who the person was.

Trump on Canada:

Canada is nasty. They are nasty.

I love the people, but their leadership is nasty.

Trump on Abdul El-Sayed:

This guy hates Jews. Somebody said, "Oh, that's a little strong." No, he hates Jews, and he hates Israel.

Abdul El-Sayed! Can you believe this? This could only happen to me.

Abdul El-Sayed! Lovely gentleman. He is a man of hate.

Trump on Abdul El-Sayed:

He doesn't love Israel. He doesn't love Jewish people. He hates them with a passion that burns in his heart, and there is not a thing he can do about it.

He hates them.

Trump:

Melania hates it when I do the weightlifting thing. She says it's not presidential. I say, "It may not be presidential, but I won the election in a landslide, so I don't know!"

Trump on Venezuela:

To the victor belong the spoils, right?