🇮🇷 Ghalibaf at Islamabad Airport: Our experience negotiating with the United States has always been marked by failure and broken promises / We have goodwill, but no trust

The Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, upon arrival in Islamabad and in response to journalists’ questions about recent remarks by U.S. Vice President Vance, said:

➡️Unfortunately, our experience in negotiations with the United States has consistently been one of failure and broken commitments. Twice within less than a year, in the middle of negotiations—and despite Iran’s goodwill—we were attacked, and multiple war crimes were committed.

➡️We have goodwill, but we do not have trust.

➡️In the upcoming negotiations, if the American side is ready for a genuine agreement and to grant the rights of the Iranian people, they will see readiness from us as well. However, in the current conflict, we have shown them that if they intend to use negotiations as a futile show or a deceptive tactic, we are prepared to secure our rights through faith in God and reliance on the strength of our nation.

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 Lebanese and Israeli diplomats spoke by phone Friday and are planning to meet next week to discuss a ceasefire, the office of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said in a social media post.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Negotiating Team is organized into five committees:

➡️General Committee — led by Parliament Speaker Qalibaf

➡️Political Committee — led by Foreign Minister Araqchi

➡️Military Committee — led by Defense Council Chairman Ahmadian

➡️Economic Committee — led by Central Bank Governor Hemmati

➡️Legal Committee — led by Deputy Foreign Ministers Baqaei and Gharibabadi

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🐻Grab a coffee and read all the key news you might have missed in the past 24 hours!

➡️Russia is using new robots for demining in the SMO zone

➡️Russia attacked the energy and port infrastructure in Odessa

➡️Zelensky announces Ukraine will enter a difficult period of pressure from Russia on the front and the US in negotiations by September, and wants NATO bases in Ukraine. Oh - and claims that they shot down Iranian drones in the Middle East

➡️Budanov laments that Ukrainians want victory but don't want to go to the front

➡️Russia and Cuba are discussing the resumption of flights

➡️British sources say the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich escorted two “shadow tankers” through the English Channel on Wednesday.

➡️Former Secretary of State John Kerry says Netanyahu asked other US presidents to strike Iran - but only Trump agreed

➡️The FSB has detained three more members of Shamil Basayev and Khattab's gangs who were involved in attacks on Russian military personnel in 1999–2000 (a good reminder for Zelensky and the gang)

➡️MAGA influencers are turning on Israel

➡️And not just MAGA influencers - Spanish PM continues to criticize Israel, Slovenia joins Spain’s effort to suspend the EU–Israel Association Agreement - and Netanyahu says that countries that “wage a diplomatic war” against Israel will pay “an immediate price.”

➡️Kuomintang leader Zheng Liwen of Taiwan meets with Xi Jinping and says that they cannot let Taiwan become a battlefield

➡️Chinese FM Wang Yi met with Kim Jong Un

➡️Trump says they will open the strait "one way or the other", and we still don't know if Trump wants no enrichment from Iran, or no nuclear weapons

➡️Al Jazeera published exclusive footage of the strikes on Ras Laffan Industrial City, located north of Doha, Qatar.

➡️Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan for negotiations with the Epstein Coalition, "has goodwill, but no trust", brings personal belongings of the children killed in the recent strikes

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🇷🇺☦️Russian fighters receive special Easter breads for Easter

ℹ️Kulich is a traditional Russian Easter bread baked for Orthodox Easter. It’s tall, slightly sweet, and made with butter, eggs, and dried fruits like raisins. After baking, it’s topped with white sugar glaze and often taken to church to be blessed. Beyond being a dessert, kulich symbolizes the presence of Jesus Christ at the Easter table, as well as His Resurrection and the idea of life overcoming death. It’s also a home version of a sacred church bread representing the body of Christ. The tall shape reflects the transition from earthly to heavenly, and the white glaze stands for purity.

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🇺🇦On the day of Odessa's liberation from the Nazis, city residents brought flowers to the monument to the Unknown Sailor.

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🇵🇰❌🇮🇱 Israeli journalists & media teams have been barred from entering Pakistan to cover the US-Iran talks in Islamabad.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦The last seven hostages from the Kursk region who were held by Ukraine have been released.

Russian Human Rights Ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova stated that they have left the temporary accommodation center and are heading towards the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

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🇮🇷🇵🇰 Tasnim: Iran's negotiating delegation is meeting Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif this afternoon in Islamabad.

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🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇷 The US delegation has landed in Islamabad.

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🇮🇷 Iran raises the issue of U.S. breaches of commitments with Pakistan’s Prime Minister

Tasnim’s correspondent in Islamabad, Pakistan:

➡️The Iranian delegation will raise the issue of the American side’s breaches of commitments in today’s noon meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif.

➡️The release of Iran’s assets and a ceasefire in Lebanon are among the preconditions for starting negotiations.

➡️The United States had informed Pakistan, as the mediator of the talks, that it agrees to these preconditions and some other conditions for initiating negotiations. However, some of these have not yet been fulfilled.

➡️In today’s meetings, the Iranian delegation intends to assess the U.S. position and its adherence to its commitments; after that, it will decide on whether to negotiate with the United States.

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🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇷 JD Vance arrives in Islamabad for negotiations with Iran.

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🇨🇳🇮🇷 U.S. intelligence suggests that China is getting ready to supply Iran with new air defense systems (MANPADS) in the coming weeks, according to three sources familiar with recent assessments, according to CNN.

Two of the sources told CNN there are indications that Beijing is working to route the shipments through third countries to mask their true origin.

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🇨🇳 "Nobody knows win better then me!"

Time for a Chinese rap music break.

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🇱🇧 Not surprised at all...

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