The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament responded to Trump's threats.

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On Fox News, Donald Trump stated that he believes Iran could come to a peaceful agreement with the USA tomorrow.

Not bloody likely, asshole...

He also claimed that he tried to send pro Pahlavi protesters in Iran weapons through the Kurds, but that he believes the Kurds kept the weapons for themselves.

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Via Military Chronicle:

Iran states that it will only reopen the Strait of Hormuz after receiving compensation for the damage caused during the war. This is what a high-ranking Iranian official responded to Trump's recent ultimatum, according to CNN.

“The Strait of Hormuz will only reopen when, under a new legal regime, the damage from the unleashed war is fully compensated for with a portion of the revenue from transit fees”
, — said the deputy head of the Iranian President's office, Mehdi Tabatabai.

In turn, Iran's mission to the UN called Trump's message an open threat to "destroy the infrastructure necessary for the survival of the civilian population of Iran". The mission's official statement emphasizes: "The international community and all states bear legal responsibility for preventing such monstrous acts of war crimes. They must act now. Tomorrow will be too late."

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The “Ghost Port” of China is bigger than the top 5 largest ports of the USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bNqIoVPZ40


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Kallas' colleagues are enjoying her humiliation due to her knowledge of politics. This is how Lavrov commented on the statements of the head of the EU diplomatic service that Russia attacked 19 countries, not counting Africa.

"I think there's nothing to comment on here. This humiliation continues, and none of her subordinates, members of the EU, will point it out. For me, this just says one thing - that they enjoy watching her show off her knowledge of geography and politics," said Lavrov in an interview with "Vesti" correspondent Zarubin.

Source: TASS
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Eight people, including two children, were injured in a drone attack in Novorossiysk, the governor stated.

Video: Telegram channel of the operational headquarters of Krasnodar Krai

What is known about the attack on Russian regions:

▪️Air defense forces shot down 50 Ukrainian UAVs over Russian regions during the night, the Russian Defense Ministry reported;

▪️The UAVs were intercepted and destroyed over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Rostov regions, the Krasnodar Territory, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas;

▪️Debris from a UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a multi-story building in the city of Novorossiysk, the city's head, Kravchenko, reported;

▪️According to him, six multi-story buildings and two private houses were damaged due to the UAV attack;

▪️Eight people, including two children, were injured, Kravchenko reported. Two of them are children living in a private house;

▪️Air defense points have been set up on the basis of two schools for residents of houses in Novorossiysk that were damaged by the UAV attack.


❗️The number of victims of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on Novorossiysk on Monday night has increased to 10, including 3 children, the city authorities told TASS.

Source: TASS
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"I myself have spoken with Mr. Trump about three times.

If you say: 'What you're saying is wrong', he'll get angry. If you say something like: 'You're wrong, let me explain', he'll get angry immediately. You shouldn't say such things.

You should say: 'As you said, sir', and flatter him, but then clarify: 'So, what you're saying is this, right?' Say it in this way, interpret it in your own way, and make sure to save face for Mr. Trump.

In any case, save face. If he gets angry, it's a big problem"

Former Japanese Prime Minister Isibara on US President Trump.

Source: СВЕЖЕСТИ
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🥀🙏The head of the IRGC's intelligence service, Majid Hadimi, was killed in a US and Israeli attack, according to a statement from the organization's press service, published by Tasnim.

"This outstanding commander, over nearly half a century of sincere and courageous service to the Islamic Revolution, the state, and the homeland in the field of intelligence and security, left behind great, enduring, and instructive achievements," the statement said.

▪️ Hadimi was appointed as the head of intelligence in June 2025. The previous leader, Mohammad Kazemi, was killed in Israeli strikes.

Source: Izvestia
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EU officials are urging governments to avoid excessive support to offset surging energy prices, warning that the shock triggered by the Iran war could tip into a fiscal crisis.
The European Commission is insisting in discussions with member states that proposed energy subsidies, tax cuts and price caps be limited in time and scope, according to people briefed on the talks. Brussels is seeking to avoid a repeat of the 2022 energy crisis, which fuelled rampant inflation and ballooning deficits.

“This is a unified effort from the Commission,” EU energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen told the FT. “What happens in one sector of the economy can spill over to the rest of society.”

Several countries including Italy, Poland and Spain have cut fuel taxes, while others have called for EU state aid rules to be loosened. Rome is also pushing for Brussels to ease fiscal constraints to give capitals more wriggle room.

The Commission was giving “technical advice and help to countries to form these policy tools and instruments that they want to use . . . within the fiscal room that they have,” Jørgensen said.

US strikes on Iran have pushed European oil and gas prices up by about 60 per cent and raised fears of diesel and jet fuel shortages. The conflict “has a huge, unfortunately, risk of leading to higher inflation with all of the negative effects,” he said.

The Commission was urging “co-ordination and caution” on any measures aimed at easing energy price pressures, officials briefed on talks between Brussels and national finance ministries said.

Officials fear the conflict will trigger the third economic crisis for the EU in six years, after the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, both of which prompted large stimulus programmes that drove up national debt.
The EU’s general government gross debt-to-GDP ratio rose from 77.8 per cent at the end of 2019 to 82.1 per cent in the third quarter of last year, according to the latest available data.

“Targeted government policies can help smooth the shock by reducing energy demand and compensating lower-income households,” ECB president Christine Lagarde said last month. However, she warned that “broad-based and open-ended measures” may backfire as they could fuel demand “excessively” and drive inflation. She urged policymakers to focus on “temporary, targeted and tailored” action.
EU economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis has told national finance ministers that only “coherent”, short-term emergency measures should be adopted. He warned that excessive spending would “have serious fiscal implications”, given that the Covid-19 and Ukraine crises, alongside a surge in defence spending since 2022, have left governments with less fiscal firepower.

Italian finance minister Giancarlo Giorgetti last week said it was “inevitable” that Brussels would have to be more lenient in enforcing rules limiting countries’ budget deficits to just 3 per cent of GDP.
That came after Rome extended a “temporary” 20 per cent excise tax on fuel until May 1, and the country’s official statistics agency said the 2025 deficit was 3.1 per cent of GDP.
“It is clear that, unless the situation changes, discussions at the European level will be inevitable,” Giorgetti said.
The finance ministers of Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Austria on Friday urged Brussels to impose an EU-wide windfall tax on energy companies, in order to ease the “burden on the European economy and on European citizens”.

Published by Spain’s finance minister Carlos Cuerpo, the letter cited a 2022 cap on the revenues of power companies during the gas price surge caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Given the current market distortions and fiscal constraints, the European Commission should swiftly develop a similar EU-wide contribution instrument,” they said.

Source: FT
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Obviously, parasitic body, that works in best interests of the US, will do everything to strange what is left of European manufacturing and lower standards of our living even more. EC must be sent back to the US.

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"It's highly likely to assume," that traces of Kyiv will be found in the attempt to sabotage the gas pipeline in Serbia, Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

He noted that Russia is taking the necessary measures to protect its infrastructure and is counting on measures from Hungary and Serbia.

The Kremlin also hopes that Ankara has pointed out to Zelensky the inadmissibility of attacks on the infrastructure of gas pipelines in the Black Sea, added the press secretary of the Russian president.

On Sunday, Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić announced the discovery of explosives a few hundred meters from the gas pipeline in the republic. He informed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about this.

Source: Vesti
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The Russian army struck the production workshops of control systems and components for the Armed Forces of Ukraine's operational-tactical missiles, the Defense Ministry reported.

Also hit:

▪️Energy infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

▪️Places for storing and assembling drones.

▪️Temporary dislocation points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 159 districts.

⚡️ Forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed four unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a long-range guided missile "Neptune-MD" in the northeastern part of the Black Sea.

💥 Air defense systems shot down 12 guided aerial bombs, three HIMARS rockets, two long-range guided missiles "Neptune" and 693 UAVs.

Source: Zvezda
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❕"Graphite bombs" were used by Ukrainian militants to strike at the energy infrastructure of the DPR, reported the regional FSB.

The bombs explode in the air and eject fine graphite threads, which lead to short circuits in power lines.

"On the evening of April 5, militants again used the tactic of a combined raid. Ten strike UAVs were suppressed and diverted from their course. Combined mobile fire groups of the FSB, the Ministry of Defense, and Rosgvardiya shot down six cruise drones," the message said.

Source: Zvezda
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❗️ Iran rejected the proposal for a ceasefire, stressing that it is necessary to achieve a permanent end to the war, reports IRNA.

Source: TASS
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АДЕКВАТ Z writes,

Not everyone might have noticed this recent news: airlines on international flights have started urgently demanding an emergency fuel surcharge, up to 200 dollars per person on long routes like Vietnam. If you refuse to pay, the ticket money will be fully refunded, but the fate of the money paid for the tour itself is in question, at the very least. This is not surprising: on this same basis, air travel around the world is not only becoming extremely expensive right before our eyes, but is also starting to decline. Due to both a physical fuel shortage, which is either imminent or already happening, and a collapse in demand due to the wild price increase.

This all relates to the recent discussion that this year is an extremely unsuitable time for any overseas vacation. For those who are still planning their vacation, I strongly advise to take this into account. For those who have already paid for a tour abroad - they should at least be prepared for today's emergency surcharges to seem like a drop in the bucket tomorrow. And if you still decide to fly anyway, this problem might be the least of your worries. Especially in those countries (in particular, this applies to almost all of Southeast Asia), which are already facing a fuel shortage now, which will also seem like a drop in the bucket for them later.

There should be no illusions that everything will just blow over, even in the face of today's latest wave of insider information from the West about negotiations, ceasefires, prospects for a settlement, and similar nonsense: neither side is ready to surrender, and the space for compromise, as I've said many times, simply doesn't exist. Therefore, in all respects, it would be wiser to plan a vacation at home, understanding that as demand increases, prices are likely to rise, so it's better to lock in current prices. Fuel surcharges on domestic flights are definitely not a threat, but hotels won't miss the opportunity to increase their prices too.

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The stock value of 10 of the largest companies in the UAE has fallen between 2% and 35% since the beginning of the US and Israel's aggression against Iranian territory.

Source: Tasnim News

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The New York Times: The damage to pistachio warehouses near Rasht's airport in Kerman province, Iran, has sparked a widespread debate about the future of this vital industry in the country. This coincides with the continued decline of Iran's share in the global pistachio market, in contrast to the rise of the Wonderful Company, owned by Stewart Resnick and Lynda Resnick, who are well-known donors to the Zionist army.
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Boycott pistachios!

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Military Chronicle:

According to one version, there was no heroic rescue of F-15 pilots in Iran. Instead, it went like this: the first MC-130J aircraft landed on the road, after which the special forces began to clear the perimeter. The second aircraft was approaching for landing at a speed exceeding safe limits, so it didn't have time to slow down and crashed into the first MC-130J. As evidence of this event, there are photos showing the aircraft standing suspiciously close to each other, as they usually never do during exercises or combat missions. And after everything happened, it was decided to destroy both aircraft. So it's highly likely that we're dealing with another Hollywood movie about heroism and overcoming obstacles behind enemy lines. That is, a literal repeat of the story of the Black Hawk Down incident in Mogadishu, when the rescuers themselves had to be rescued.

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Iran restores its missile bases in a matter of hours, despite aerial attacks, reports The Telegraph.

According to new intelligence data, US special services have found out that Iran is restoring its damaged missile bunkers in record time.

Military experts warn: the more Iranian launch systems are destroyed, the harder it is to find the remaining ones. Added to this is Iran's strategic advantage - underground military facilities, so-called "missile cities". Their search is complicated by the fact that the country's terrain is largely made up of high mountainous areas.

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