🇮🇷 Iran is struggling to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz because it cannot locate all the sea mines it deployed and lacks the capability to remove them, per NYT.

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🇨🇳 China prepares to send weapons package to Iran, CNN reports.

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🚨🚨 Cloudflare lost over $9 billion in market cap after Anthropic announced its new AI cybersecurity model.

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🇺🇸 President Trump states the primary goal of a deal with Iran is to prevent nuclear weapons.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan says US and Iran expected to hold direct face-to-face talks soon as both delegations arrive in Islamabad.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 White House says US has not agreed to release any frozen Iranian assets.

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🇺🇸 President Trump says people are realizing there are alternatives to passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian media says the US agreed to release Iran's frozen assets during talks in Islamabad.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says Iran's longtime leaders are no longer with us, "praise be to Allah!"

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🇺🇸 U.S. warships conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the Strait of Hormuz before returning to the Gulf.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister says Iran has the "upper hand" in negotiations with the US.

"Americans have not achieved their strategic goals and have suffered major defeats so far."

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🇨🇳 China to halt sulfuric acid exports starting in May.

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🇮🇷 Iran’s President Pezeshkian releases a statement as in-person talks between the US and Iran begin in Pakistan:

“The high-ranking Iranian delegation that has arrived in Pakistan is a staunch guardian of Iran's interests with all its might, and in this vein, it will engage in negotiations with courage. In any case, our service to the people will not pause for a moment, and whatever the outcome of the negotiations may be, the government stands firmly by the people's side,” he says.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan's PM Sharif to take emergency trip to Saudi Arabia regarding Iran-US talks - Tehran Times

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🚨🚨 3rd session of Iran-US negotiations to be held tonight in Islamabad - Iran State TV

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🇺🇸 US has discussed unfreezing Iran’s overseas assets, including $6 billion held in Qatar, with Pakistani mediators, per FT.

The $6 billion in Iranian funds now held by Qatar have been frozen since 2018.

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🇮🇱 Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu: If we didn't launch Operation Roaring Lion and Rising Lion, Iran would have had a nuclear bomb.

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🇺🇸 JD Vance to deliver remarks from Islamabad shortly.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Talks between the U.S. & Iran have reportedly lasted “15 hours and counting”.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 US Vice President JD Vance says they presented their best and final offer to Iran, however an agreement could not be made.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US Vince President JD Vance says Iran "has chosen not to accept our terms."

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