U.S. Embassy Baghdad

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April 9, 2026

Deputy Secretary Landau’s Meeting with Iraqi Ambassador Khirullah

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today summoned Iraqi Ambassador Nizar Khirullah to express the U.S. government’s strong condemnation of the egregious terrorist attacks by Iran-aligned militia groups launched from Iraqi territory against U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities, including the April 8 ambush of U.S. diplomats in Baghdad.

IRAN STATE TV:
“The current ceasefire is a TRAP.”

An IRGC-affiliated state TV expert says:
“By the end of the ceasefire, we will be exposed to intensified attacks!”

Kurd Alarm reported this via Telegram: http://t.me/KurdAlarm

John Kerry: No U.S. president except Trump accepted Netanyahu’s plan to attack Iran

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry:
🔹 Netanyahu had presented plans to attack Iran during Obama’s presidency. Obama rejected this plan.

🔹 Other U.S. presidents, including Joe Biden and George W. Bush, also opposed those plans.

🔹 Trump is the only U.S. president who accepted the plan to attack Iran.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister deleted his controversial post on the social media platform X, in which he had referred to Israel as a “cancer” and a “curse for humanity.”

Earlier, he had written in the post: “Israel is evil and a curse for humanity. While peace talks are underway in Islamabad, genocide is taking place in Lebanon. Innocent civilians are being killed by Israel; first Gaza, then Iran, and now Lebanon, and the bloodshed continues without pause.”

The Pakistani Defence Minister also added: “I hope and pray that those who established this cancerous state on Palestinian land to liberate it from European Jews burn in hell.”

The deletion of the post came after widespread reactions to his remarks.

Kurds allegedly forced to register as Syrian Arabs to receive citizenship, NGO claims https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892468

multiple diplomatic sources: Trump initially agreed to include Lebanon in the ceasefire before backing down

Iran regime supporters with knives and child soldiers

Donald Trump announced that if the talks with Iran, scheduled for tomorrow in Islamabad, fail, the United States has already loaded its ships with “the best weapons.”

Qalibaf: Until these two issues are resolved, we will not come to the negotiating table.

Two of the agreed measures between the parties have still not been implemented: a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran’s frozen assets before the start of negotiations.

According to flight data from FlightRadar24, two flights with the numbers “Iran04” and “Iran05” were heading toward Pakistan on Friday evening.

It has not yet been officially confirmed whether these aircraft were carrying negotiators from the Islamic Republic, but these flight numbers are typically used for transporting IRAN regime officials.

Reported by Kurd Alarm via Telegram: http://t.me/KurdAlarm

“Iranians still seem not to have realized that they hold no winning cards; except for a short-term extortion of the world by exploiting international waterways.
The only reason they are still surviving today is to come to the negotiating table!
President Donald J. Trump”

video :IRAN government supporters, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, with slogans such as “A ceasefire without Lebanon is a betrayal of Islam,” are calling on the Islamic Republic government to support “Hezbollah” forces against Israeli attacks.

video :“Iran regime supporters: ‘A ceasefire without Lebanon is a betrayal of Islam.’”

🔴 Satellite images show that the United States is monitoring Iran’s airspace after the announcement of a ceasefire in order to assess attacks and track any movements.

video > IRAN: “To the cowardly army of criminal America and the savage Zionist regime, we declare:

You have no choice but to sacrifice your soldiers. Your era of glory is over. Withdraw from the region or choose death.”

Video
A: Before: Mohsen Rezaee, a military adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei, said: “Iran will never ever accept a ceasefire with America.”
B: Now (at end) The Iranian regime supporters are moving to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to protest against ceasefire negotiations.
Kurd Alarm reported via telegram at : http://t.me/KurdAlarm


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الف: قبل: محسن رضایی، مشاور نظامی مجتبی خامنه‌ای، گفت: «ایران هرگز هرگز آتش‌بس با آمریکا را نخواهد پذیرفت.»
ب: اکنون (در پایان): حامیان رژیم ایران در حال حرکت به سمت وزارت امور خارجه ایران هستند تا علیه مذاکرات آتش‌بس اعتراض کنند.

کرد آلارم از طریق تلگرام گزارش داد:
http://t.me/KurdAlarm ))