⚡️🇮🇷🇨🇳Foreign Minister Araghchi — Chinese counterparts view post-war Iran as transformed with enhanced international standing, demonstrating its strength and opening a fresh phase of cooperation with global partners.

💼 Discussions covered war cessation, Iran's civilian nuclear efforts, sanctions, Strait of Hormuz matters, and active negotiations.

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⚡️📉🛢Brent crude falls by about 10% below $100 a barrel

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⚡️📈🇺🇸CNN — U.S. regular gasoline prices hit $4.54 per gallon in the latest AAA survey, up over 5 cents from Tuesday and the highest national average since July 2022.

🏠 Prices climbed 30 cents in the past week and 52% since the Iran war began, nearing the 2022 peak of $5.02.

Oil futures dipped sharply Wednesday after President Trump cited "great progress" in diplomatic talks with Iran, though prior drops proved fleeting.

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⚡️🇴🇲🇪🇬Oman News Agency: The Sultan of Oman discussed regional developments and their repercussions in a telephone call with the Egyptian President.

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⚡️🇴🇲🇪🇬Oman News Agency: The Sultan of Oman and the Egyptian President stressed the importance of intensifying political and diplomatic efforts to push the US-Iranian negotiations towards a resolution of the crisis.

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⚡️🇨🇳🇬🇧Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian — Beijing lodged strong dissatisfaction with London over unilateral UK sanctions targeting certain entities and individuals, including two Chinese firms.

✋ China opposes sanctions lacking international law basis or UN Security Council mandate and will adopt required steps to protect its lawful interests.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇺🇸Iranian journalist Ali Goulhaki (IRGC-linked) — "Reports on potential U.S.-Iran deal details appear far from reality. Iran seeks only to affirm its enrichment rights."

🖋"Doubtful Iran will readily relinquish 400 kg of 60% enriched uranium or shutter underground facilities vulnerable to Israeli strikes. Uncertain if U.S. will lift sanctions."

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⚡️🇺🇸🇧🇪U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White — Belgium's indictment of three mohels marks a shameful blot on the nation, branding it antisemitic globally until resolved.

Trump administration condemns the move and Belgian government inaction, urging immediate steps to preserve Belgium's reputation.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇶Iraqi media: A US Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft was spotted flying over western Iraq,

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⚡️🇮🇷Al-Mayadeen Tehran correspondent — Iran established ceasefire prerequisites demanding coverage of all active fronts, placing responsibility now with Washington; Pakistani mediation persists.

💼 Tehran asserts Strait of Hormuz under its authority and decoupled nuclear matters from talks, centering negotiations on Hormuz oversight, naval blockade removal, asset unfreezing, and reparations.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷Washington Post analysis — Iranian strikes since war onset damaged or destroyed at least 228 buildings and equipment items across U.S. bases throughout the Middle East, per satellite imagery review.

📼 Confirmed hits include hangars, barracks, fuel storage, aircraft, radar arrays, communication nodes, and key air defense installations—revealing far greater impact than U.S. government disclosures or prior media accounts.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱Al-Mayadeen sources — Lebanese authorities advancing efforts to consolidate a unified political front for confronting upcoming challenges.

👥 President Aoun upholds a cohesive official position as essential for addressing sovereignty matters.

📄 Official Lebanon approaches negotiations cautiously per defined benchmarks: full assertion of Lebanese sovereign rights and implementation of a robust ceasefire prior to further discussions, bolstering national leverage.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷President Trump on Truth Social — "Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran."

"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before."

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⚡️🇱🇧President Joseph Aoun to Akkar municipal leaders — "All that remains for us is the state, which alone protects all of us across the entire country."

🏳 Akkar serves as a vital reservoir for the military; state must prioritize development projects, including imminent tenders for Reineh Muawad Airport operations and Tripoli-Abdeh-Akkar rail study.

📄 General Security centers prepared, military hospital and Lebanese University projects advancing; Tripoli Special Economic Zone, Port, and Rashid Karami Fair appointments to benefit North.

👥 Lebanon akin to a bird with Muslim-Christian wings: "If one is broken, it can no longer fly"; no group prevails, shared fate demands unity under Lebanese flag alone.

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⚡️🇮🇷Parliament Speaker Qalibaf — "A new equation in the Strait of Hormuz is being established."

🛡 U.S. and allies' ceasefire violations and blockade threaten shipping and energy transit security, though their impact will diminish — May 5 statement.

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⚡️🇮🇷Iranian TV: Around 1,500 ships are awaiting approval from the Revolutionary Guard's navy to cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf.

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⚡️🇮🇷National Security Committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei — Axios report represents "the Americans' wish list" they won't achieve in a lost war after failing direct talks.

Iran "has its finger on the trigger," ready for "tough and regrettable response" if no surrender with concessions or tricks by U.S. and proxies.

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