— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump on Truth Social: ‘The Iranian leadership has forced hundreds of Ships toward the United States, mostly Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to get their Oil - Thank you very much! President DONALD J. TRUMP’

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧/☦️ NEW: Israel has decided not to prosecute the IDF soldier that desecrated a statue of Jesus Christ in Lebanon, instead issuing only a warning – Kann

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— 🇮🇶 NEW: The cooperation framework is currently meeting to select Iraq’s new Prime Minister

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Member of Iran’s negotiating delegation last week, MP Mahmoud Nabavian:

‘Negotiating with the vile American regime under the shadow of threats, attacks, and ceasefire violations is not only meaningless, but also harmful, and it emboldens the enemy to become even more greedy’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf:

‘Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiating table — in his own imagination— into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering.

We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield’

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Iran may attend another round of talks in Islamabad but send a lower-ranking delegation.

Another option is not physically going to Pakistan but nevertheless agreeing on a ceasefire extension.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Axios claims that Iran’s Supreme Leader has given the green light, and an Iranian delegation will land in Islamabad on Wednesday to hold talks with the U.S.

Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to lead the American delegation, alongside Jared Kushner and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

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(Take with a grain of salt)

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 IRIB: ‘So far, no delegation from Iran has traveled to Islamabad, neither the main delegation nor subsidiary delegations, nor primary or secondary ones.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump on Truth Social:

‘Iran has violated the ceasefire numerous times!’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Navy seized an Iran-linked vessel, the ‘MT TIFANI’, in the INDOPAC area

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: President Trump praises Apple CEO Tim Cook for ‘kissing his ass’ during a phone call

He then goes on to say he’s an incredible guy, and a much better CEO than Steve Jobs.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: ‘Islamabad is not under full lockdown due to uncertainty over whether the Iranian delegation will arrive’ - WSJ

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: The Associated Press (AP) claims that Pakistan has confirmed both the Iranian and American delegations will arrive in Islamabad tomorrow morning

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 President Trump: ‘Iran has no choice [but to send a delegation to Islamabad]’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 President Trump: ‘We’re going to make a great deal. The greatest deal possibly ever’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘We’re in a very strong negotiating position’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘The blockade has been a tremendous success’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘The U.S. totally controls the Strait of Hormuz’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump, when asked about possibly extending the ceasefire, says ‘I don’t want to do that’

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