— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is firmly in control and has met in-person with high ranking officials in recent days, including President Pezeshkian. He can move on his own, is mentally sharp, but has a noticeable scar on his face, after surviving three assassination attempts. – Foreign Policy

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— 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 NEW: During his meeting with King Charles, President Trump showed a dead wasp he had found to the King; ‘isn’t that interesting?’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇩🇪 President Trump:

‘The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about!

If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage. I am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago.

No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise! President DONALD J. TRUMP.’

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: The State Department confirms that Passports issued in 2026 will feature Trump’s face

These passports are reportedly a ‘commemorative batch’ as part of the 250-year anniversary of the United States’ founding.

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

‘Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon! President DJT’

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— 🇮🇷 A message by Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, on the necessity of national unity:

‌– From day one, the enemy sought to topple the Islamic Republic within 3 days by assassinating the Leader of the Revolution and military commanders, but they failed.

– Then they moved on to destroying the country's offensive capabilities, but as time went on, they saw that the sound of our missiles and drones continued.

– Then they tried to turn Iran into Venezuela and failed, then they started activating separatists from the West of the country, who were defeated by the grace of God and the efforts of the military and intelligence forces.

– After months of planning and attacking the country's security bases during the war, they planned a coup for Chaharshanbe Souri (Iranian Fire Festival), but the Iranian people unitedly defeated them.

– The enemy was looking to bring troops into the country and tested this plan in Isfahan, but it turned into a miserable failure which we call ‘Tabas-2’ (referring to the failure of Operation Eagle Claw in the 1980s in Tabas)

– Each of these plans could have destroyed a country, but the Iranian nation has been able to defeat each and every one of these wicked plans.

– This was only possible due to the active presence of the people on the streets.

– However, the enemy has entered a new stage and wants to activate economic pressure and internal division through a naval blockade and media rumors to weaken or even collapse us from within.

– Trump openly divides our country into two groups: Radicals and moderates. The solution to confronting the enemy's new conspiracy is only one thing: maintaining unity. From day one until today, maintaining unity has been the bane of all the enemy's conspiracies.

– We, the officials, are all subordinate to the command of the Supreme Leader, and he is our Guardian and the deputy of the Imam of the Time, and the good of this world and the hereafter lies in following his orders.

– You can be sure that we are moving forward with complete unity between military and political officials, and the axis of our unity is the orders of the Supreme Leader.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump says the naval blockade against Iran will continue until a deal is reached

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Brent Crude Oil has risen to $119, the highest since the 2008 financial crisis

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: CENTCOM has prepared a plan for a ‘short and powerful wave’ of strikes against Iran, in order to pressure it to negotiate – Axios

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇷🇺/🇮🇷 NEW: President Putin held a phone call with President Trump about the war in Iran

The call lasted almost two hours.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump:

‘Now the Iranians have to cry uncle, that is all they have to do. Just say, we give up.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘Many people are saying I’m a genius’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The price of oil has now reached $120

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How can media outlets interview these sort of Pahlavists with a straight face?