— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 WATCH: During the 12-Day War, an Iranian man was watching the pro-Israeli outlets BBC Persian and Iran International, which told him 'this is not a war against the Iranian people' and 'the war is only against the Islamic Republic'

However, in the middle of this broadcast, an Israeli missile exploded right into the poor guy's living room, destroying his entire house.

Do you think he got the point?

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 BREAKING: Despite media claiming the negotiations atmosphere is positive, the opposite is true

The U.S. has brought a list of concessions and told Iran it will resort to 'other options' if it does not comply:

– Iran must entirely dismantle (i.e. destroy) its facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

– All enriched uranium must be transfered to the United States.

– The deal should be 'permanent' and Iran will not be allowed to have any enrichment at all, except at the Tehran Research Reactor.

In exchange for all this, the U.S. is offering a promise of 'no war' and limited sanctions relief.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 NEW: A source close to the Iranian delegation describes tonight's talks as 'a last ditch effort' to let diplomacy prevail, and that Iran is doing 'everything it can' to reach a positive outcome

The same source also said that the main outstanding issue is the fate of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile, and a verifiable removal of sanctions that would lead to 'tangible results' for Iran's economy.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 Iranian Foreign Ministry: 'The atmosphere of the negotiations was serious and good, but contradictory remarks by American officials continue to cause doubts and suspicions. We hope the continuation of talks tonight will be positive.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran's 'Tasnim News' conducted a widespread poll among Iranians:

– 72% of respondents reject halting ballistic missile development even at risk of war.

– 69.5% of respondents believe Iran can withstand a war with the United States.

– 76.5% of Iranian women believe the country has the capacity to resist, compared to 65.7% of men.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 BREAKING: 'We completely reject handing over our uranium stockpile, dismantling the nuclear facilities, and the principle of zero enrichment' – Senior Iranian official to Al-Jazeera

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Negotiations are now ongoing again.

— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺/🇮🇷/🇨🇭 NEW: Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund and Presidential Envoy for International Economic Cooperation, has arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in Geneva, expected to assist in the U.S.-Iran negotiations – RIA Novosti

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 CNN, quoting senior U.S. officials: 'We have serious doubts on whether the Supreme Leader would agree to the conditions being proposed, even if the negotiators have expressed readiness'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: If the U.S. attacks Iran, it will likely be a limited strike aimed at pressuring Iran to agree to U.S. demands regarding its nuclear and missile programs – NYT

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran's state broadcaster, IRIB, live from the negotiations in Geneva:

– Iran's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes, including producing the fuel for nuclear power plants, shall be preserved.

– Transferring Iran's enriched uranium stockpile abroad is completely rejected and will absolutely not happen.

– Iran emphasizes the need to remove all economic sanctions.

– Talks are likely to continue for another hour or two.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 IRIB: 'Transferring Iran's uranium enriched stockpile abroad is off the table and this was communicated to the American side'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 BREAKING: U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were 'disappointed' following the negotiation session this morning, and they considered the Iranian proposal 'insufficient' – Axios

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 NEW: Iran is not agreeing to U.S. demands; Oman is urging both sides to extend the negotiations in Geneva by an extra day, and to continue tomorrow – Axios

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 IRIB: 'Iran demanded the removal of all economic sanctions and the cancelation of UNSC resolutions'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 U.S. officials: 'Trump does not understand why Iran is not shifting from its positions'

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Yes, the uranium we currently have won't benefit us if we don't go for a bomb.

But transfering them outside would benefit us even less. That's the only leverage we have.

When the stockpile is gone, that opens the way to put pressure on the missile program.

Giving 'concessions' to America DOES NOT WORK, and this has been PROVEN. In fact, it makes war MORE LIKELY.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲/🇨🇭 NEW: The U.S. delegation just left the venue in Geneva, and today's negotiations have come to an end – IRIB

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 Foreign Minister of Oman, Badr Al-Busaidi:

'We have finished the day after significant progress in the negotiation between the United States and Iran.

We will resume soon after consultation in the respective capitals. Discussions on a technical level will take place next week in Vienna.'

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