Contrary to earlier reports, these talks will very likely be direct, due to practical reasons it would be impossible to relay sensitive messages between dozens of different officials.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Despite three Iranian planes landing in Islamabad, only one of them had Iranian officials on board, the other two were decoys

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No talks have taken place yet, Iran first talked to the Pakistanis and now America is doing the same.

It’s still about the ‘preconditions’.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 Iranian TV:

Iran’s delegation has talked to Pakistan and conveyed its red lines for upcoming negotiations:

1. Iranian control and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz
2. War reparations / sanctions relief
3. Unblocking all frozen assets
4. A permanent ceasefire on all fronts in the region

(Interesting, nothing mentioned about the right to continue enriching)

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—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇬 The Ugandan Chief of Defense who promised to deploy ‘500,000 hungry men’ to defend Tel Aviv is actually on his way there.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: An Iranian journalist reports, that despite the U.S. reassuring Iran yesterday, it has still failed to comply with implementing a ceasefire in Lebanon and unlocking frozen funds

If these preconditions aren’t met before the end of the day, the Iranian delegation may decide not to meet with the Americans at all.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Several U.S. Navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday without prior coordination with Iran, a U.S. official says - Axios

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. have officially started

IRIB reports the U.S. has agreed to Iran’s preconditions; a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of frozen funds.

They add that ‘talks are ongoing’ in Lebanon to implement the ceasefire within the coming days.

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— Admin note: We went from ‘an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon is a precondition to negotiate, or there will be a military response’ to ‘talks are underway to implement one’.

Slippery slope if you ask me.

But let’s hope they actually do it.

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

‘The Fake News Media has lost total credibility, not that they had any to begin with. Because of their massive Trump Derangement Syndrome (Sometimes referred to as TDS!), they love saying that Iran is "winning" when, in fact, everyone knows that they are LOSING, and LOSING BIG!

Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft apparatus is nonexistent, Radar is dead, their Missile and Drone Factories have been largely obliterated along with the Missiles and Drones themselves and, most importantly, their longtime
"Leaders" are no longer with us, praise be to Allah!

The only thing they have going is the threat that a ship may "bunk" into one of their sea mines which, by the way, all 28 of their mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea. We're now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others.

Incredibly, they don't have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves. Very interestingly, however, empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil. Thank you for your attention to this matter!’

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(He said ‘praise be to Allah’ again)

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The U.S. warship has stopped moving, and was turned away from the Strait of Hormuz by the IRGC Navy – Al Jazeera

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Al-Jazeera, citing Fars News Agency:

‘Iran informed the Pakistani mediators that if the movement of the U.S. warship continues, it would be targeted in 30 minutes.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei: ‘The U.S. destroyer, which attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz without permission, has started moving in the opposite direction after a firm warning by the Iranian Armed Forces’

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Interesting way of saying they were forced to turn around, but alright.