‘Iran has decided to reject our demands’ – J.D. Vance

This here is exactly the problem with America. They demand, they impose, they enforce. They do not ‘negotiate’. They are not a good faith actor.

Iran won’t accept bullying. It will fight the Zionist-American alliance for another 10 years if it has to.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Professor Marandi, member of the Iranian delegation: ‘Obviously, the Trump regime wasn’t seriously negotiating’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 Source to Tasnim: ‘Iran is in no rush. The ball is now in America’s court. They have some time to reconsider their miscalculation, while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: According to another informed source, one of the issues was America’s unwillingness to compel Israel to an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

The U.S. merely convinced Israel to stop strikes in Beirut while ‘gradually expanding’ to include southern Lebanon and the rest of the country. Iran did not agree to this.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 Pakistani correspondent to Al-Mayadeen: ‘J.D. Vance did not completely rule out the possibility of another round of negotiations. Within a week or 10 days there may be another round, with a different American delegation’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Axios: ‘Iran refused to give up its stockpile of enriched uranium’

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If you want it, come and get it.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: As a gesture of appreciation for the Islamabad talks, Iran allowed two brotherly Pakistani vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: The entire U.S. delegation, including Witkoff and Kushner, have now left Islamabad – CBS

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 WATCH: IRIB has released footage of the IRGC Navy warning Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) and USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) to turn away from the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, or risk being targeted

‘Attention U.S. Navy warship, transiting near Fujairah Port and Oman Sea; this is IRGC Navy; LAST WARNING, LAST WARNING, LAST WARNING’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump announces a naval blockade on Iran ‘effective immediately’

Trump has also ordered the U.S. Navy to seize any civilian vessels in international waters that have paid tolls to Iran.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump, in another Truth Social post:

‘Iran promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, and they knowingly failed to do so. This caused anxiety, dislocation, and pain to many people and Countries throughout the World. They say they put mines in the water, even though all of their Navy, and most of their "mine droppers," have been completely blown up. They may have done so, but what ship owner would want to take the chance?

There is great dishonor and permanent harm to the reputation of Iran, and what's left of their "Leaders," but we are beyond all of that. As they promised, they better begin the process of getting this INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY OPEN AND FAST! Every Law in the book is being violated by them.

I have been fully debriefed by Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, on the meeting that took place in Islamabad through the kind and very competent leadership of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan. They are very extraordinary men, and continuously thank me for saving 30 to 50 million lives in what would have been a horrendous War with India. I always appreciate hearing that — The amount of Humanity spoken of is incomprehensible.

The meeting with Iran began early in the morning, and lasted throughout the night - Close to 20 hours. I could go into great detail, and talk about much that has been gotten but, there is only one thing that matters - IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS!

In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don't matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people. My three Representatives, as all of this time went by, became, not surprisingly, very friendly and respectful of Iran's Representatives, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Aragchi, and Ali Bagheri, but that doesn't matter because they were very unyielding as to the single most important issue and, as I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Fatimeh Mohajerani, Iran’s Government Spokeswoman: ‘If by regime change, Trump means changing to a new regime of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, then he has been very successful’

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I can’t believe Trump decided to give up ‘Power Plant and Bridge Day’ for a much more boring ‘Naval Blockade’.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇾🇪/🇮🇷 BREAKING: UKMTO reports an incident in the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, 54 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen

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— Is Trump aware that, in order to enforce a naval blockade, he needs an actual fleet in the Persian Gulf, which means putting American sailors as sitting ducks in Iran’s backyard?

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 An Iranian soldier, somewhere on Iran’s southern coast, waits for an American naval landing

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: ‘Iran’s nuclear program has survived, and Iran likely retains substantial uranium enrichment capability at deeply buried underground sites’ – WSJ

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