—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇵🇰 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirms that a Pakistani delegation will land in Tehran today to ‘follow up’ on the Islamabad talks

He confirmed multiple indirect messages have been exchanged with the U.S. since last weekend.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel may announce a one-week ceasefire in Lebanon starting tonight, and ending at the same time as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire – Al Mayadeen

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 NEW: ‘At the request of the United States, the war cabinet will meet tonight to discuss announcing a one-week ceasefire in Lebanon’ – Israeli State Broadcaster (Kann)

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 Member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee: ‘Iran will never leave Lebanon and Hezbollah. Intensive efforts, since the very beginning of the temporary truce, have been ongoing to ensure that Lebanon is included’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 BREAKING: ‘Israel has rejected the U.S. request for a ceasefire in Lebanon, because this was pushed for by Iran and the Pakistanis’ – Kann

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Still, the cabinet will meet tonight to ‘discuss’ it.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Pakistani Field Marshal Assim Muneer will arrive in Tehran soon leading a high-ranking delegation

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—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, will receive Field Marshal Assim Muneer

Allegedly, Muneer is carrying a message on behalf of the Americans.

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—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: Field Marshal Assim Muneer has arrived in Tehran, and was welcomed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei: ‘The enrichment rate is something that can be negotiated, but Iran has the right to continue enriching uranium at levels necessary for its national needs’

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian drones impacted in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Pakistan’s Chief of Defense, Assim Muneer, with Iran’s FM Abbas Araqchi

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Muneer isn’t wearing a tie.

This is a big sign of respect towards Iran, because Iranian officials never wear ties (in case you haven’t noticed).

In Iranian culture, ties are perceived as a sign of Western / American influence and political dishonesty.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: An Iranian MiG-29A also escorted the Pakistani delegation

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇱🇧 Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf:

‘The completion and consolidation of a comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon will be the result of the resistance and steadfast struggle of the great Hezbollah and the unity of the Axis of Resistance.

The United States must comply with the agreement.

Resistance and Iran are one soul, both in war and in ceasefire.

America should withdraw from “Israel First” mistake.’

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇾 A conversation between Ayatollah Khamenei and Colonel Qadaffi, 1985:

As recounted by Colonel Muammar Qadaffi himself:

‘During my first meeting with Khamenei, in our conversation, he used the word ‘Persian Gulf’, while I referred to it as the ‘Arabian Gulf’.

I asked him: ‘Is it appropriate for the Arabs and Persians to disagree with each other on this issue, if everyone simply uses the name they prefer?’

Khamenei replied: 'The countries on the other side of the Gulf are not truly Arab, rather they are American colonies. The day they become revolutionary like you, I will be the first to sign a document naming it the Arabian Gulf, the Kuwaiti Gulf, or any other name you would prefer.’

Qadaffi: ‘And I agreed with this point. Then I proposed to him that we call it the ‘Islamic Gulf’ instead.

Khamenei then said: ‘That is exactly what should happen. When the Arabs awaken and break their chains of servitude to the Americans, embracing true revolutionary Islam, neither the Persians not the Arabs will quarrel over this matter any longer — the Gulf will be Islamic’

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 NEW: The Israeli security cabinet meeting has ended without a decision on a ceasefire in Lebanon – Axios

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—❗️🇮🇷 Military advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, IRGC Brigadier General Mohsen Rezaei:

‘This is just my personal opinion, but I’m completely against extending the ceasefire. We should sink every enemy ship (in response to the blockade) and not let a single one get away.’

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