—❗️🇮🇷/🇱🇧 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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— Iranian sources say that negotiations with the U.S. are ‘progressing’, but the atmosphere is far less positive than it is depicted in U.S. and Pakistani media.

There is still very much a sense that some of the gaps are too wide to bridge, on various issues (not just Hormuz and Nuclear file) and the distrust towards the U.S. is extreme.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran has exported 9 million barrels of crude oil from the Gulf of Oman since the U.S. blockade, and another 2 million barrels departed three days ago – TankerTrackers

Note: The sanctions waiver on Iranian oil is in effect until April 19th, which may be one of the reasons the U.S. is not interdicting these vessels.

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—❗️🇾🇪/🇮🇷/🇱🇧 The leader of Yemen’s Ansarallah, Sayyed Abdul Malik Al-Houthi:

– America and Israel sought to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran, but failed to do so.

– The Americans are not looking to negotiate, they want to impose their own demands on the Iranian nation.

– Israel has blatantly violated the ceasefire and continues to commit massacres in Lebanon, and it wants to occupy southern Lebanon indefinitely.

– We will not remain silent in the face of Israeli aggression against Lebanon, and we won’t allow them to achieve their goals.

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—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: Pakistan’s Defense Chief, Field Marshal Assim Muneer, met with the Commander of Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiyaa Central Headquarters, Major General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇱🇧/🇮🇱/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Following days of Iranian diplomatic pressure, President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, beginning at 5 PM EST (00:00 local time)

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 NEW: Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, praises the efforts of literally every single nation in reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon, except Iran of course

While the Lebanese and Israeli governments desperately frame this ceasefire as a result of direct negotiations, it is very clearly a result of Iranian pressure ahead of a second round of talks in Islamabad.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇱🇧 NEW: Trump invites Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House

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