— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Yemen's Ansarullah says it struck the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Nimitz-class aircraft carrier with an anti-ship ballistic missile in the Red Sea

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Ali Larijani has registered himself for the Presidential election

Larijani is a moderate Iranian politician, mostly known for being the former longtime Speaker of Parliament from 2008-2020. He is an ex-IRGC officer, and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, the advisory body to Iran's Supreme Leader.

He is widely considered to be among the 'heavyweights' on Iran's moderate side of the political spectrum, but was disqualified from running in 2021.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Abdolnasser Hemmati has registered himself for the Presidential election

Hemmati is a reformist Iranian politician and economist. He served as the Governor of Iran's Central Bank from 2018-2021. He was also vice-president of Iran's state media IRIB and Governor of Iran's Central Insurance.

Abdolnasser Hemmati ran as the sole representative of the reformist wing in the 2021 Presidential election, and placed third in overall results.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Some minor candidates are also starting to register themselves

Here we see Mohammad Khoshchehreh, Iranian economist, MP, and former advisor to ex-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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When Iran has more election candidates than the U.S. or United Kingdom, you should re-evaluate what your Western version of 'Democracy' means.

⚡️Israeli media: Hezbollah expanded the line of fire, firing about 100 missiles at the settlements that had not been evacuated in the Western Galilee.

— 🇺🇸 Biden starts his address

— 🇺🇸 Biden: 'After intensive diplomacy carried out by my team, and meetings with foreign diplomats, Israel has offered a new proposal'

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🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Biden: "After intensive diplomacy, Israel has now offered a new proposal. A roadmap to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages. This proposal has been given by Qatar to Hamas."

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Biden: "The proposal has three phases. The first phase will last for six weeks, including a complete ceasefire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza, and a release of elderly, wounded, and female hostages in exchange for the release of Hamas prisoners."

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Biden says Israel has offered a proposal, that if the second stage is completed, would see a 'permanent cessation of hostilities'

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— 🇺🇸 Biden: 'At this point, Hamas has been devastated, and they will not be able to commit another October 7th'

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— 🇺🇸 Biden: 'Some people in Israel will not agree, and will want to continue the war indefinitely, but we urge all those who stand with Israel to back this roadmap to a permanent ceasefire'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Biden: 'The U.S. will help forge a diplomatic deal to prevent a war between Israel and Hezbollah'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇸🇦/🇮🇷 Biden: 'After the end of the war, there is a great possibility for normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and there can be a regional wide network of defense against Iran'

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