IRGC commander, Gen. Hajizadeh, issued a statement saying (summarized)

Supporting the President-elect Pezeshkian is the duty of us all, despite having voted or supported a different candidate, Pezeshkian is now the president of 85 million Iranians and we shall support him despite any differences or criticism some might have had.

— 🇦🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: The United Arab Emirates has arrested and deported a student from New York University-Abu Dhabi branch after wearing a Keffiyah and chanting 'free Palestine' during the graduation ceremony – AP

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— 🇱🇧 NEW: Hezbollah announces the first operation of the Lebanese Resistance Brigades, a non-denominational anti-Zionist militia affiliated with Hezbollah

The Lebanese Resistance Brigades, 'Saraya al-Mouqawamah al-Lubnaniyah' in Arabic, or simply 'Saraya', consists of Sunni Muslims, Christians, Druze and secular Shia Muslims. The Saraya has been largely inactive since the South Lebanon war ended in 2000.

They are funded, trained, armed and founded by Hezbollah, and they operate under Hezbollah's central command structure.

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— 🇱🇧 Hezbollah: 'The Lebanese Resistance Brigades targeted on Friday, July 12th, the Zionist outpost of Ruwais al-Qarn in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with ATGM missiles, achieving direct hits'

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— 🇱🇧☦️ NEW: An informed source close to Hezbollah reports that the operation was carried out by a Greek-Orthodox missile squad from the town of Marjaayoun

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— 🇱🇧 NEW: The Lebanese Resistance Brigades announce the start of their operational campaign against Israel

The Operations Room of the Lebanese Resistance Brigades statement in Hezbollah's official media channel:

'In support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the face of the Zionist occupation and in defense of our homeland, Lebanon, and its people, and on the eighteenth anniversary of the July War, the Lebanese Resistance Brigades officially announce their first military operation against the Israeli occupation forces, at 5:20 pm on Friday, 07-12-2024.

The Mujahideen group 'Martyrs Abdel-Al' in the Lebanese Resistance Brigades attacked the Ruwaisat al-Qarn site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with missile weapons and achieved a direct hit. We pledge our people to continue resistance until victory and liberation. '

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: IRGC Quds Force Commander-in-Chief Ismael Qaani is currently in southern Lebanon on the frontlines, meeting with Hezbollah's field commanders and inspecting the situation

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran's acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, says that indirect negotiations with the United States regarding a return to the JCPOA, also known as the Iranian Nuclear Deal, are ongoing, and that Pezeshkian's new government taking power will pave the way for serious moves in this regard – Fars

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 NEW: Iran's Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, personally flew the Iranian delegation's plane to Saint Petersburg for the BRICS summit

Dr. Qalibaf, who was a Presidential candidate in the recent election, is a licensed pilot for commercial and military planes. He is the former chief of the IRGC Aerospace Force and the former Mayor of Tehran.

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺/🇨🇳 President-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian: 'Russia and China are countries that stood by Iran during times of great difficulty, we respect the friendship between us and these two nations, and our strategic cooperation will only increase'

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