The US has authorized the release of $6 billion dollars in frozen Iranian funds. Qatari and Korean representatives are working to transfer the money to Iran within days.

With the announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon expected tomorrow, and the release of frozen Iranian funds, negotiations in Islamabad can now begin according to Iran's 10 points.

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Israel expels Spain from Gaza civil military center over criticism of Lebanon massacres

...According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the move was taken "against the backdrop of the anti Israel obsession of the Spanish government headed by [Pedro] Sanchez and serious harm to the interests of Israel and also the US."

Israeli officials said a formal notice was sent to Spain. The US, whose personnel lead the CMCC in the town of Kiryat Gat near the Gaza border, was informed in advance.

"The Sanchez government has such a blatant anti Israel bias that it has lost all ability to serve as a helpful factor in implementing [US] President Trump's Peace Plan and in the CMCC operating within the framework of the plan," the foreign minister said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the move, saying that countries that "wage a diplomatic war" against Israel will pay "an immediate price."

Despite the preparations for negotiations between the US and Iran, both sides are using the ceasefire to build up their military capabilities.

WSJ, citing sources, reports that the US plans to send up to two thousand soldiers to the Middle East in the coming days.

According to a representative of the US Navy, these are soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division and Marines.

And CNN, citing sources in American intelligence, writes that China intends to supply Iran with new air defense systems.

According to them, these are small portable anti-aircraft systems. At the same time, China plans to make deliveries through third countries.

"Two sources told CNN that there are signs that Beijing is trying to redirect supplies through third countries to hide their true origin. According to the sources, the systems that Beijing is preparing to transfer are portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS), which posed an asymmetric threat to low-flying American military aircraft," writes CNN.

For all of the criticism of the Trump administration in the Western press, there is also a raging undercurrent of Western chauvinism. There is no powerful voice in the West that opposes or contradicts Western exceptionalist philosophies. Even when they deride Trumpian Imperialism for its obvious shortcomings, you’ll notice that it is still considered outside of the mainstream to actually defend the Iranian government or call out Western hypocrisy on the charge that Iran “funds proxy groups” or to point out that the biggest threat to the Middle East and its people has always been the USA and Europe.

Sure, we can point to the centuries of colonialism, but even in recent decades, the USA, with tacit, and sometimes not so subtle, support from Europe, the USA operates as the cartels in Mexico, offering a “silver or lead” deal to extract resources while enriching and empowering Israel. A simple count of deaths in the region caused by US-Israeli violence and those purported to be caused by Iran reveals enough. Where the Israeli command of this entire process ends and where American Imperialism begins, I’ll leave for another post. Suffice to say, there really is no “anti-war’ coalition in the Western-Israeli intelligentsia, although you may be forgiven for being fooled into thinking this (let’s just say you may be forgiven, but only God forgives…).

In most of the articles that I read criticizing the Trump administration. The tone is that “this is not the right time, this is not the right way, and the way that it is being done is fraught with incompetence on display.” Nobody calls into question the legitimacy of Israel’s manipulations or Western-Israeli moral superiority.

I just think it is important to keep this in mind when analyze the conversations and politics we see taking place within Western countries and the media-sphere.

-Zinderneuf

—❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: An Iranian journalist reports, that despite the U.S. reassuring Iran yesterday, it has still failed to comply with implementing a ceasefire in Lebanon and unlocking frozen funds

If these preconditions aren’t met before the end of the day, the Iranian delegation may decide not to meet with the Americans at all.

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Hungary faces a choice between Viktor Orbán and Péter Magyar, but the real issue is sovereignty. Magyar's campaign threatens agricultural independence and economic autonomy.

At its core is István Kapitány, a former Shell executive tied to multinational energy interests. During the Ukraine war, Shell made record profits while Europeans faced rising costs. Kapitány now supports cutting Russian energy imports, pushing Hungary toward expensive global markets that benefit corporations.

This endangers agriculture, which depends on affordable energy. Higher costs would hit small farms hardest, leading to closures and foreign land acquisition. Magyar also has documented ties to Ukraine's intelligence apparatus, raising concerns about foreign influence over Hungary's policies. Orbán represents national control and protection of farmers; Magyar signals corporate influence and dependence.

The series of articles I've shared on the topic (read previous ones for context) about upcoming elections in Hungary.

Trump speaks (and writes) like a complete moron. If he thinks something is true, "everybody" knows it. If he didn't know something, "nobody" could have known.

It goes without saying, but "we" do not own any oil or gas. Rich investors from a number of different countries own this oil and gas. If you are reading this, you don't own any of it. You will not benefit from a single oil or gas sale.

Having violated the Easter truce, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Novaya Kakhovka, and a civilian was injured, according to the authorities.

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I guess he really thought that this whole thing could be handled over lunch?

It's getting harder and harder for me to believe the "insider reports" that Vance was a war skeptic and the lone voice in the Trump administration supposedly pushing back.

I get the feeling that maybe he believes getting up and walking out of negotiations makes him look like a badass, but it just makes him look like he is crap at diplomacy.

Today is the big day for Hungary as they hold their parliamentary elections. I'm certainly no expert on Hungarian politics, but these Western-chauvinist, Europhilic parties are all the same. "Our stodgy, old leadership is archaic and dumb, doesn't understand the new ways, and we need more Iphones and butt-sex and then we will get rich like the Western Europeans (whose economies are all stagnant or in decline). Our future is in being corporate whores, and the only way to solve our problems is to hand over sovereignty to a large, incompetent bureaucracy."

Last night, two supertankers attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but abruptly turned around after news of the breakdown in negotiations between the US and Iran emerged.

Bloomberg reports this, citing ship tracking data. According to them, the vessels in question are the "Agios Fanourios I", heading to Iraq, and the "Shalamar", bound for the UAE.

The change in course of the two tankers coincided with the news that the US and Iran failed to reach an agreement.

Now things are about to really get interesting. Even though the Strait was closed about 6 weeks ago, a large amount of oil that passed through before the war was still moving towards its destinations. We are talking about very large, very slow moving tankers, so the oil continued to flow on thos maritime conveyor belt. However, the oil on this belt has basically reached the end of the line, and from here on out, it is empty. Even if the Strait were opened tomorrow, it would take 6 weeks for oil to reach its destination in many cases.