💬 🇺🇸 Marco Rubio on Iran:

These people are lunatics. They are insane. They are religious zealots...

💬 🇺🇸 Marco Rubio on Iran:

There are clearly people there talking to us in ways that previous leaders in Iran have not spoken to us before.

Some of the things they’re saying they’re willing to do — we have to see if they can actually do them.

We have to test that very strongly.

😮‍💨 🇺🇸🇮🇷 TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN MAKING UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEHRAN — IRANIAN MEDIA.

💬 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇮🇷 GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ: A possible war with Iran would have an impact on Germany and Europe as serious as the COVID pandemic if it spreads.

💬 🇮🇹 Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto on Iran War:

We did not support this war, and no one asked for our opinion.

The length of wars does not depend on the power of the strongest, but on the resistance of the weakest.

Iran is larger than Ukraine, has more people, and thousands of years of history.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Professor Robert Pape:

For 50 years, America’s number one goal in the Middle East has been to prevent an oil hegemon.

That means control over the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has never been an oil hegemon before. Now it is. Twenty percent of the world’s oil flows through Hormuz, more than the 16% the United States produces.

So now Iran has more influence over oil prices than anyone else. They’re leveraging that for geopolitical gain with countries like India and others.

They’re also making money, about $1.5 billion so far from this oil. The funds are sitting in Chinese banks, so we can’t seize them.

And if this continues for another six weeks, another six months, then Iran will not only be an oil hegemon but one with nuclear capability.

At that point, the balance of power will change dramatically.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Marco Rubio to Al Jazeera:

Iran must stop producing all the drones and missiles we’ve seen recently.

💬 🇺🇸 Marco Rubio to Al Jazeera:

Israel’s focus differs from what we are focusing on, and they have their own objectives.

#️⃣ 🇸🇦🇺🇸 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ASSESSING THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFERRING URANIUM ENRICHMENT TECHNOLOGY TO SAUDI ARABIA — BBG.

#️⃣ 🇻🇪🇺🇸 U.S. State Department: The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela is resuming operations after seven years.

🚀 🇮🇷🇹🇷 A ballistic missile was intercepted in the skies over Turkey, the defense ministry reported. It is claimed to have been launched from Iran.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Rubio: Here are the clear objectives of the operation. You should write them down:

1. Destruction of the Iranian Air Force

2. Destruction of their navy

3. Significant reduction of their missile launch capabilities

4. Destruction of their factories

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 TRUMP, when asked how he would respond to an Iranian attack on an Israeli oil refinery:

“You’ll see soon.”

💬 🇮🇷🇺🇸 TRUMP: The U.S. negotiating partner in Iran is the Speaker of Parliament Ghalibaf.

In about a week, we will know more about whether we can actually work with him.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Iran is earning twice as much from oil sales each day as it did before the war — The Economist.

💬 🇮🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸 Iran's Embassy in the UK mocks the US:

No problem, the U.S. coffin industry is about to have a golden age!

Make American Coffin Industry Great Again.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇦 Iran considers Ukraine a participant in the U.S. and Israeli aggression against Tehran in light of Ukraine sending counter-drone experts to Arab countries, said Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The cost of the U.S. military operation against Iran has exceeded $35 billion — Iran War Cost Tracker.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 IRAN’S PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A BILL INTRODUCING FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

“Our military continues to degrade Iran’s defense-industrial base, with nearly 70% of their missile drone capabilities, as well as naval production facilities and shipyards, already damaged or destroyed, significantly reducing their ability to pose a future threat in the region.”

“The trend remains clear: each day, the United States is carrying out increasingly intense, targeted strikes with devastating force.”

“What is said publicly, of course, differs greatly from what is conveyed to us privately.”

“Either way, Iran will no longer have a real capability to threaten the United States or our allies, which is the overall goal and mission set by the president when he launched Operation ‘Epic Rage.’”

Negotiations with Iran are progressing positively.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 LEAVITT REITERATES THE PENTAGON’S ASSESSMENT THAT THE WAR IN IRAN WILL LAST 4–6 WEEKS.

“The president, the commander-in-chief, and the Pentagon have always stated that the estimated duration of Operation ‘Epic Rage’ is four to six weeks.

We are on day 30. Today.

So again, you can calculate how much more time the Pentagon will need to fully achieve the objectives of Operation ‘Epic Rage,’ which, I repeat, are the destruction of Iran’s navy, the elimination of its ballistic missiles, and the dismantling of its missile and drone production.”