Oh great heavens

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Israel announced the suspension of all educational activities in the northern border towns

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Update: Alhamdoullilah he’s alive and well!

It was a different Hussein (his friend).

Our dear brother Hussein of the South (on X) is alive Alhamdulillah and it was a misunderstanding / rumor spread by some misinformed people.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump has rejected Iran’s demands and sent a tougher counter-proposal back to Iran – New York Times

Sources said the move was aimed at speeding up the process and pressuring Iran to agree with the current proposal.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 So, let me get this straight:

– Iran and U.S. reach a broad framework deal, both sides initially agree it’ll include the release of half of Iran’s frozen assets (~$12 Billion) and a full ceasefire in Lebanon.

– Within a few days, the U.S. backtracks, and says it agrees with ‘90%’ of the proposal, except for Iran’s key demands (unfreezing the funds & Lebanon), and it also wants to have a commitment on the uranium stockpile.

– Iran says no, that’s not what we agreed on, and so the MoU negotiations reach a stalemate. Ball is now in Trump’s court to accept original terms that were mutually agreed.

– After almost a week of deliberation, Trump finally decides he can’t actually accept what Iran, Pakistan & U.S. representatives (including Witkoff) have agreed to. But that’s not the end.

– Instead, Trump sends back an even TOUGHER proposal, while Iran ALREADY DID NOT AGREE with the latest U.S. amendments (no release of frozen funds & Israeli freedom of action in Lebanon), and somehow expecting that Iran would then backtrack and accept those U.S. amendments out of fear for the even tougher terms.

This can be compared to two people who are negotiating the price of a car. Person A (salesman) wants $5000 for the car, person B (buyer) agrees. After a short while, the salesman then says ‘actually, I want $6000’, and the buyer refuses. Then the salesman goes even further and says ‘you know what? I want $10,000 for it’, hoping that his offer of $6000 would then be taken by the buyer. In short? Delusion.

This is exactly the kind of goalpost shifting that Iran has long taken issue with. The U.S. constantly changes its demands and cannot agree on anything, it’s simply impossible to make a deal with an administration like this.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Trump’s newest proposal includes not handing over any frozen assets to Iran, no ceasefire in Lebanon, and a firm commitment for Iran to transfer its enriched uranium

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump to Fox News: ‘Iran will raise the white flag of surrender’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump to Fox News: ‘We’re winning in Iran. We’ve had a complete and total victory.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘Iran is in a very bad position. They have no air force, no navy, no nothing. All they have is talk and fake news.’

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In a move which has caused a diplomatic nightmare between Ukraine and Poland.

Zelensky has renamed a unit in honour of the 'Heroes of the UPA'.

The UPA was a fascist Ultra nationalist group who was involved in the mass ethnic cleansing of Poles, Jews.

The UPA collaborated with the Nazis and other groups in pursuit of ethnic nationalist goals.

Poland's president has called for a discussion to strip Zelensky of the country's highest honour.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: An Iranian ship called ‘IRGC TOLL COLLECT’ has shown up in the Strait of Hormuz

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