🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "This is not the end of the campaign - the negotiations are a stage on the way to achieving our goals." - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "We destroyed the missile industry, they are firing what they have left. They are not producing any more missiles." - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: "The ceasefire does not include Hezbollah. Today it suffered the hardest blow since the beepers [September 17th-18th, 2024.]" - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "This is not the end of our campaign. We are ready to return to fighting; our finger is on the trigger." - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - "The Israeli attack before 19:00 in Beirut targeted the nephew and secretary of the Hezbollah Secretary General, Naim Kassem," - Roy Kays of Israeli Channel 11.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian outlets reporting a massive airstrike against the Marzdaran district of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇱🇧⚡- "The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both.

The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "With God's help, we are winning. Happy Mimouna Holiday to you." - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

His speech has ended.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: The Israeli security cabinet will convene tonight to discuss a possible preemptive attack on Iran, Israeli Channel 11 (Kan11) reports.

Kan11 reports the Israel security establishment has information that Iran is considering launching missiles towards Israel due to the ongoing raids in Lebanon. The security cabinet tonight will discuss all possible scenarios.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Reporter: "Iranian state media said they closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon."

Karoline Leavitt: "The President was made aware of this and it is completely unacceptable, he demands the Strait be reopened immediately."

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - As we (correctly) stated, there is no ceasefire. It was another market manipulation ploy.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 - Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms the U.S. negotiation team of JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner in Islamabad.

Negotiations will begin on Saturday morning at Pakistani local time.

🇺🇸🇮🇷- To be clear, only two vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the ceasefire several hours ago, there has been no surge in traffic since then.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she is unaware of the current explosions in Tehran.

To recap the developments of the last 18 hours:

A ceasefire was preemptively declared by the Trump administration just short of his 8pm deadline last night after intervention from Pakistan and China. Iran later confirmed that a ceasefire had been reached and that it would allow shipping to resume in the Strait.

The US side claimed that offensive operations would pause for two weeks while negotiations continued with Iran in Pakistan to cement a comprehensive deal. In the meantime the Strait would open but under the control of the IRGC, which will collect revenue from the Strait.

However, Iran claimed that the US had agreed to a more thorough 10-point plan which had been proffered earlier in the week which included recognition of Iran's right to enrich uranium as well as a cessation of Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israel is purportedly furious that they were excluded from these negotiations and denied that they agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel conducted more strikes on Lebanon this morning, wounding +700 and killing 87 people.

In response to this purported violation of Iran's 10-point deal, Iran has now re-closed the Strait. Strikes are currently ongoing in Iran, although the US denies responsibility. Reports that the UAE or Saudi Arabia are responsible.

🇮🇷⚡️- The explosions across Iran were related to air defenses active against unknown drones, no confirmation of airstrikes.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- "Since the enemy is treacherous and violates the agreement with Iran, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq will return to discipline him and make him regret it." - Akram al-Kaabi, Secretary-General of Iraqi Harakat al-Nujaba.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Statement from Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf regarding violations of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire:

He states that the previously workable basis for negotiation has been violated, and that a ceasefire and further negotiations are now unreasonable.

🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: An oil tanker attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz has just been turned around and is heading back to the Persian Gulf.

🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: The Strait of Hormuz is now closed - Fars News.

🇮🇷🇨🇳🇮🇱 - Yesterday, an Israeli strike targeted the city of Kashan, central Iran, and damaged the railroad connecting Iran to Xinjiang.

Notably, the Iran-Xinjiang railroad line is China's land-based alternative to obtaining oil while the Strait of Hormuz is closed.