The US maritime blockade does not undermine Iran's economy, as the republic has borders with 15 countries. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic to Belarus, Alireza Sanei.

He added that Iran gives priority to friendly ships when passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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US troops in Europe, status of 2024.

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A powerful explosion occurred at a test site in the area of the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, writes The Times of Israel newspaper.

According to its information, the explosion was part of the planned tests of the state defense company Tomer.

Source: TASS
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Other sources state that it's a hit strange time for actual test explosion and there might be different reason for that, other than test.

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🗣Moscow is negotiating with the IAEA to establish a ceasefire, necessary for the repair of damaged power line supports at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Likhachev reported.

What else did the head of Rosatom say:

👱‍♀️Ukrainian Armed Forces drones are targeting cargo trucks and buses, effectively preventing the delivery of food and essential goods.

👱‍♀️In Energodar itself, both gas stations have been put out of action due to constant attacks. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are deliberately sowing panic in the city and making normal peaceful life impossible.

👱‍♀️Today, a drone hit a pipeline running along the machine halls of the nuclear power plant itself and, without detonating, fell near the No. 1 power unit.

👱‍♀️The IAEA Secretariat is actually ignoring the daily attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, civilian infrastructure, and the killing of Russian citizens by Ukrainian military forces.

Source: Zvezda
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the UAE of blocking a joint statement by BRICS members criticizing Israel and Israeli aggression in the Middle East.

Recall that the UAE became a full member of BRICS on January 1, 2024.

Source: СВЕЖЕСТИ
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🛢 The movement of merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz area is still largely absent

Over the past 24 hours, fewer than 5 ships were observed transiting in or out, and all of them used the Iranian traffic separation scheme.

In a normal 24-hour period before the war in the Middle East, approximately 130 ships transited per day, transporting 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.

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The first clinic in the US for restoring children's original gender will be established in Texas, according to NBC News.

Five doctors who assisted minors with gender reassignment have also been dismissed from there*.

During the first five years of operation, the hospital will provide free assistance to anyone who stops the transgender transition process.

* The LGBT movement is banned in Russia.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will leave his post "on his own terms". This was reported by Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges, citing sources in the government - "close friends" of Starmer.

On May 9, Bloomberg reported that Labour plans to replace Starmer with Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester.

▪️Earlier, a political crisis erupted in Britain - officials began to resign en masse due to their unwillingness to work with the current prime minister of the kingdom. Five people, including ministers and their deputies, have already left their posts.

This situation seriously complicates Starmer's stay in office, especially against the backdrop of the Labour Party's failure in local elections, where the party lost 399 council seats.

Yesterday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London for two large-scale protests - participants chanted slogans against the prime minister's government.

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Andrei Martianov on his Telegram comments on the explosion in Israel:

🈁Well, things really boom there. The entire factory in Tomer and the surrounding areas were destroyed. The factory produced engines for almost all of Israel's missiles - including boosters for the Arrow-2 and Arrow-3, and even for satellites. They won't be producing for the Barak air defense system anymore.
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🚨🇺🇸Designer babies for sale: Silicon Valley’s dangerous experiment

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, and his husband are funding a startup designed to edit human embryos. They’re merging CRISPR with AI to “perfect” humans, running early trials offshore to dodge regulatory oversight.

😨 Playing God without consequences

Early experiments in gene editing have already shown unforeseen outcomes:

▪Developmental abnormalities;
▪Immune issues;
▪Long-term health effects that appear decades later.

Frankenstein thought he was advancing humanity; instead, he created a creature that could not survive society or himself. Today’s experiment is no different.

📊 The market for human perfection

Silicon Valley sees profit in humanity itself. Private labs, venture funding, and AI-driven genomics are now tools to commodify life.

Startups promise designer babies to wealthy clients, with traits chosen for health, intelligence, or aesthetics—all while offshoring the “risky” work.

😷 No accountability. No oversight. Just the promise of a perfect human, sold to the highest bidder.

🤨 The ethical blind spot

The problem is the moral calculus of those using the tech. Altman and others imagine a world where nature can be optimized, without understanding the societal or ethical consequences.

🙁 Who decides what is “perfect”? Who suffers when it goes wrong? The more power is concentrated in the tech elites' hands, the higher the risk that tragedy unfolds.

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🔥 'Iran will no longer accept the US threat on the Arabian Peninsula' — Prof. Marandi

Tehran-based analyst Prof. Mohammad Marandi says any Gulf “non-aggression pact” is meaningless unless US forces leave the Arabian Peninsula.

💬 “Their destructive policies have helped create misery in Palestine, in Lebanon, in Syria, in Iraq, in Iran, in Yemen, in Sudan, in Somalia, in Libya,” he said, slamming the Gulf servants of the US.

📌 Iran has no bases across the region, no imperial project — while the US and its proxies litter the map with military outposts and push the myth of an “Iranian ambitions” threat.

💬 “Iran doesn’t have imperial ambitions but these countries have done infinite harm to our country,” he stressed.

🇮🇷🤝🇮🇶 Meanwhile, Iraq still owes Iran billions for gas and electricity, but the US blocks payment — and Iran keeps supplying energy anyway so Iraqi cities don’t go dark.

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💥📉 US-Israeli escalation could trigger global depression — Prof. Marandi

💬 “The United States knows that this siege warfare is not going to succeed,” Tehran-based analyst Prof. Mohammad Marandi said.

He warned that Washington and Tel Aviv may now move toward another major assault on Iran — possibly targeting critical infrastructure.

🚀 Iran will respond in kind.

Trump’s China trip also was a “complete failure” — no real breakthrough, no Chinese blessing for Washington’s Iran war, just PR spin detached from reality, Marandi added.

💬 “Trump basically admitted that the Chinese said nothing about the Iranian nuclear program.”

☠️ Failure after failure — Iran is proving too tough a nut for Trump to crack.

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