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Hungary has imposed a full ban on imports of 24 categories of Ukrainian agricultural goods, from meat and eggs to grain, oil, bread and wine, as noted in the announcement. Transit stays formalized, but anything entering the Hungarian market risks fines equal to the cargo's value.

Budapest says Ukrainian goods fail EU standards and undercut local farmers. Another reminder that Kyiv's wartime economy still depends on external tolerance, and that tolerance ends quickly when domestic interests are involved.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- It is becoming increasingly likely a deal between the United States and Iran will not be reached. Both sides originally agreed to concede some maximalist demands. Twenty-four hours later, after extreme pressure from the Israelis and other pro-Israel Trump confidants, the administration has changed its tone dramatically, demanding the Iranians give up their complete stockpile for any sanctions relief and frozen assets. While it was originally stated partial assets would be unfrozen as a part of the MoU, the Israelis have also demanded freedom of action in Lebanon, a key point the Iranians refuse to agree upon.

The MoU is under immense pressure and is likely to fall apart unless one side backs down.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Most of the negotiating progress made since Friday has now been reversed, as the U.S. has changed its mind on several key topics

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Larestan missile base entrance has been repaired, the base is now back in operation

This specific undergound complex is located in southern Iran near the Persian Gulf.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency:

– At least half of Iran’s frozen assets must be released up front as part of the MoU, and they should be immediately accessible to Iran.

– Iran has made zero commitments on nuclear issues.

– A ceasefire in Lebanon must be a complete stop to the war, with no breaches.

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علی هاشم خبرنگار الجزیره:

کمتر از ۲۴ ساعت پس از آنکه خوش‌بینی‌هایی درباره احتمال تفاهم ایران و آمریکا مطرح شد، نشانه‌های منفی از راه رسیده است.
یک منبع آگاه ایرانی می‌گوید نشانه‌هایی از عقب‌نشینی آمریکا در دو موضوع اصلی دیده می‌شود: سازوکار آزادسازی دارایی‌های ایران و دامنه آتش‌بس در لبنان.

Ali Hashem, Al Jazeera journalist:

Less than 24 hours after optimism was raised about the possibility of an Iran-US understanding, negative signs have emerged. An informed Iranian source says there are signs of the US backing down on two main issues: the mechanism for releasing Iran's assets and the scope of the ceasefire in Lebanon.

250,000,000 Reasons Why Trump is Backing Away From a Deal with Iran https://sonar21.com/250000000-reasons-why-trump-is-backing-away-from-a-deal-with-iran/

Bullshit!!

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مذاکرات با جمهوری اسلامی ایران به خوبی پیش می‌رود!

این یا یک معامله بزرگ برای همه خواهد بود، یا اصلاً معامله‌ای در کار نیست بازگشت به جبهه نبرد و تیراندازی، اما بزرگ‌تر و قوی‌تر از همیشه و هیچ‌کس خواهان آن نیست!

من اعلام کرده‌ام که پس از تمام تلاش‌هایی که ایالات متحده برای کنار هم قرار دادن این پازل بسیار پیچیده انجام داده، الزامی است که همه این کشورها، حداقل به طور همزمان، پیمان ابراهیم را امضا کنند.

ممکن است یک یا دو کشور دلیلی برای عدم انجام این کار داشته باشند، و این پذیرفته خواهد شد، اما بیشتر کشورها باید آماده، مایل و قادر باشند تا این توافق با ایران را به رویدادی بسیار تاریخی‌تر از آنچه در غیر این صورت خواهد بود تبدیل کنند.

در گفتگو با بسیاری از رهبران بزرگی که در بالا ذکر شد، آنها مفتخر خواهند بود، به محض امضای سند ما، جمهوری اسلامی ایران را به عنوان بخشی از پیمان ابراهیم داشته باشند.

اگر ایران توافقنامه خود را با من، به عنوان رئیس‌جمهور ایالات متحده آمریکا، امضا کند، برای من مایه افتخار خواهد بود که آنها نیز بخشی از این ائتلاف بی‌نظیر جهانی باشند.

❗️Smotrich: “We need to bring down 10 buildings in Dahiye in response to every drone.”

A heated clash reportedly erupted inside Israel’s security cabinet during a five-hour meeting on Sunday, according to a Ynet report published on 25 May, as Israeli officials debated how to respond to increasingly deadly Hezbollah drone attacks from south Lebanon amid talks of a possible US-Iran agreement.

According to Ynet, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We cannot defend ourselves to death. We need to bring down 10 buildings in Dahiye in response to every drone.”

Netanyahu rejected the proposal, replying: “What are you suggesting? That every time there is a drone, we bring down 10 buildings?” Smotrich answered: “Unequivocally, yes. Wars are won through deterrence and exacting a price.”

The report said Netanyahu pressed the Israeli military to rapidly develop defensive solutions against explosive drones after several Israeli soldiers were killed on the Lebanon front.

During the meeting, Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir reportedly said: “You cannot work with tweezers. A different equation has to be created,” adding that it should include strikes on buildings in Beirut and Tyre “in order to deter.”

According to Ynet, the discussions took place as Israel grows increasingly concerned over the emerging US-Iran negotiations and the possibility of an agreement that could halt fighting with Hezbollah while limiting Israel’s military escalation in Lebanon.

The meeting also followed the killing of Israeli soldier Sgt. Nehoray Leizer in south Lebanon in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack.