Finance Minister Scott Bessent announces that the US government has confiscated Iran's cryptocurrency worth $1 billion:

“They just seized the wallets directly. Some of them might be typing right now and not even aware that their wallet has been "stolen".

I often wonder in these types of interviews who is getting interviewed and who is doing the talking. The "journalist" had zero reason for Bessent to even be there.

@Slavyangrad

Heavy clashes are ongoing between Hezbollah and the IDF as Israeli forces make another push north across the Litani River, into the town of Yohmor.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: For the first time in the history of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), not a single stock declined today — all are in the green

@Middle_East_Spectator

❗️Hezbollah announces eight new operations in response to Israeli attacks and ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon:

• Targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the occupied city of Safad at 04:30 with a rocket salvo.

• Targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers in the town of Beit Lif at 01:00 with a rocket salvo.

• Targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers on the eastern outskirts of the town of Ghandourieh at 07:00 and 07:30 with artillery shells.

• Targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers on the eastern outskirts of the town of Ghandourieh at 08:00 with a rocket salvo.

• Targeted an Israeli force in the Liman barracks at 09:30 with an attack drone.

• Targeted the Shomera barracks at 12:40 with an attack drone.

• Targeted two Merkava tanks on the outskirts of the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiya at 12:00 with two guided missiles, and subsequently targeted an Israeli force advancing toward the tanks with a third guided missile, scoring a direct hit.

• Ambushed an Israeli force attempting to advance toward the outskirts of the town of Dibbin this morning, detonating an explosive device before engaging in clashes with light and medium weapons, forcing the enemy to retreat.

VIDEO | 'They beat us, shot at us with rubber bullets, and injected us with substances.'

Alonso Agustin Santos Rivera, a member of the Sumud Flotilla recently pirated by Israeli forces, describes a harrowing pattern of physical and psychological abuse suffered while detained by Israeli forces.

According to his account, detainees were confined to fenced containers and subjected to continuous physical violence, which included being shot with rubber bullets and tasers, targeted with grenades, blinded by intense searchlights, and attacked by dogs.

Rivera notes that "they injected us with substances" and used tightly bound restraints that cut off blood circulation, causing pain so intense they felt they were losing their mind or about to die.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 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.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Sources tell MES negotiations between Iran and U.S. are at a ‘breaking point’.

🇮🇷🇦🇪🇺🇸 In a statement, the IRGC announced that it had shot down a U.S. MQ-1 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) that attempted to violate Iranian airspace.

However, the MQ-1 Predator has been retired from U.S. military service since 2018, and the UCAV could instead belong to another operator in the region, such as the United Arab Emirates.

@IntelSlava