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🇺🇸🇮🇷| According to Fars News, US has given Iran 5 conditions in response to Iran’s proposal:

• No war compensation from US.
• Give up 400kg of HEU to US.
• Iran can only have 1 nuclear facility to remain active.
• Not more than 25% of frozen assets to be unfreezed.
• Halting war on all fronts depends on negotiations

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I must say, this is beyond even wishful thinking 😂

Ted Postol says Iran's uranium centrifuges are 3-4x as efficient as assumed based on IAEA reports. He also says that using a different design Iran could turn their current stockpile into up to 20 warheads in a matter of weeks to months and produce another 1 or 2 warheads every year from then on.

🇾🇪🇺🇸| BREAKING: Yemeni air defenses shot down an American MQ-9 drone in Safer, Marib.

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🇮🇷🇮🇶🇺🇸🇮🇱 一 The NYT, citing Iraqi security officials, reports that the United States ordered Iraq to shut down its radar systems during the two confrontations with Iran "to protect American aircraft." According to the report, the base that operated in Iraq during the war with Iran in June 2025 proved "highly effective." Iraq says it has long suspected that Israel operates a base in the area and has sought answers from the U.S. military, but has received no response.

@SimurghRes

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ICC issues secret arrest warrants for five additional senior Israeli officials: Report

The Hague-based court previously issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former War Minister Yoav Gallant

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❗️New York Times: Israel established not one, but two secret bases in Iraq for attacks against Iran

The New York Times reported, citing Iraqi officials, that Israel established not one but two covert bases in Iraq to support the war on Iran.

The report follows an earlier The Wall Street Journal investigation that revealed a secret Israeli base in Iraq’s western desert used during the recent war on Iran.

According to the New York Times, one of the bases was built before Israel launched its war on Iran in June, while construction on a second facility began in late 2024 and it is not yet operational.

The newspaper added that the United States was aware of at least one of the installations.

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Iran launches crypto-based insurance platform for safe Hormuz passage: Report

❗️Hormuz Safe: Iran launches digital insurance platform for Strait of Hormuz cargo with premiums paid in Bitcoin

Iran has launched a new insurance platform called “Hormuz Safe” to provide coverage for maritime cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

The platform offers marine insurance policies and financial liability certificates for shipments moving through the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and surrounding waterways, effectively creating an Iranian mechanism to guarantee safe passage through one of the world’s most strategically important shipping routes.

WANA reported that documents reviewed by journalists show Iran’s Ministry of Economy has been developing the initiative since early April, seeking to establish a framework in which parts of the strait’s maritime management would be handled through insurance-related services.

Officials involved in the project estimate that the platform could eventually generate more than $10 billion in revenue for Iran.

Under regulations published on the platform’s website, insurance policies are issued rapidly and include encrypted verification features. Premiums are paid in Bitcoin, and cargo is covered immediately upon payment confirmation, with a digitally signed receipt provided to the owner. The launch comes as the Strait of Hormuz remains a critical artery for global energy shipments and maritime trade.

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🇮🇷🇨🇳| According to PressTV, Qalibaf has been appointed as Iran’s special representative for China’s affairs

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🇦🇪| The UAE says 3 drones “from the west” entered its territory and one drone struck the electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, in the Al Dhafra Region.

West region can mean Saudi Arabia, Iraq, or Yemen.

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❗️Israeli soldier/illegal settler killed by resistance in southern Lebanon, bringing admitted-to total to 20 since March

Israel's military identified yet another soldier killed in south Lebanon as Captain Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion from the illegal settlement of Itamar.

He was killed on Friday, 15 May, in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon.

He is the seventh Israeli soldier killed in southern Lebanon since the so-called “ceasefire,” and the 20th admitted-to killing since the start of Israel’s ground assault in Lebanon.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Hezbollah announces that if Lebanon and Israel reach a comprehensive ceasefire agreement, Hezbollah will not consider Israeli bases and troops occupying Lebanese territory to be a part of it

@Middle_East_Spectator

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🇮🇷🇨🇳⚡️ — Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf: The world stands at the cusp of a new order.

As President Xi said “The transformation unseen in a century is accelerating across the globe,” and I emphasize that the Iranian nation’s 70-day resistance has accelerated this transformation.

The future belongs to the Global South.

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❗️Hezbollah announced 12 more operations on Saturday, 16 May, in response to ongoing Israeli violations, bringing the total to 17 so far:

• Between 17:00 and 18:00, shelled gatherings of Israeli troops and vehicles at Khillet al-Raj in Deir Siryan with artillery and repeated rocket barrages.

• Targeted an Israeli bulldozer at Khillet al-Raj in Deir Siryan with an attack drone, scoring a direct hit.

• Targeted an Israeli surveillance camera in Taybeh with an attack drone, scoring a direct hit.

• Conducted a large-scale fire assault on all Israeli military positions in Bayyada using artillery and repeated rocket salvos.

• Targeted an Israeli command post in Bayyada with an attack drone, scoring a direct hit.

• Targeted an Israeli Humvee on the Bayyada–Naqoura road with an attack drone, scoring a direct hit.

• Detonated an explosive device against an Israeli bulldozer advancing from Rshaf to Haddatha; a rescue force that arrived to recover the vehicle entered a minefield and was also hit.

• Detonated a second explosive device against another Israeli bulldozer advancing from Rshaf to Haddatha.

• Targeted a Merkava tank in Bayyada with a guided missile, scoring a direct hit.

• Targeted the Ya'ra barracks with a swarm of attack drones.

• Targeted an Israeli command post in Bayyada with two attack drones, scoring a direct hit.

• Detonated a cluster of explosive devices against a third Israeli bulldozer advancing from Rshaf to Haddatha.

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❗️Lebanon tired of 'foreign projects', Salam says

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Friday that Lebanon had endured enough “reckless” wars fought in the service of foreign interests, while urging greater Arab and international backing for Beirut in its negotiations with Israel.

Addressing guests at an NGO dinner, Salam said he aimed to “mobilize all Arab and international support to bolster our position in the negotiations” with Israel. His remarks came shortly after the latest round of talks concluded with an agreement to extend the current 'truce' for another 45 days.

Salam said Lebanon had “enough of these reckless adventures serving foreign projects or interests.” He also stressed that the Lebanese army should remain the sole armed force in the country.

(AFP)

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Is there any government more obviously a US puppet then Lebanon’s? It's absurd that the country is literally being ethnically cleansed under constant bombardment and still these dogs bark when they're told (largely at Iran).

Lebanon, Israel agree to 'ceasefire extension' as daily Israeli attacks claim nearly 3,000 Lebanese lives

Israel continues to target Lebanese civilians, journalists, and rescue workers, killing at least 110 paramedics since the so-called 'ceasefire' took effect a month ago

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🇺🇸🇦🇪🇮🇷| Trump’s admin are allegedly pushing the UAE to do their own dirty work in the Persian Gulf by attacking & seizing one of Iran’s 3 islands.

The US failed to achieve control over the Strait of Hormoz, so they want the sand zionists to do their dirty work instead.

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EXCLUSIVE: Syrian officials launch media campaign to cover-up kidnapping of Alawite woman Batoul Alloush

Since Syria's extremist-led government came to power over a year ago, western rights groups and media have documented dozens of cases of Alawite women who have been abducted, raped, and enslaved

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VIDEO | Circulating footage shows alleged explosion in Beit Shemesh

Hebrew reports indicate a huge explosion was heard a short while ago in the Beit Shemesh area west of Jerusalem. The cause of the blast remains unknown.

The prevailing account circulating in Hebrew media is that the explosion was linked to an Israeli military activity, such as a controlled detonation of unexploded detonation, while other outlets noted that controlled detonations are typically announced to the public in advance.

Video: https://t.me/thecradlemedia/59769

— 🇮🇷/🇹🇷 NEW: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Ali Bagheri Kani, Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, met in Istanbul on Saturday

No details on the meeting were provided.

@Middle_East_Spectator

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❗️110 Lebanese paramedics killed in 163 direct Israeli attacks, including double-tap strikes

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has issued a sharp condemnation following a series of deliberate Israeli strikes targeting frontline emergency responders in Lebanon. The statement followed an incident on Saturday where three paramedics were among six people killed in an Israeli bombardment. According to MSF, the frequent deployment of "double-tap" strikes—which target rescue crews arriving at the scene of a previous attack—has severely disrupted emergency medical operations across the country.

Jeremy Ristord, MSF’s head of mission in Lebanon, stated that the organization is "outraged over the killing of paramedics who were simply doing their job," emphasizing that deliberate attacks on healthcare services are unacceptable and must not be normalized. According to official data released by Lebanese Health Minister Dr. Rakan Nassereddine and state media, at least 110 paramedics and healthcare workers have been killed since the expansion of the military assault on 2 March.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has documented 163 direct Israeli attacks targeting emergency crews, including the Lebanese Red Cross, the General Directorate of Civil Defense, the Islamic Risala Scout Association, and the Islamic Health Organization. Additionally, health authorities reported that 108 ambulances and firefighting vehicles have been completely destroyed, 16 hospitals targeted, and four forced to close entirely.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and MSF noted that at least 15 of these attacks—resulting in 12 deaths and 21 injuries among medical staff—occurred after the so-called ceasefire was declared on 17 April. MSF reiterated that under international humanitarian law, health workers, medical vehicles, and facilities are granted protected status, warning that the ongoing campaign is systematically dismantling Lebanon's emergency response capacity.

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They are teaching how to handle a gun on Iran’s national TV.

This could mean that Iran is expecting a ground war and is therefore teaching the general population the basics.

PS: The anchor, while being taught to handle a gun, did a live shot aiming at the UAE flag :)

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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:

– "Total number of casualties received by hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours:

• Martyrs: 13 new martyrs (including 1 person who succumbed to previous injuries)
• Injuries: 57 wounded"

– "Since the ceasefire (11 October):

• Total martyrs: 870
• Total injuries: 2,543
• Total recovered bodies: 771"

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❗️Layan Nasser, Anglican Palestinian student in the occupied West Bank, freed from Damon prison

Palestinian Christian Layan Nasser, a 25-year-old member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Birzeit, has been released from the Israeli's Damon Prison following the completion of her seven-and-a-half-month sentence. Nasser has since reunited with her family in the occupied West Bank. Her release marks the conclusion of her third period of imprisonment by Israel.

Nasser's latest incarceration began in October 2025 when she was taken into custody to serve a sentence handed down in absentia by an Israeli military court. The retroactive charges stemmed from her nonviolent undergraduate university activism in 2021 with the Democratic Progressive Student Pole—a Birzeit University student bloc that Israel unilaterally designated as an "unlawful association."

Her legal team noted at the time that military authorities had structurally manipulated the proceedings by falsely stating the trial hearing had been postponed, only to convict her in her absence. The weaponized legal campaign against Nasser had previously drawn intense scrutiny from international religious leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr. Guli Francis-Dehqani, who condemned the use of rolling judicial mechanisms against Palestinian youth.

Nasir had previously spent two months in military detention in 2021, followed by an eight-month stint in administrative detention without charge or trial between April and December 2024. While local rights groups and church organizations celebrated her return to Birzeit, they emphasized that Nasir's arbitrary cyclical detentions reflect a broader, systemic policy of judicial overreach used to suppress academic expression and civil mobilization.

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❗️US weighs using withheld PA tax revenues for Gaza plan

The US is weighing the possibility of asking Israel to transfer part of the tax revenues it is withholding from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to US President Donald Trump’s 'Board of Peace' to support his plan for Gaza, according to five sources to Reuters familiar with the discussions.

Three of the sources, officials aware of US-Israeli talks, said the Trump administration has not yet decided whether to formally present the request to Israel.

The two other sources said the proposal would allocate some of the withheld funds to a US-supported transitional administration in Gaza, while the remaining money would go to the PA if it implements reforms.

The PA estimates the withheld tax revenues total around $5 billion.

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White House weighs diverting frozen Palestinian funds to bankroll floundering 'Board of Peace': Report

[2026-05-16] @baoshaoshan@twitter.com: China has made clear that it will ignore American illegal unilateral sanctions in any case. If this report is true, Trump is reluctant to test his willingness or capacity to enforce.

@bloomberg@twitter.com: President Donald Trump said he’s weighing whether to ease sanctions on Chinese oil companies that buy supplies from Iran, a move that would mark a concession to Beijing after his summit with President Xi Jinping. https://archive.is/fzmyY

This genocidal sionist trash now dreams of attacking Egypt and Turkey...