— 🇱🇧/🇮🇷 Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun:

‘We are a sovereign country and nobody can negotiate on our behalf’

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Iran’s President, Masoud Pezeshkian, will travel to Pakistan tomorrow

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump crashes out on Truth Social:

‘The headline in the Corrupt and Failing New York Times: "What Changed After Almost 4 Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much." REALLY? Their Military is DONE, their Navy is GONE, their Air Force is GONE, their Launching Pads, Missiles, Drones and Manufacturing of same, is almost GONE, their top two sets of Leaders are GONE, their Inflation is at 250%, their Economy is BROKEN, their Soldiers aren't being paid, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN, THE OIL IS GUSHING, and the U.S. Stock Market and Jobs are at record HIGHS. That's what's CHANGED, you corrupt and unethical cowards, and MORE!!! President DJT.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: During yesterday’s negotiations, J.D. Vance told the Iranian delegation to ignore Trump’s threats, saying it was just ‘trash talk’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇺🇳 NEW: Vice President J.D. Vance says Iran has agreed to the return of IAEA inspectors

He’s likely referring to this happening in case of a final agreement.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Department of Treasury has officially issued a 60-day sanctions waiver on Iranian oil, petrochemical products, and gas

It is now in effect, until August 21st, with possibly extension as long as negotiations continue and a final deal is reached.

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— 🇮🇷/🇨🇳 NEW: Massive amounts of Iranian and Chinese tankers are now exporting oil out of Iran

Credit @MenchOsint (X).

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Israel’s Channel 14, which is close to Netanyahu, suggests that Iran is using an ‘electromagnetic low-frequency weapon’ to influence President Trump’s decisions

‘They implanted these waves into his brain. There has been a noticeable change in the President’s behavior. It’s like telepathy, but electromagnetic.

The Russians have it, the Chinese have it, and the Iranians have it too.‘

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— 🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has arrived in Oman together with Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to finalize arrangements with the Omanis regarding Iran’s management of the Strait of Hormuz

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 Iran’s top negotiator, Parliament Speaker Qalibaf, responds to criticism:

‘In one of the good programs in IRIB, I saw them say that they wished Mehrabad Airport had been closed so the negotiation team wouldn’t go to Switzerland.

I tell those dear ones: If we hadn’t gone to Switzerland, every moment more blood would have been shed from the Muslims and Shiites of Lebanon.’

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: A group of Iranian Parliament members will go to the Parliament on Sunday and demand it to open, or they will hold a sit-in

Many Iranian Parliament members are angry that they cannot perform their duties and pass legislations (and give criticism to the MoU).

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇴🇲 BREAKING: Iran and Oman have released a joint statement confirming their intention to establish a joint administration over the Strait of Hormuz

The statement also confirmed that fees will be charged for maritime services ‘in accordance with international standards’.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: In a shocking statement, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claims that Iran has agreed to hold negotiations on its ballistic missile program in the future

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