— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran has brought down another MQM-170 ‘Outlaw’ with electronic warfare

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, held an in-person meeting with the heads of Iran’s military branches

He met with Chief of the General Staff Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, Commander-in-Chief of the Army Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami, and Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi.

During the meeting, it was emphasized that Iran’s armed forces must maintain the highest state of readiness to counter enemy plots.

Ayatollah Khamenei said that any renewed type of aggression must be met with an ‘immediate, decisive, and wide-scale response without any geographical restrictions’.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Iran’s Chief of Staff, Major General Ali Abdollahi, after meeting Ayatollah Khamenei:

‘We are monitoring the enemy’s movements and preparations using our full intelligence capabilities, and we are continuously updating our target database.

Should signs of a hostile act by the enemy be confirmed, the Iranian Armed Forces will not wait for the aggression to begin, but will immediately determine the timing and manner of retaliation.

Our response will be immediate, effective, and without geographical limitations.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: The U.S. has warned Russia of an imminent terrorist attack at Tsarytsino Museum Reserve in southern Moscow

The FSB has closed down the palace complexes to visitors as a precaution, and says it is taking the warning seriously, while urging people to remain calm.

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People when a Telegram admin has a life besides posting news 24/7:

I’ll probably start being more active soon, had some matters in life to doZ

+ taking a small mental break before the inevitable upcoming U.S.-Iran escalation, during which I’ll obviously provide full live coverage, as always.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Several explosions were heard on Qeshm Island, Iran, amid unconfirmed reports that an anti-air platform was targeted by U.S. strikes

Reports of sporadic strikes against launch platforms in southern Iran have been published in recent weeks; these cannot be confirmed nor denied.

If true—Iran has made a conscious decision not to respond to these minor acts of aggression currently due to some security considerations.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Explosions heard in Bandar Lengeh too; cause unknown

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— ❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 UPDATE: CNN reports that a U.S. fighter jet was targeted by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, after which the jet targeted the launch platform on Qeshm

U.S. officials say the strikes were ‘limited and defensive’ in nature.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇹/🇻🇦NEW: An unidentified Italian flight departed Rome and landed in Tehran

The flight is likely affiliated with the Vatican.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇶🇦 Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei:

‘We’ve reviewed the latest U.S. proposal conveyed through Qatar. America’s response to the demands of the Iranian nation was insufficient.

They must fully and explicitly address Iran's seven conditions and act upon them; only in this case will the Strait of Hormuz be reopened.’

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇹 NEW: Italy says all of its citizens must leave Iran immediately

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇱🇧 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman:

‘Unless all of our demands are met, there is no prospect of returning security to the region.

A permanent ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, remains a fundamental aspect of our conditions.’

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Sunni Arab leaders:

> Do nothing, enable genocide in Gaza

> ‘Why isn’t Iran doing more?’

How about you guys stop being pathetic and grow some manhood, then you can come and criticize us.

Lmao botted the reacts.

Case in point.

— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: The IRGC released footage of shooting down an American MQ-9 drone in the Strait of Hormuz last night

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Dennis Citrinowicz, one of Israel’s most prominent security analysts on the Iran-U.S. talks:

‘Iran has not moved, and will not move, a single inch from its demand that the United States fulfill the seven conditions it has laid out before substantive nuclear negotiations can begin.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Israel has shared intelligence with the U.S. indicating that Iran is planning to use chemical weapons against Tel Aviv, according to the New York Times

Israel says the plans have reached advanced stages, and the chemical weapons threat is now more urgent than Iran’s nuclear threat.

Some U.S. officials have expressed ‘deep sketicism’ and believe the intelligence was fabricated by Netanyahu in an effort to draw America back into the war.

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NOTE: Iran is the country that was most affected by the devastating effects of chemical weapons during the war against Saddam Hussein in the 1980s; many Iranians still deal with disabilities from the gas attacks.

The claim that Iran would ever use such inhumane weapons, even against a regime like Israel, is ridiculous and shows a total lack of understanding of the Iranian military-political discourse.