—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: President Trump held a closed security briefing today with General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

An informed U.S. intelligence source tells Axios that ‘preparations are being taken’ to return to war with Iran if there is no diplomatic breakthrough by the end of this weekend.

Hebrew Channel 12 also reports that Israel is preparing for a return to fighting in the coming days.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf:

‘We firmly confronted the U.S. efforts to clear our mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and we and considered it a violation of the ceasefire.

During the Islamabad talks, this almost escalated to the point of conflict, but the enemy retreated.

In Islamabad I told the American delegation that if their mine sweepers move even a little forward from its position, we would open fire. They asked for 15 minutes to give the order to return, and they did.’

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: An Israeli soldier was killed in a ‘security incident’ in southern Lebanon about two hours ago

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: According to U.S. intelligence and military estimates, Iran retains about 60% of its missile launchers, and could ‘reclaim’ 70% of its prewar missile arsenal

At the time of the ceasefire, Iran had access to about half its missile launchers, but ~100 systems were dug out from caves and bunkers in the days immediately following the ceasefire, bringing that number back to 60%. – New York Times

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Whispers in Tehran and Pakistani circles that negotiations with the U.S. have practically collapsed.

Iran not moving an inch on its red lines regarding uranium enrichment, fate of the stockpile, and Strait of Hormuz.

At the moment there are intense last minute efforts to revive the diplomatic path. Needs to happen soon.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf:

‘I believe firmly in the path of Islam and true national independence, and so do all my colleagues. The path of truth.

I have no problem dying for this and sacrificing my life, honor and everything I have for this path.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Deputy FM: ‘As of now, we’ve not yet reached a point in the negotiations or seen satisfactory steps from the Americans that would be enough for us to move forward with a second meeting’

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

‘Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz - A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom.
That wasn't nice, was it?

My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations.

Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it. They're helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day! The United States loses nothing. In fact, many Ships are headed, right now, to the U.S., Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to load up, compliments of the IRGC, always wanting to be "the tough guy!"

We're offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don't, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They'll come down fast, they'll come down easy and, if they don't take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT'S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Summary of President Trump’s post:

– He says Iran breached the ceasefire by closing the Strait of Hormuz again.

– An American delegation will depart to Islamabad tomorrow for a second round of talks, and Trump urges Iran to attend and accept the deal the U.S. is going to offer.

– If Iran does not accept, it will be ‘Power Plant and Bridge Day’. Quote: ‘The United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: The American delegation that is attending Islamabad tomorrow consists of Jared Kushner and Steve Shitkoff, VP J.D. Vance is reportedly not included

Iran has not yet commented on whether it will attend the talks or not.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump to Fox News: ‘If Iran doesn’t accept the deal, the entire country is getting blown up’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, says Trump was wrong — and J.D. Vance WILL in fact be leading the American delegation in Islamabad

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Trump is too dumb to understand that EVEN IF Iran was inclined to make a deal on his terms (which it very much isn’t), these type of threats and posts ordering Iran to surrender will achieve the opposite of what he wants.

Do you really think Iran will now agree to anything he has proposed? That would be a total humiliation ritual and no serious diplomat would consider it any longer, even if it was hypothetically being considered.

In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if Iran considers these threats so insulting and a sign of bad intentions, that negotiations don’t even proceed.

—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Sources tell MES of ‘scatter orders’ being issued to Iranian military personnel.

What that means is, stay away from each other when possible, don’t stay in the same place for long periods of time, minimize communications.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Images show massive destruction in the town of Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon

Israel is implementing the Gaza model in Lebanon, flattening everything they occupy.

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