— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Trump reposts Araqchi

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 BREAKING: Pakistan confirms that a final text for the MoU has been reached

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❗️Half of Israelis say deterrence has weakened after fighting against Iran & Lebanon

Half of Israelis (50%) believe their country’s deterrence has declined following the recent escalation with Iran and Lebanon, compared to 28% who say it has strengthened, while 22% are undecided, according to a Maariv poll. Additionally, 49% think the Israeli army’s freedom to carry out strikes in Lebanon has decreased after the latest confrontation, versus 30% who say it has improved and 21% who are unsure.

On Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to launch an attack on Lebanon despite Trump’s supposed call not to do so, opinions are divided: 29% said he acted correctly, 36% said a stronger strike should have been carried out, while 19% preferred following the US position.

Meanwhile, 62% expressed distrust in Trump, while 21% said they trust him regarding Israeli interests in any agreement, and 17% said they do not know.

VIDEO | Prominent Zionist Jerry Seinfeld was asked by streamer FinesseFave outside Madison Square Garden in New York, following the Knicks–Spurs basketball game, to say free Palestine. He responded, "it doesn’t exist."

Im in favour of a two state solution:

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency:

‘Trump has claimed 38 times recently that a deal is imminent, so until there is an official announcement by Iran, his claims should simply be viewed within the context of his previous lies.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Before Trump called off the strikes against Iran, he was contacted by the Pakistanis, who claimed they ‘struck a deal’ with Iran – NYT

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❗️Amnesty International formally concludes Israel is executing a deliberate state policy of ethnic cleansing

A thorough report by Amnesty International published on 10 June asserts that the Israeli government is executing an ethnic cleansing campaign in Area C of the occupied West Bank, citing extensive field research and verified digital evidence.

Between January 2023 and April 2026, state-backed settler violence and administrative restrictions forcibly displaced 5,910 Palestinians from 117 Bedouin and herding communities. The organization concluded these actions constitute the war crime of unlawful transfer and the crime against humanity of forcible transfer.

Senior officials, including Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, have explicitly facilitated this policy. By January 2026, Israel issued over 240,000 firearm licenses to civilians. Amnesty International documented armed settlers, often supported by Israeli military forces, raiding villages and sabotaging critical infrastructure. In one instance, sanctioned settler Yinon Levi killed activist Awda al-Hathaleen on 28 July 2025.

While the Israeli military claims troops "act to disperse those involved and restore order", the research found the military often participated in or enabled the violence. Consequently, 45 communities were fully depopulated.

Amnesty International urges third states to impose targeted sanctions on officials like Benjamin Netanyahu to end the "sustained and deliberate state policy" of dispossession.

❗️Israeli firm suspected of meddling in New York & Scotland elections, France says

Israeli firm BlackCore, which France had already suspected of interfering in its March local elections, is also believed to have been involved in electoral meddling in New York City and Scotland, as well as operations in Angola and Togo, France’s disinformation monitoring agency Viginum said Thursday.

At a press conference alongside French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, Viginum chief Marc-Antoine Brillant said technical analysis linked the activity to BlackCore, and the agency later presented a report detailing its alleged global operations.

"This modus operandi was not limited to municipal elections in France," he said. "It also appears to have ⁠been used to carry out foreign digital interference operations in other countries or regions, such as Angola, Togo, the elections in Scotland, and the 2025 municipal election in New York."

Brillant added that investigators have not yet determined who commissioned BlackCore’s activities in France.

"Our investigations did not make it possible to identify the sponsor or sponsors, if indeed they exist, behind this foreign digital interference," he said.

Lecornu said France has asked Israel for clarification regarding BlackCore’s actions, as well as assistance in identifying those who may have orchestrated the campaign.

"I do not doubt for a single instant that if a French private group, from French soil moreover, had engaged in foreign digital interference in Israel, they would have done the same to its ambassador on site," Lecornu said.

(Reuters)

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, says the Iran-U.S. Memorandum of Understanding will likely be finalized in the next 24 hours

It will be signed digitally, there will be no ceremony where Iranian and American officials sit side by side.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Conservative MP & Deputy Head of the Parliament’s National Security Committee, Mahmoud Nabavian:

‘I’ve seen most of the initial texts that were circulated. When it comes to clause 1, this one is better than before.

Initially, it stated that ‘both parties announce the end of the war on all fronts’. However, this was bad because Trump kept claiming that the American military actions were not war, but rather actions of self-defense.

So our guys did something very good. The text of the first clause has been altered to ‘the end of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon’. This leaves no justification for the other side to continue any sort of action.

Still, there should have been certain improvements. It should have been explicitly stated that America is the aggressor.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei:

– Iran will charge service fees in the Strait of Hormuz.

– Foreign bases and military presence in the region must come to an end.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 The MoU and negotiations will consist of two parts:

Within 30 days of signing the MoU, the U.S. naval blockade will be lifted and the Strait of Hormuz will be opened (under Iranian management).

Immediately upon signing, a ceasefire is announced in the region, including Lebanon, half of Iran’s frozen assets (held in Qatar) will be released, and the U.S. will issue sanctions waivers for Iranian oil and petrochemicals.

After these 30 days, if all conditions have been met, talks will begin for a duration of 60 days to reach a final agreement, including on nuclear matters, sanctions relief, and American withdrawal from the region.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸| Nabavian: My core objection is that too many major benefits for Iran are pushed to the vague “final agreement,” whose date is unclear and extendable.

The $300 billion mechanism, ending US sanctions, the nuclear issue, and US troop withdrawal all depend on that final agreement.

But until then [in the meantime], Iran itself is proposing to freeze 3 things:

• Our current nuclear status, meaning no enrichment
• The damaged nuclear facilities staying as they are instead of being rebuilt
• US sanctions remaining in place.

Even worse, U.S. forces would also remain in the region until the final agreement.

So my question is: Is this really America’s proposal, or ours? Because if the final agreement can keep getting extended, Iran gives up leverage during the waiting period while America keeps sanctions and troops in place.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇧🇭 NEW: Satellite imagery also shows the destruction of two jet fuel depots at Sheikh Isa Airbase, Bahrain, by Iranian ballistic missiles

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— Personally, I disagree with Mr. Nabavian on this point.

Oman, as a country whose territorial waters are part of the Strait of Hormuz, has a right to sit at the table regarding its future, together with Iran.

Oman has also been very respectful in its diplomatic relations with Iran and engaged sincerely in a mediator role (even if it failed).

Iran is not a hegemonic power like the United States which wants everything for itself. Even the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said that the Strait of Hormuz must bring ecomomic blessings for Iran and its ‘honest neighbors’.

For me personally it makes sense that Oman would be involved at least in the discussions, even if it won’t have a managerial role.

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— And while I agree with Seyyed Nabavian on most of his criticisms on the points of this MoU, I think it somewhat makes sense that Iranian control is not explicitly mentioned.

Diplomacy is a delicate thing. America would never accept a document where it explicitly agrees to hand over control of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran.

What matters is the practical reality. Iran already manages the Strait of Hormuz, and has shown that. It doesn’t need to be put on paper (at least not at this point), the reality on the ground speaks for itself. The Foreign Ministry has been very clear there will be service fees and Iranian management.

Just like there are points of ambiguity in the agreement that may favor America, for example the vague timeline for troops withdrawal and such, there are also points of ambiguity that favor Iran, such as the Strait of Hormuz. This depends on the strength and weakness of each party, and when it comes to Hormuz, this is the U.S. weakest point, it can’t do anything about Iran imposing its own management. It’s a simple fact.

There are also mines that need to be cleared. As long as that’s the case, ships will use Iranian shipping lanes and the de-facto control of Hormuz will be in Iran’s hands for the near future.

It’s politically indefensible for the U.S. to actually acknowledge Iranian sovereignty over the Strait. The best case scenario is an MoU where this point is ‘silently omitted’, which in practice allows Iran to control the Strait without publicly embarassing America.

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