🇷🇺🇮🇷 Talks with Putin to focus on urgent regional issues, closer Iran–Russia coordination – Iran’s FM Araqchi

💬 "Given the current situation in the region, consultations between Iran and Russia should be more serious and closer," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

💬 "During our meeting with Putin, we will hold serious and important discussions, and I am certain they will serve the interests of both countries," he added.

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🚨 Israel detects missiles launched from Iran, intercepts them – IDF

Iranian media report a new wave of Iranian missiles headed toward Israel.

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❗️❗️❗️Israel Must Drop Baseless 'Excuses' for Bombing Iran & Pursue Peace, South Africa's Deputy President Says

Pretoria has consistently advocated for peaceful conflict resolution — including in the Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Iranian tensions — because force only fuels escalation, Paul Mashatile told Sputnik Africa.

"It should not be easy for one country to go and attack another country. It doesn't matter what your reasoning is," the deputy president noted.

What must Israel do if it suspects Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons? It should send inspectors — not bombs, according to the official.

📹 Watch the video to hear his stance on how peace should guide international action.

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🤡 'Monumental Damage' – Trump won’t stop preaching

💬 “The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!” Trump insisted.

Who is he trying to convince — himself?

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🇺🇸📍US military used DIVERSION TACTIC for Iran strikes

To mask the mission’s real target, two groups of B-2 bombers took off from Missouri simultaneously, the New York Times reports.

🕜One group flew west toward Guam with transponders on to draw attention from satellites

2️⃣Seven bombers loaded with bunker busters flew east toward Iran — with transponders off to avoid detection.

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🇮🇷📍What are possible targets of Iran's RETALIATION to the US strikes?

While the US panics over Tehran’s response to the American strikes on nuclear sites, the NYT has provided a list of potential US assets that might be targeted.

🟠 US military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Syria, the UAE

🟠 Military and intelligence officials have detected signs that attacks on American assets in Iraq, and Syria, are being prepared, a US official said

🟠 US embassies and diplomatic compounds

🟠 Strategic sites that may be attacked by missiles or through support from Iran’s allies in the region

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🇺🇸🇮🇱Need anything bombed? Israel clears Iran’s skies for US

The Israeli Air Force degraded multiple Iranian air defenses just 48 hours before the US strike on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility, Axios reports, citing three US officials.

👉After Netanyahu reportedly asked Trump how Israel can help, the US president responded by requesting airstrikes in southern Iran to clear a path for incoming B-2 stealth bombers.

👉America even provided Israel with a list of air defense systems it wanted eliminated ahead of the strike.

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📈Oil prices SOAR as Israel-Iran feud HEATS UP

➡️In early Asian trade, Brent crude briefly hit the $81 per barrel ceiling, a record high since January.

➡️US WTI futures surged by at least 3% to more than $78 a barrel during the session.

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🇮🇷⚔️🇮🇱KEY UPDATES ON IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT

With the US joining Israel’s war with Iran, here’s what happened over the past 24 hours as the conflict heats up.

🔸 The IDF attacked six airfields in western, eastern, and central parts of Iran.
🔸 Israel’s advanced Hermes drone was shot down by Iranian air defenses.
🔸 During several retaliation raids, dozens of targets were hit simultaneously in Iran’s Isfahan, Bushehr, and Ahvaz, according to the IDF.
🔸 Russia, China, and Pakistan asked the 15-member UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.

🇮🇷HOW DOES IRAN REACT?
▫️ Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
▫️ UN envoy Amir-Saeid Iravani slammed the "blatant US aggression," accusing America of staging the attack under an "absurd pretext."
▫️ Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stressed that “the Zionist enemy,” who has made “a big mistake” and “committed a big crime,” is being punished right now.

🇺🇸HOW IS U.S. INVOLVED?
🔸 Trump hinted at the possible "regime change" in Iran, in what came in sharp contrast with what members of his administration said earlier.
🔸 VP Marco Rubio said the possible closure of the Hormuz Strait by Iran will be an "economic suicide" for Tehran.
🔸 The US military used diversion tactic as they deployed the B-2 bombers for the Iran strikes, according to the New York Times.
🔸 The Israeli Air Force helped to ditch Iranian air defenses to clear a path for incoming US B-2 stealth bombers, per Axios.

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🚨Iran to suspend cooperation with IAEA

The parliament prepares to pass a bill, the chairman said.

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