Tehran has no deal or ceasefire with Trump as Pentagon Withdraws Forces from American Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait due to intensified Iranian Strikes

The Islamic Republic of Iran has directly rejected President Trump's new claim that Tehran agreed to end its nuclear program and open the Strait of Hormuz as a "complete lie," saying it is a "desperate attempt to manipulate the market," per Iranian military officials to Mehr News.

Iran adds that it has not requested any halt to the planned attacks, and that it was purely Donald Trump who chose to stop them with false claims of a deal.

US president Donald Trump announced cancellation of the further military actions against Iranian Oil, electricity, nuclear sites and nation-wide strikes. 

US president claims that a deal with Iran has been agreed that's US-Iran has considered a new Ceasefire proposal in MoU.

Meanwhile, US CENTCOM warned Trump that US army unable to defend Israel and Middle East from Iranian large-wave of missiles and drones.

Every US threat will strengthen our military — Iranian MoD

Iran will use every threat from the United States to bolster its military preparedness, deterrence, and overall capabilities, Defense Minister Majid Ebn-e-Reza said on Sunday.

"Although the enemy's recent statements are part of psychological and cognitive warfare, we consider every threat real and take it seriously," he wrote on X

His comments followed US President Donald Trump's renewed threats of further strikes on Iran amid Washington's push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Informed Iranian Military Source states that the Strait of Hormuz remains Closed as long as the US continues its hostile Actions

Iran is still Reviewing the Proposal made by the US. There is no Final Deal yet for the Strait of Hormuz

 A sign that the Strait of Hormuz will Open will be when the US lifts its Naval Blockade of Iran.

To confirm shortage of interceptors as one of the major reason behind the so called ceasefire and the just called off planned US/Israel strikes against Iran, Pentagon has Withdrawn American Forces from their Bases in Bahrain and Kuwait due to intensified Iranian Strikes - FT

American Troops are Transferred to Israel and Europe

Coffins became part of US forces’ equipment — top Iranian commander

 “The Americans and their mercenaries have today realized deep in their souls that their coffins are part of their equipment in the region,” Major General Ali Abdollahi stated, emphasizing that attacks on Iran won’t go unanswered.

Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that the presence of US forces in the region would prompt retaliatory actions by the IRGC and the Axis of Resistance against host states.

During the US-Israeli war on Iran, the IRGC successfully targeted US military bases across the region, including the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and Kuwait’s Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base, severely limiting Washington’s regional capabilities.

Tension as US asks Citizens to vacate the Gulf region as escalations and fresh war with Iran are imminent

United States and State of Israel are preparing for a final war with Iran. S asked citizens to consider leaving the middle east.

The chances of defeating asymptomatic Tehran is on odds.

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Chinook helicopter

Tensions with Iran are at a “boiling point,” and US President Donald Trump is closer than ever to approving a significant strike, though no final decision has been made, N12 reported Saturday, citing an Israeli official.

The official said Israel had raised its alert level and was unsure whether Trump wanted it involved from the outset.

According to the report, intelligence presented to Trump included a limited, targeted strike on energy facilities that could significantly affect the Iranian public without triggering a broader rise in global energy prices.

Trump is about to issue the final orders for the massive attack on Iran, per Israeli Channel 13.

Israel has raised its military to maximum alert status this weekend as the US prepares to strike Iran, with Israeli officials saying tensions at their peak and the situation "on the brink of exploding," per Israeli Channel 12.

The U.S. military's top commander in Europe has directly warned the Pentagon he lacks the naval forces to keep defending Israel from Iranian missile attacks, according to The Washington Post, as Tehran warns it has prepared coordinated hypersonic missile strikes and drone swarms against Israel if the conflict escalates, per Gen. Alexus Grynkewich to WaPo.

The destroyers are equipped with SM-3 and SM-6 anti-ballistic missile interceptors, the main ship-based interceptors used against Iranian ballistic missiles aimed at Israel, and have been stretched by operations daily in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and around Iran with major ammunition shortages and maintenance issues piling up due to the Iran war tempo.

This comes after Iran's ballistic missile attacks have already drained the Arab Dome from Patriot interceptors causing Trump's earlier halt on major escalation.

Without another destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich warned he may have to prioritize defending the U.S. homeland over Israel.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is urging Americans across the Middle East to consider leaving, warning of flight cancellations, airspace closures, and major travel disruptions as fears of a wider regional war intensify.

Confirmed sources are confirming that Iran has reduced the highly secure and secret base of the US intelligence agency CIA in Kuwait to ashes with a missile attack, in which at least fifty highly qualified CIA personnel have been burned to ashes. Since this attack, the US has stopped the attacks and is again seeking negotiations.

The United States has still not recovered from its surprise and confusion as to how Iran so successfully targeted a base that American officials themselves were unaware of.

An Israeli journalist has written that America is being badly beaten in the Middle East. Its strongest bases are being successfully withdrawn, and America is failing miserably to stop it. The bravery of the Iranians, the discipline of their forces, and the underground weapons stockpiles spread throughout Iran make Iran invincible.

Even Israel and the United States are unable to send troops into Iran together because both are convinced that if they do so, Iran will annihilate them.

Amidst the plans of US/Israel escalating war with Iran, Tehran has prepared a comprehensive plan to completely destroy the Middle East's energy infrastructure, a synchronized decapitation of the world's oil and gas supply, if the U.S. or Israel launches new strikes, per Tasnim News.

The target list includes:

· Saudi Arabia: Ghawar oil field (5%+ of world supply), Abqaiq & Khurais (7M+ bpd)

· UAE: Zakum field & Ruways refinery (1M+ bpd)

· Qatar: North Field & Ras Laffan (20% of global LNG trade)

· Kuwait: Burgan field (2M bpd)

· Bahrain: Sitrah refinery & Al-Mihaj

· Israel: Leviathan & Tamar gas fields

A senior Iranian security official said: "We have prepared a comprehensive plan to respond to any potential American recklessness" — recalling that during the 40-day war, Iran bombed Qatar's most important gas refinery, and Trump apologized on Truth Social.

The U.S. State Department has also sent out a security alert to diplomatic personnel across the gulf states, stating that ‘significant escalation’ with Iran could be expected in the near future.

The alert was issued to all U.S. missions and diplomatic staff in the following countries of the region:

UAE

 Qatar

 Oman

Iraq

Jordan

 Israel

 Kuwait

 Saudi Arabia

 Bahrain

 Egypt

Consequently, American citizens across the Gulf region have been asked to consider vacating the middle east.

UK's Designation of IRGC as a Terrorists Organization and Preemptive Departure of British Diplomat from Tehran

Tehran Times released an exclusive conversations between the European Ambassadors in Tehran before the departure of the British diplomats from Iranian Capital as part of the US psychological warfare against the Persian 

European countries' ambassadors in Tehran remain in a highly volatile diplomatic state, with personnel deployments frequently shifting due to escalating regional conflicts and diplomatic disputes with Iran. 

The departure of British diplomats from Tehran was part of a U.S. psychological warfare campaign and was coordinated directly with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a phone call with the British Foreign Secretary.

 On Monday evening, July 20, European ambassadors stationed in Tehran gathered at the residence of the French ambassador at his invitation. The meeting was also attended by the deputy head of the South Korean embassy, a senior New Zealand diplomat, and the Japanese ambassador. During the session, the French ambassador criticized Iran’s several-hour detention of two French diplomats and called for the diplomatic community to support the French Embassy.

 The British chargé d’affaires, while expressing support for the French ambassador, stated that he intended to leave Iran within the coming days. He emphasized that the United States expects its partners to cooperate in exerting political pressure on Iran. Nevertheless, several ambassadors openly opposed the idea.

 In a joking remark, the French ambassador said: “Apparently our British friends suspect that the Iranians are preparing a strong reaction to the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization, and therefore they want to stay out of the Iranians’ sight for a while in a dignified manner—especially since it is now August, when most embassy staff normally go on summer vacation anyway.”

 The French ambassador also added: “What I can do is make the departure of the two diplomats whom the Iranians detained a news story, and in any case they were already scheduled to leave Iran. Two other diplomats were supposed to go on vacation on July 29, so we can simply say they are leaving a little earlier.”

The German ambassador said: “I am scheduled to present my credentials to the President of Iran on Wednesday, so our departure at this time would not be in our interest.”

 On the sidelines of the gathering, the German ambassador told one of the ambassadors from Eastern Europe that he was dissatisfied with the British ambassador’s “overbearing” proposal and called the move “childish.” According to him, Britain was acting preemptively because it was aware of Iran’s plan to expel several British diplomats in response to Britain’s designation of the IRGC as a national security threat.

Iran Rejects US backed 10-day ceasefire As IRGC Target Military Facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait with missiles and drones

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Iran has rejected a U.S.-backed 10-day Qatari ceasefire proposal, with senior Iranian analyst and close adviser to Iran's negotiating team Mohammad Marandi dismissing the offer with a blunt message: "Don't even think about it."


The proposal reportedly called for a 10-day truce that would reopen two shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz. Marandi has previously said Iran has "no plans" to resume negotiations, citing a "fundamental lack of seriousness" from the Trump administration, while Iranian officials have repeatedly said talks will not resume until the threat against Iran has ended.


Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has issued a sharp warning to the United States, dismissing Washington’s military buildup in the region as contradictory to its public calls for de-escalation.


Ghalibaf said the United States continues to move additional military equipment into the Middle East while claiming it is seeking to stop the war, adding that Washington has “bet on our intelligence being as brief as their own IQ.” He stated that Iran has reached a stage where it fully understands what he described as American tactics and has prepared accordingly, stressing that “actions must confirm claims, not contradict them.”


Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they had targeted US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait with missiles and drones, including Al-Sakhir Air Base and Bin Salman Port in Bahrain and Arifjan Base in Kuwait.


In a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said its navy strikes formed part of what it called the 23rd wave of "Nasr 2" operations and included attacks on facilities it said were used to maintain US drones, prepare naval vessels and support special operations forces.


The Guards said the attacks inflicted heavy damage and that operations against what they described as US military targets in the region would continue.


The statement also rejected comments by US President Donald Trump suggesting Iran was running low on missiles and drones, saying it would continue launching such weapons for as long as any conflict lasted.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says negotiations with the US could be pursued based on national interests

Baghaei says intermediaries have shared messages with Tehran over recent days.

IRGC said they would deliver what they described as a "memorable lesson" to the United States if it carried out further attacks, reaffirming their support for Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.


The Guards said they would not rely on US pledges, arguing that past experience had reinforced their distrust of Washington.


"If the criminal United States once again chooses the path of aggression, we remain committed to delivering the 'memorable lesson' promised by the Leader," the statement said.

Iranian President has said on Monday Iran is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, adding that managing the home fronts is very necessary to ensure that the Iranians didn't suffer as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic including a city hosting a nuclear power plant.

Iran's Military spokesperson Brigadier General Akraminia said the war will go on until Iran achieves full deterrence, stressing this is based on rationality and experience—not emotion. Without it, he warned, the enemy would miscalculate and attack again.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late on Sunday that Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in the war, adding that other countries need to "step up" pressure to protect global shipping. Iranian Times reported.

While rejecting the ceasefire, Tehran still dept open, diplomatic doors as Iran’s Interior Minister, Eskandar Momeni, traveled to Pakistan on July 20, at the invitation of Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Syed Mohsin Naqvi, heading a high-level delegation.

The delegation accompanying the minister includes representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Roads and Urban Development, and Agriculture, as well as officials from the Law Enforcement Command (FARAJA) and the Customs Administration.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warns US military will face a “firm response” if America repeats strikes

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have warned that the US military will face a severe and “firm response” if Washington repeats strikes after a US attack on southern Iran, saying any renewed action will be met with retaliation.

Thia is against the background dealing that yhe United States and Iran have reached a 60-day framework agreement to extend the ceasefire and begin negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

The deal according to a source, still requires final approval from President Donald Trump, Axios reported on Thursday citing two US officials.

The commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran said Iran’s armed forces were at “peak readiness” and had launched new military drills immediately after fighting stopped.

“The mechanisms are designed in a way that allows a response to any enemy action in the shortest possible time,” Hassan Hassanzadeh said on Thursday.

Hassanzadeh also said attacks on Basij centers during the conflict had failed to weaken support for the paramilitary force.


"The president conveyed a message to the mediators that he wants a few days to think about it before making a final decision," a senior US official said.


Earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei had accused the US and Israel of trying to create internal division within Iran to make up for its “military defeats”.

Tehran accused the U.S. of another ceasefire violation and said it retaliated by targeting an American base after a second round of what the Pentagon calls "purely defensive" strikes against drone operations. CENTCOM said Kuwait intercepted an incoming Iranian missile, and there were no reports of a U.S. base being hit.



US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in an escalation to mount pressure on Tehran on Thursday said in a post on X that the US will shut down Iranian airlines’ access to landing spots, refuelling and ticket sales.


Bessent opined that the Treasury Department is crippling Iran’s economy, with unpaid troops, police absenteeism, a collapsing currency, and sanctions now targeting Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority and key transportation sectors.


In a warning to Oman, Bessent said the US will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz. Oman, in particular, should know that the US Treasury will aggressively target any actors involved - directly or indirectly - in facilitating tolls for the Strait and any willing partners will be penalized.


Yesterday, President Trump threatened to "blow up" Oman if they do not "behave just like everybody else."

Iranian State TV reveales the reasons for the failure of the talks with the U.S

 

The negotiations between the US delegations and Iranian delegations failed to achieve anything meaningful after a 21hrs of negotiations.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi as reportes by Iranian TV revealed the reasons behind the failure of the two sides to achieve any agreeable understanding in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Details:

- The U.S. tried to achieve at the negotiating table what it could not achieve through war

- The Americans demanded that Iran hand over enriched uranium and open the Strait of Hormuz without recognizing Iran’s sovereignty over it

- Iran has decided to defend its national interests by military means.

"We are disappointed with how US behaved. Netanyahu's call to Vance during the meeting shifted the focus from US-Iran negotiations to Israel's interests. The U.S. tried to achieve at the negotiating table what it could not achieve through war. We came here with good faith, the press conference by Vance before he left Pakistan was unnecessary, we are committed & prepared to safeguard our nation's interest and sovereignty"- Iran FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi.

The success of the negotiations depends on avoiding excessive and illegal demands and recognising Iran’s legitimate rights, the Iranian Foreign Ministry affirmed.

The US/Iran talks to end the war in Islamabad went through sharp swings and continued into the early hours of this morning, a Pakistani official told the Washington Post.

According to some reports from social media, US President Donald Trump has proposed a naval blockade against Iran following failed negotiations in Islamabad between the U.S. and Iran.

Trump suggested the U.S. could respond to Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz by imposing its own blockade.

 The U.S. Navy could potentially assert control over maritime traffic in the strait, effectively restricting movement along this critical global oil route.

 The proposal comes amid broader warnings from Trump after the collapse of talks, while Pakistan continues mediation efforts and urges both sides to maintain the ceasefire despite rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

According to credible source, Iran will only allow about 10 ships per day through Strait of Hormuz for fees up to $2 million . 

Tehran plans to permit no more than a dozen vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, with fees potentially as high as $2 million per supertanker, US media reported

Shipowners from several countries are said to be negotiating with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for permission to transit the strategic waterway

The limited number of ships allowed to cross will have to follow specially designated routes and obtain the necessary permits

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened following a two-week ceasefire announcement on Wednesday night

Iran strikes the Dimona reactor in response to the attack on Natanz, Death tolls more than 40

 

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An Iranian ballistic missile reportedly hit Dimona in southern Israel. Most notably, the missiles appear to have penetrated advanced U.S. and Israeli air defense systems protecting the nuclear facility, with at least two interception systems reportedly bypassed in the operation. 

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed the incident but also indicates that no abnormal radiation levels have been detected.

"The IAEA is aware of reports of an incident in the city of Dimona, Israel, involving a missile impact and has not received any indication of damage to the nuclear research center Negev."

"Information from regional States indicates that no abnormal radiation levels have been detected."

"Closely monitoring the situation, Director General @RafaelMGrossi stressed that "maximum military restraint should be observed, in particular in the vicinity of nuclear facilities".

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Spokesperson : in a statement confirming the strikes said, "We could have struck the Dimona nuclear plant if we wanted to. This was a warning shot. If our nuclear facilities are attacked again, Dimona will be destroyed."

Israeli foreign ministry in a statement said the Iranian regime devastated Arad and Dimona by deliberately striking civilians with missiles. Over 100 people were injured, including children. A blatant war crime. Pure terrorism."

More than forty has been confirmed killed in the incident.

According to the reports by Times Of Israel: "Over 100 people were injured by Iranian strikes in the southern cities of Dimona and Arad on Saturday, 11 of them seriously, medics said, after Israeli air defenses failed to intercept at least two ballistic missiles."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike a very difficult evening in the campaign for the country's future.

Netanyahu said Israel is determined to continue the war against Iran despite the devastated strikes ravaging the country by Iran's ballistic missiles.

Israel’s Home Front Command has closed schools and banned gatherings of over 50 in the south until Tuesday after Iranian missile strikes on Dimona, Kan reports. 

 The mayor of Arad in southern Israel says that about 150 families were evacuated from the neighbourhood that was hit by the Iranian missile attack.

Israel announces 'new wave of strikes' as conflict escalates 

There was a report of '3 or 4 heavy bombs' heard near Mount Damavand & Pardis, Tehran province

In another response to Trump's further threats, Iran warns it will target US and Israel‑linked energy and IT infrastructure, along with desalination plants in the region if its power plants are hit, following Trump’s threat to strike Iranian plants over the Strait of Hormuz.

American President Donald Trump had said if Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST…” 

Meanwhile, Iran has denied targeting the UK’s military base on Diego Garcia, with a senior official telling Al Jazeera it was not behind the missile attack.

 The base is being used by the US for “defensive operations” in its war with Iran. The war against Iran by US and Israel have been variously condemned as an unprovoked aggression against Tehran.

U.S Israel Iran War: Pentagon sending USS Tripoli to Middle East, offers $10 million reward for information on top Iranian leaders

Pentagon sending USS Tripoli, a Marine Amphibious Ready Group, and the 31st MEU to the Middle East with about 2,500 U.S. Marines, a defense official confirms to newsmen. The ship is based in Japan and could arrive in 1–2 weeks.

According to an AFP report, Trump's government has offers $10 million reward for information on top Iranian leaders.

Meanwhile, Iranian officials led a pro-government rally in Tehran as explosions rocked the city on Friday, while the United States vowed it would intensify strikes in the coming hours and days. Trump said it was his "honour" to be killing the Islamic republic's leaders calling them "deranged scumbags".

The United States will be hitting Iran hard over the "over the next week", Trump told Fox News Radio.

US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Fox News Radio that he suspected Russian leader Vladimir Putin was aiding Iran in the war against the United States and Israel. 

"I think he might be helping him a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?" Trump said in an interview that aired Friday.

Several US media outlets have reported that Russia has provided targeting information to Iran for attacking US forces during the ongoing conflict.

 

US military investigation Confirms US Tomahawk missile hit an Iranian elementary school, killing at least 175 people, mostly children

 A preliminary US military investigation found that a US Tomahawk missile mistakenly hit an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28, killing at least 175 people, mostly children. 

The strike happened because outdated targeting data labeled the building as part of a nearby Iranian naval base. - NYT

Meanwhile, UNESCO has warned that intensifying hostilities are already damaging cultural landmarks in Iran and the broader region, saying it has communicated with all parties to the conflict to coordinate protections for heritage sites.

Spokesperson of Iran's Armed Forces General Shekarchi has said if any threat is made against our ports, all docks and economic ports in the entire region will be our legitimate targets, and we will carry out operations heavier than those we have done so far.

All ports and docks in the region would become legitimate targets if Iran’s ports and docks are threatened, a senior spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces told state media on Wednesday.

“I deny the CENTCOM (US Central Command) statement claiming that naval vessels of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have hidden in commercial ports,” Abolfazl Shekarchi added.

Earlier in the day, CENTCOM said that Iran was using civilian ports along the Strait of Hormuz to conduct military operations that threaten international shipping.

CENTCOM warned Iranian dockworkers, administrative personnel and commercial vessel crews to avoid Iranian naval vessels and military equipment.

Also, reports has it that Iran will target economic and banking interests linked to the US ‌and Israel in the region after an attack on an Iranian bank, a spokesperson for Tehran's Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters said on Wednesday.

According to an AFP report, Tehran confirmed it is ready for a long war of attrition that would 'destroy' the world economy, after firing on two commercial ships and threatening any vessels from the United States or its allies

US embassy in Beirut closes ‘until further notice as Iran vows to hit all Middle East economic hubs if US-Israeli attacks persist

The US embassy in Beirut has announced it will close “until further notice” because of the ongoing regional tensions. Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.

“All other regular and emergency consular appointments have been cancelled. We will communicate when the Embassy returns to normal operations,” it added in a statement.


Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Ebrahim Jabbari has warned that continued US-Israeli attacks will see Iran conduct reprisals against “all economic centres” in the Middle East.

“We are saying to the enemy that if it decides to hit our main centres, we will hit all economic centres in the region,” said Jabbari.

“We have closed the Strait of Hormuz. Currently, the price of oil is above $80 and will soon reach $200,” he was quoted as saying by Iranian news agency ISNA.

The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas exports from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. About 20 percent of global daily oil consumption — roughly 20 million barrels — passes through the narrow corridor.

UN’s nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says No proof of Nuclear Program In Iran

 

The UN’s nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian programme to build nuclear weapons despite Israeli and US claims.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi told NBC News that the agency had not identified “elements of a systematic and structured programme to manufacture nuclear weapons” in Iran.

At the same time, he confirmed that Tehran has enriched uranium to 60 percent purity – a level far beyond civilian energy needs.

Grossi said such enrichment is something “only countries with nuclear weapons have”.

He stressed that inspectors could not conclude Iran intends to build a bomb, but said the stockpiling raised serious questions.

This enrichment, he said, was “the source of the concerns we had”, and there was “no clear objective” for accumulating material at that level.

“The centrifuges were spinning constantly and producing more and more of that material,” he said, adding that theoretically this would have been “enough to produce more than 10 nuclear warheads. But do they have them? No.”

BREAKING: Tehran Says only China to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

 

Iran has announced that it will allow only China to pass through the Strait of Hormuz , as an expression of gratitude for Beijing’s supportive stance toward Tehran during the war.

According to China now, as the war with United States, Israel rang on, the strait has been closed to all other ships without exception, with a clear warning that any unauthorized crossing will be directly targeted by Iranian forces.

Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman said the country’s military capabilities would soon force its adversaries into a deadlock and compel them to stop the war, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Reza Talaei-Nik said Iran’s “jihadi will,” tactical capabilities and weapons power are at a level that will leave the enemy facing a stalemate in the coming days and ultimately force a halt to the fighting.

He added that Iran’s “offensive defense" would continue with strength.

According to a report by Press TV, the largest US radar in the Persian Gulf that was capable of monitoring the entire Middle East, used for early warning with a range of 5,000 km and a price of 1.1 billion dollars, was targeted and destroyed by Iranian Missiles.

Iran’s IRGC in an announcement also said, the second American THAAD anti-missile defense system in the West Asia region was hit by the precision missiles of the IRGC Aerospace Force and was taken out of operational orbit. Tehran Times reported.

Yesterday, the THAAD radar stationed at Al Ruwais base in the UAE was also destroyed. With the destruction of these two systems, the missile hand of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been opened for successful target hits.

AFP reports that Iran has stepped up its attacks on economic targets and US missions across the Middle East on Tuesday as President Donald Trump warned it was "too late" for the Islamic republic to seek talks to escape the war

Israel’s air force struck the building housing Iran’s Council of Experts in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday in an attempt to disrupt the process of appointing a new supreme leader, Axios reported, citing an Israeli defense official.

The official said the strike occurred while votes were being counted and that the aim was to prevent the clerical body from selecting a successor to former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on Saturday in the first wave of Israeli strikes.

"We wanted to prevent them from picking a new supreme leader," Axios quoted the unnamed Israeli official as saying.

It was not immediately clear how many of the council’s 88 members were in the building at the time or the extent of the damage, the report said.

US will regrets miscalculation: Iran is ready for a long war, unlike Washington - Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani

 A Senior Iranian official, Ali Larijani has said Iran has prepared for a long war and is acting only in self-defense in the current conflict with the United States and Israel.

In a post on his X page, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Iran did not start the war and that its armed forces had engaged only in defensive action. He said Iran would defend itself “regardless of the costs” and would make its enemies regret what he called a miscalculation.

Prof Mirandi of Tehran University was also reportedly said that Iran has been preparing for this since the Iraq invasion of 2003.

They knew that they would be next sometime in the future

Hence, Iran may never involved in any ceasefire against the United States and Israel as a retaliations for all the Iranian leaders killed including the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday said the conflict with Iran “is not Iraq” and would not become an endless war, describing current operations as limited and focused on eliminating specific military threats.

“This is not endless,” Hegseth said at a news conference, adding that the mission was “clear, devastating and decisive” and aimed at destroying Iran’s offensive missile capabilities, missile production and naval assets so that it will “never have nuclear weapons.”

Will Iran stop the retaliatory attacks for any negotiations with the US and Israeli? 

Iranian Gen. Jabbar has said the Americans have relocated the majority of their aircraft to Cyprus; we will launch so many missiles at Cyprus that they will be forced to flee from there as well.

According to a report by Al Jazeera, US Air Force General Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, says the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran is "not a single overnight mission... We expect to take additional losses."

In a telephone conversations, China's foreign minister tells Iran counterpart Beijing 'supports Iran in defending its sovereignty, security, territorial integrity': state media

All U.S. military bases have been placed on heightened alert under Threat Condition signaling an increased risk of attack.

Spain has officially barred the United States from using its bases to support strikes on Iran, says PM Pedro Sánchez.

According to Tehran Times, the Iran's IRGC has reportedly destroyed the oil tanker Stena Imperative, which was flying the United States flag, while it was in the port of Bahrain. The vessel was hit by Iranian drone or missile fire on Monday, according to the Reuters and other outlets that cited the maritime security firm Vanguard Tech. There was no immediate comment from US authorities.

IRGC in a statement on Monday said: We’ve just started using the 2nd generation missiles today. In the upcoming days, you’ll witness the 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th generation missiles if needed. 

Gen. Jabbari: To date, we have launched approximately 3,000 first- and second-generation missiles and approximately 10,000 drones

In the coming days, we will certainly deploy third- and fourth-generation missiles.

Iran says has ‘no choice’ but to fight back, holds no enmity toward American people

Tehran and it's allied armed groups fired missiles at Israel, Arab states and U.S. military targets around the region on Monday, while Israel and the United States pounded Iran as the war expanded to several fronts. Kuwait mistakenly shot down three American warplanes over its skies.

Exit Of Iranian Supreme Leader: 3 individuals are now in charge of Iran's Affairs

Under Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, if the Supreme Leader dies, the Assembly of Experts is responsible for selecting the new Leader. Until then, authority transfers to a provisional leadership council — typically consisting of the President, the Head of the Judiciary, and a jurist from the Guardian Council.

This transition phase is critical, as it determines both internal power balance and regional stability

 The Iranian Constitution states:

The Assembly of Experts (consisting of 88 experts) is the body that selects the new Leader, but until that time, power transfers to the "Provisional Leadership," which is a committee of 3 individuals: the President of the Republic + the Head of the Judiciary + a jurist from the Guardian Council. This committee assumes certain duties until the new Leader is selected

Iranian state TV reportedly announces the death of Ali Khamenei.

US and Israeli intelligence sources earlier confirmed the assassination of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran along up to 10 other Iranian leaders.

A moment the Islamic Republic likely never anticipated. On Iran in the aftermath of Khamenei's death  

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the judiciary chief and a jurist from the Guardian Council will temporarily assume leadership duties following reports of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death, Iranian media said on Sunday. 

-The Iranian government declared a 40-day mourning period after reports of Khamenei's death, according to Fars News Agency.  

 Mohammad Pakpour, IRGC chief commander, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday, Iranian media IRNA reported.

Previously before his death, Imam Khamenei addressing the families of the martyrs said:

"Let me say to you openly: whenever I think that this war, these martyrdoms, and these arenas of honor and blood might come to an end, and that we might remain, only to one day die in an ordinary way, perhaps in an accident, as so many do, or from an illness, by God, the mere thought of it places such pressure upon my heart.

To be deprived of an arena that is a contest for eternal and divine honor, a race toward Paradise, and then simply to die in the usual way; this is very difficult.

Would that our death might be like the death of your children, this is a prayer that rises from the depths of our hearts.

And I do not believe there is anyone who truly understands the reality of such a death and does not long for it."

Russian Foreign Ministry calls US and Israeli attack on Iran an 'IRRESPONSIBLE MOVE'

 The Foreign Ministry of Russia Federation has called US and Israeli attack on Iran an 'IRRESPONSIBLE MOVE'

The ministry described the US and Israeli bombing of Iran as a premeditated and unprovoked act of armed aggression

According to the statement, the responsibility for the negative consequences of this man-made crisis lies entirely with the US and Israel. The motives behind the US and Israeli attacks on Iran have nothing to do with the preservation of non-proliferation

"The US and Israel cannot fail to understand that their actions in escalating the situation in the Middle East push the region towards acquiring new weapons."

Moscow expresses concern over the serial nature of destabilizing US strikes on the international legal foundations of the global order.

Russia demands the immediate return of the situation around Iran to a diplomatic resolution.

Moscow is ready to assist in finding peaceful solutions in the Middle East based on international law and mutual respect. The statement said.

U.S, Israeli joint military strikes against Iran have been met with immediate retaliatory strikes on US military bases in the middle east including the headquarters in Bahrain.

Source: Sputnik 

US amasses strike force for ‘unprovoked aggression’ against Iran says an analyst as Trump says US must make 'meaningful deal' with Iran, 'otherwise bad things happen'

As American President Donald Trump is on the brink of a war on Iran that has been decades in the making, the US military buildup ongoing in the Middle East is aimed at “inflicting serious damage on Iran,” military analyst Dmitry Drozdenko tells Sputnik.

Trump urges #Iran to strike a “meaningful” deal as a huge American military build-up takes shape in the Middle East amid US threats of action against Tehran.“US escalation is driven by the recognition that neither Israel’s Iron Dom nor patriot defense system can curtailed Irankiran missiles.

No doubt Donald Trump is now seen as a bigger threat to global peace than even Russia by some of America’s former allies. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors can fully neutralize Iran’s missile arsenal,” says the pundit. The US has been the biggest threat to global peace for a good number of decades. They are the world's terrorists.

Meanwhile, Trump, at Board of Peace meeting, says US must make 'meaningful deal' with Iran, 'otherwise bad things happen'. Maybe we are going to make a deal, You are going to be finding out over the next probably 10 days. We may have to take it a step further (military)

A second American aircraft carrier — the USS Gerald R. Ford — is heading toward the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, accompanied by destroyers and aircraft being redeployed from missions in the Caribbean region, a U.S. ABC News reported.

As negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program continue, American aircraft carriers are at the forefront of a major U.S. military buildup in the Middle East. The Ford is expected to join the USS Abraham Lincoln in the region, the latter having arrived there late last month.

The Ford briefly transmitted its location off the coast of Morocco on Wednesday as it approached the Mediterranean Sea, according to data from the MarineTraffic website. The carrier's location was visible for around two hours.

Also visible on the FlightRadar24 website on Wednesday were two C-2A Greyhound aircraft, which in recent months have been operating off the carrier. The aircraft transmitted their locations off the coast of Portugal, around 230 miles from the Ford's position.


The Ford is being accompanied by four destroyers as it sails east toward the Middle East.

Three of the destroyers are part of the Ford’s carrier strike group that have accompanied the carrier since it first deployed in June, the fourth destroyer had previously been a part of President Donald Trump's administration’s surge of military forces in the Caribbean, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

Each of the destroyers is armed with air defense systems that can shoot down incoming missiles and drones, plus Tomahawk cruise missiles that can be used to strike targets up to 1,000 miles away.

F-35 stealth fighter jets are among the U.S. assets heading toward the Middle East, including some that had been deployed to Puerto Rico ahead of the U.S. operation to depose Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.


A spokesman for the Vermont National Guard confirmed to ABC News that the 158th Fighter Wing received a change in mission from U.S. Southern Command -- which oversees operations in the Caribbean, Central and South America -- but did not disclose their new deployment area.

In late January, online flight trackers noted a dozen F-35 fighters taking off from Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico and landing on the Azores islands in the mid-Atlantic, on their way to the Middle East.


Key Iranian nuclear personnel and facilities were targeted by Israeli and American forces during an intense 12-day conflict in June. But the strikes failed to resolve long-standing U.S. and Israeli grievances related to Tehran's nuclear program, its ballistic missile arsenal and its support for regional proxy groups.


U.S. and Iranian representatives met in Geneva, Switzerland, this week for talks regarding a possible deal related to Tehran's nuclear program and its enrichment of uranium. Trump has demanded that Iran commit to "zero enrichment," a proposal rejected by Iranian officials.


U.S. officials briefed on the negotiations said Iran indicated a willingness to suspend its nuclear enrichment for a certain amount of time, anywhere from one to five years


The U.S. is also weighing lifting financial and banking sanctions and the embargo on its oil sales, according to a U.S. official.


Following the talks in Geneva, Iran is expected to submit a written proposal aimed at resolving the tensions, a senior U.S. official confirmed to reporters on Wednesday. It is unclear when the written proposal will be submitted to the U.S.


On Tuesday, a White House official said Iran would provide detailed proposals to address "some of the open gaps in our positions" in the next two weeks.

The US President reiterated on Thursday: "We may have to take it a step further [than Operation Midnight Hammer], or we may not."

"Maybe we are going to make a deal. You are going to be finding out over the next probably 10 days."

"Iran would have had a nuclear weapon based on everything we found out since within one month [if we didn't do Operation Midnight Hammer].

We can't let that happen."

"They cannot continue to threaten the stability of the entire region. They must make a deal. If it doesn’t happen, bad things will happen."

The opinion of many on the US carrier groups are that the modern warfare no longer required such a US approach. While it's general agreed that in the eventuality of war between Iran and US with allies, the fall of Iran will never be like that of Iraq or Libya in the face of Iranian missiles that humbled Israel in the 12daya war.

Additional sources: ABC news, Sputnik 

Tehran commences arresting and detaining rabbis and leaders of the Jewish community in Iran

 

🚨⚡️Iranian authorities have begun detaining rabbis and leaders of the Jewish community in Iran — in Tehran and Shiraz — on suspicion of “ties to Israel.” pic.twitter.com/cINfCjFDAW

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 27, 2025

Iran says NUCLEAR PROGRAM will Resume without interruption including Enrichment

 

#BREAKING🚨‼️IRAN🇮🇷 just announce that NUCLEAR PROGRAM will RESUME without interruption including ENRICHMENT. pic.twitter.com/Nc7aP2AFpV

— Iran 🇮🇷 (@InsideIran_) June 24, 2025

Ceasefire: Iranian Victory Celebrations Tonight in Tehran

Those who know the Iranian people and their history know that the Iranian nation isn’t a nation that surrenders.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 23, 2025

The military operations of our powerful Armed Forces to punish Israel for its aggression continued until the very last minute, at 4am.

Together with all Iranians, I thank our brave Armed Forces who remain ready to defend our dear country until their last drop of blood, and who…

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 24, 2025

🚨⚡BREAKING

The Iranian army released a video of the moment it ordered the missiles to be fired at the US Al Udeid base in Qatar. pic.twitter.com/KfRJOXPPvs

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 24, 2025

🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 BREAKING: IRANIAN VICTORY CELEBRATIONS will be held tonight in Tehran. pic.twitter.com/2pNcyZTqhB

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) June 24, 2025

Why celebrations ?

Iran is the winner!!

No negotiation until the bomb stops, and so it is. And there was No direct talk with U.S and so it is.

Iran made solemn promise and stood by it that As long as Israel keep bombing us we must continue sending holy communions to Israel and they did. We won’t stop Nuclear development and they didn’t 

 There won’t be regime change and there isn’t . Iran may have lost more Generals, personnels and infrastructures, they won Ideologically and Psychologically

Israel-Iran War: Netayahu thanks Trump for Destruction of Iran nuclear sites, US Joint Chiefs of Staff announces evacuation of US forces from the Middle East

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the evacuation of US forces from the Middle East.

Iranian military are reported to have promised a total showdown against American forces and interests in the middle east follow the US direct intervention in the Israel/Iran War. The United States military bombed the Iranian nuclear sites Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu thanks the president of the United States Donald Trump for coming the aid of the State of Israel against Iran. Tel Aviv and many other cities of Israel have been badly hit by Iranian ballistic missiles in retaliation of the Israeli attacks, killing of the Iranian leaders and destruction of the Tehran peaceful nuclear program.

אזרחי ישראל היקרים, אחיי ואחיותיי.

במבצע ׳עם כלביא׳ אנחנו השגנו יחד הישגים חסרי תקדים בתולדות ישראל.

אתם זוכרים שמתחילת המבצע, אני הבטחתי לכם שמתקני הגרעין של איראן יושמדו, בדרך זו או אחרת.
ההבטחה הזו קוימה.

לפני זמן קצר, בתיאום מלא ביני לבין הנשיא טראמפ, ובתיאום מבצעי מלא בין… pic.twitter.com/oynRLGJga7

— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) June 22, 2025

There were contrary reports also according to an Iranian media  that the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities were evacuated prior to the  anticipated American strikes against the facilities.

Iran:

▪️ The enemy is under the delusion that it has damaged our nuclear installations — but we had already uncovered its conspiracies back in March!
▪️ We had timely moved all strategic materials to secure locations. Uranium is still fully under our control; the enemy is… pic.twitter.com/NHoiNcXiCC

— Iran's Reply (@IranReply) June 22, 2025