— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Recently declassified NSA documents confirm for the first time that Pakistan likely helped Iran with its nuclear program in the early stages of development

In a conversation with President Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin says 'uranium of Pakistani origin' was found in Iranian enrichment centrifuges.

'It makes me nervous', Putin says, because Pakistan already has nuclear weapons—meaning they likely transferred expertise to Iran.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Contrary to reports in the media that Iran has completely lifted Islamic morality rules; today the authorities closed a famous restaurant in northern Tehran for improper public conduct and violation of Islamic guidelines

Their instagram account was also seized by the police and shut down.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 WATCH: Early in the morning, Russia carried out intense strikes against Kiev using Iranian 'Shahed-136' (Geran-2) drones

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇪🇺/🇮🇱 Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian: 'We are in a state of total war with America, Israel and Europe. They don't want our country to stand on its own feet.'

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian: 'The Iranian Armed Forces are stronger and more prepared than before the Zionist aggression, despite all the pressure and sanctions on our country'.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian: 'If the Zionist regime dares to attack Iran again, the response will be much harsher than before'

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Likely. Iran is already looking for a reason to strike, to avoid being surprised this time.

But always take Hebrew media with a huge pinch of salt.

The Iran from before the 12-Day War is no more. The risk-averse mindset that has prevailed for over 45 years is gone.

Iran has tried negotiations, time and time again, and every time it has been betrayed. There is now a fundemental lack of trust.

Iran sees conflict as inevitable. It learnt many lessons from the 12-Day War. And it wants to prevent a repeat of these events by any means possible.

One of the main things the Iranian leadership always feared is internal chaos or uprisings during time of war. But the unity of the Iranian people in the last war gave the leadership confidence that such a thing will not happen.

I think Israel accidentally created a much greater threat to itself than before.

Bro basically said 'Israel threatened us, so we better listen and do exactly as they say'

— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: A Russian soldier dressed as Santa Claus raises the Russian flag on the local administrative building in Mirnograd

Ukrainian troops were surrounded in the city for more than a month until the city was finally liberated today.

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🇸🇴🇮🇱| Iran and a bunch of other Muslim countries issued a joint condemnation of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, calling it a violation of Somalia’s sovereignty and international law.

Abraham Accord members (UAE, Bahrain & Morocco) are unsurprisingly missing.

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