Unfortunately, the live-fire drills planned in the Strait of Hormuz for last Sunday were cancelled, as a sign of 'goodwill' from Iran.

And in exchange, the U.S. was supposed to withdraw its USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier into the Arabian Sea (which it did).

This was supposed to be part of trust-building measures between the two sides, before negotiations could start.

But less than three days afterwards, the U.S. decided to escalate again by shooting down an Iranian drone. There is simply no way the Americans can be trusted at all.

—❗️🇸🇦/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Saudi Arabia has informed Iran that the Kingdom will 'stay neutral' and not respond in case of an Iranian attack on U.S. bases in the Gulf or Saudi Arabia, as long as no Saudis are killed

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, likely in an indirect format, will take place in Oman this Friday

Iran wants to continue the negotiations from where they were right before the 12-Day War. Only the nuclear issue will be discussed.

– Al Mayadeen

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: After talking to Iranian diplomats, senior officials from Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia now believe that Friday's negotiations with the U.S. will not lead to any concrete solution, as Iran has not moved an inch on its demands; the officials said 'war is inevitable' – Wall Street Journal

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. will be indirect, Iranian officials will not sit in the same room as the Americans—Oman will convey messages

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran will agree to direct negotiations between Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff if the Americans present guarantees to abide by what is agreed upon – Al Mayadeen

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— 🇮🇳/🇬🇧 NEW: British tourists Lewis Gabriel Dee and Anushi Emma Christine have been deported from India after posting 'Free Palestine' and 'Boycott Israel' stickers across the town of Pushkar

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 WATCH: Iran's special counter-terrorism police units (NOPO) raided a hideout of Mossad-backed terrorists who were active in the recent violent riots

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— 🇺🇸/🇨🇦/🇮🇱 NEW: To combat antisemitism, bookstores in the United States and Canada have opened special sections for 'Jewish authors', in a bid to promote 'Jewish representation in literature'

NOTE: Jewish authors have won 16% of all Nobel Prizes for literature, despite making up only 0.2% of the global population—they are in fact heavily overrepresented in the genre, not underrepresented.

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— 🇮🇷/🇪🇬 Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi: 'We believe there is a solution to the nuclear issue in Iran, but Iran's sovereignty must be respected'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio: 'We won't make any nuclear deal with Iran that doesn't include limiting the range of their ballistic missiles, so they can no longer threaten Israel'

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These negotiations are finished before they even start. Absolutely delusional.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇨🇳 NEW: Iran's deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, has traveled to Beijing to deliver a message from the Iranian President to Chairman Xi Jinping

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇺🇸 BREAKING: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, pictured with Jeffrey Epstein in Riyadh

The image was released by the DOJ in the latest batch of the Epstein Files, and was reportedly taken in 2017.

By this time, Epstein had already been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution.

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This is disgusting, the fact nobody is being prosecuted as a result of these files is beyond me. The United States is a depraved and morally-eroded PEDOPHILE COUNTRY.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. are CANCELED – Axios

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: 'Talks between Iran and the U.S. have collapsed after the U.S. did not agree to Iran's demand to change the location to Oman, and limit the negotiations purely to the nuclear issue' – Axios

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