—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: The funeral ceremony of the martyred Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, will take place from July 4th to July 9th, 2026.

Saturday July 4th and Sunday July 5th will see a farewell ceremony being held at Imam Khomeini Musalla in Tehran.

On July 6th, there will be a walking procession in Tehran. On July 7th, the pure body will then move to Qom for a procession to be held in the city towards the Holy Shrine.

On July 9th, the body will reach Mashhad and will be buried at the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza.

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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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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iranian MP & Deputy National Security Committee Head, Mahmoud Nabavian:

‘In the MoU, it is stated that American military forces must withdraw from our region within 30 days of signing the final agreement (not the MoU).

However, the details and extent of this withdrawal have not been specified. In my opinion it should be specified.’

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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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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump, on Truth Social, says the MoU with Iran will be signed tomorrow

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—❗️Trump says the uranium can be downblended inside Iran

In other words, the stockpile won’t be transferred abroad; Iran will continue to have control of its enriched uranium and will only dilute it in accordance with gradual full economic sanctions relief.

No sanctions relief, no dilution. Very important, Iran keeps its main leverage.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Some Iranians have gathered outside the foreign ministry chanting ‘Death to Araqchi, the dishonorable compromiser’

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— I just want to say one thing.

While we may be satisfied with some aspects and dissatisfied with other aspects of the MoU, there is one reality.

When the U.S. started this war, their objective was a complete regime change in Iran and an unconditional surrender like we saw in Venezuela.

This totally failed and they suffered a humiliating defeat, and that alone is a divine victory. Iran is the only country in history that managed to stand against a combined all-out American-Zionist assault. We should never forget that.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 A senior Israeli official to Channel 12:

‘This is a shitty agreement.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Official to Bloomberg:

‘This agreement returns everything back to the status-quo and achieves none of the war’s stated objectives’

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Bottom line, nobody is happy.

That’s just diplomacy I guess.

But I think the U.S. & Israel will be more unhappy than Iran. Time will tell.

Can we talk about the Epstein files again or is Iran still two weeks away from having nuclear weapons?

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