—🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Al-Mayadeen correspondent on Iran-US nuclear talks:

– Iran has reportedly stated that it is sick of Israeli involvement, and that it will not allow the negotiations to turn into an arena for conveying Israel's messages.

– There are now serious obstacles facing the nuclear talks, as the U.S. is bringing up additional demands that are being pushed by the Israelis.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran's Deputy Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei, says the postponement was proposed by Oman

Reportedly, Oman proposed the negotiations to be postponed after Iran shared its concerns with Omani mediators, stating that America needs to 'get its act together' before negotiations can continue.

This seems to be the prevailing message: America's demands are constantly shifting, Iran says it can't negotiate this way.

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— 🇺🇸 BREAKING: U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy will leave their posts

It is currently unclear if they resigned, of if they were dismissed by President Trump.

Politico speculates that Waltz could be replaced with Steve Witkoff, current U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: 'Mike Waltz's dismissal is not unrelated to the administration's current talks with Iran' – Politico

Waltz was known as one of the most hawkish officials in the Trump administration, who was actively advocating for war with Iran.

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— 🇮🇷/🇪🇺 NEW: Iran has canceled the nuclear talks with the E3 (Germany, France and UK) that were scheduled for tomorrow

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I'm hearing rumors that Waltz is stepping down because Iran won't agree to fully dismantle its nuclear program, and Waltz was insisting on striking Iran if that's the case.

Reportedly, Trump really doesn't want to go to war with Iran, despite his public rhetoric of backing Netanyahu.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Trump announces immediate secondary sanctions on Iran, stating that the U.S. will sanction anyone who buys oil or petrochemicals from Iran

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Yeah, these talks clearly aren't gonna work.

We should no longer entertain them.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Donald Trump says the number of Israeli prisoners in Gaza that were thought to be alive is likely less than 24: 'Out of 59, you had 24 that were living, and now I understand that it’s not even that number.'

This comes two days after Sara Netanyahu mistakenly whispered 'fewer' when the Prime Minister said 'up to 24' prisoners were alive.

Trump also mentioned that the status of Israeli-American prisoner Edan Alexander is unknown, despite previously being confirmed alive and a topic of direct talks between U.S. and Hamas officials, which angered Israelis.

Two weeks ago, Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeidah revealed that Israel struck the location where Edan Alexander was held, resulting in lost contact with the guarding team.

This could indicate that Israel received accurate intelligence about Alexander's whereabouts and struck to eliminate a reason for further talks between the U.S. and Hamas.

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— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 Missile likely intercepted above northern Israel

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— ❗️🇲🇹/🇮🇱 NEW: The 'Gaza Freedom Flotilla' aid organization has announced that approximately six hours ago, one of its ships was attacked twice by Israeli drones while in international waters near Malta

There are reportedly 30 aid workers onboard.

This is the second time since the outbreak of the war on Gaza that Israel has sabotaged the aid organization’s plans to deliver aid, the first being in April 2024, and the fifth instance overall.

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— ❗️🇾🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: Sirens in northern Israel after a ballistic missile was launched from Yemen targeting Haifa, the second attack today.

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