— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iranian Foreign Ministry: 'The Americans' contradictory positions will be raised explicitly and discussed seriously before the talks can begin'

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—🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: No technical experts are accompanying Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in today's talks, signaling that no content-related matters will be discussed

The two sides are trying to resolve the disagreement over uranium enrichment before anything can move forward.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Israeli Strategic Minister Ron Dermer and Mossad Chief David Barnea before the talks with Iran began in Rome

Reportedly, the meeting with the Israeli officials took 40 minutes longer than expected, with the Israeli side continuously trying to convince Witkoff to stick by the U.S. red line on 'zero enrichment' for Iran.

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The situation right now is very easy.

Either the U.S. walks back their demand of zero enrichment, or Iran exits the talks.

— 🇵🇰/🇮🇳 BREAKING: Pakistan issues NOTAM closing its airspace to all Indian registered and operated flights till June 23rd

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In south Lebanon's sector, 56% of the towns gave a full confidence to Hezbullah and Amal and have accepted them without the need to hold elections in the towns

That's unprecedented

— 🇬🇧/🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: British Airways has canceled flights to Israel until the end of July due to the Yemeni Armed Forces' ongoing air blockade of Ben Gurion International Airport

Air Canada has postponed the resumption of flights to September, and several other major airlines have extended cancellations until mid-June.

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: The fifth round of indirect talks between Iran and the U.S. has concluded.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli tank commander hangs a beheaded toy of a Palestinian child on the barrel of his tank and shares the photo on social media.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran says that Oman made some helpful suggestions that could help solve the deadlock, and that discussions will be held regarding some of these ideas

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇴🇲 NEW: For the first time, an image of the indirect negotiations was published, with Iran's Foreign Minister talking to the Omani Foreign Minister about an American message

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Harvard has sued the Trump administration for the second time in less than a month after the White House blocked international students from attending the university

These students make up about 27% of Harvard's enrollment, with 6,800 enrolled for the 2024-2025 school year.

In April, the Trump administration placed $9 billion in grants and contracts with Harvard 'under review' over alleged 'antisemitism.'

Harvard has been a top target for the Trump administration and Israeli lobbyists in their crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests.

In March, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke at Harvard Business School and even issued a violent threat to the students, saying they should receive 'pagers.'

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