—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: In response to protests about the high inflation rate, the head of Iran's Central Bank has submitted his resignation to President Pezeshkian, pending approval

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Several leaders of the protests, likely inserted by Iran's internal or external enemies, were arrested by security forces after shouting unacceptable and unpopular slogans, after being reported to police by the protestors themselves

Most protests have now calmed down significantly, most people are going home.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Mehr News says it spoke to sources at the Central Bank and denies the news of Farzin's resignation

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— 🇮🇷 A video from the shopkeepers protests against the inflation rate:

Girl: 'Let's head to the streets!'

Shopkeeper: 'No, I won't cause any trouble. Who even are you? Get out of here.'

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There is a possibility that Israel may seek to exploit the current situation to strike Iran earlier than they initially planned.

— 🇵🇸 NEW: Hamas has a new spokesman, succeeding the legendary Abu Obaidah

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: The initial report was right; Mohammad Farzin has resigned as Iran's Central Bank Governor, and was replaced by Abdolnasser Hemmati at the direction of President Pezeshkian

NOTE: Hemmati is a laughably bad candidate. He was impeached by the Parliament JUST THIS YEAR from his post as Minister of Finance. He was also the former Central Bank Governor under Rouhani.

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> Impeached in 2025 by the Parliament for his bad performance in combating inflation

> Let's appoint him Central Bank Governor to help combat inflation

Pezeshkian political genius.

— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Russia announced it will 'review' its negotiating position following an attempted Ukrainian drone attack on one of the state residences of the Russian President last night

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: President Trump has spoken to President Putin on the phone for the second time in 2 days.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Instead of meeting with President Trump, Netanyahu first met with the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth

This change in schedule was reportedly 'sudden'.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump has met with Prime Minister Netanyahu

Reporter: 'Will you allow Israel to strike Iran if it continues its ballistic missile program and nuclear program?'

President Trump: 'If they continue with ballistic missiles? Yes. Nuclear? Fast.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 President Trump: 'We have zero disagreements with Israel, in fact I don't think we've ever had any real disagreements'

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I don't think Israel will strike Iran when they're so openly talking about it in the media. That would make no sense, operationally.

An attack will come when the media narrative says the opposite; when everyone thinks there has been de-escalation, there will be escalation. Just like last time.