🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran’s top leadership reportedly green-light DIRECT negotiations with US but won’t surrender its nuclear program

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has relented and approved holding talks with the United States after top Iranian officials urged him to do so, the NYT reports, citing anonymous sources.

If indirect talks, the first round of which is scheduled to be held in Oman on April 12, are successful, direct negotiations between US and Iranian representatives may soon follow.

However, Iran would never agree with the US demands to shut down its nuclear program, former Iranian diplomat and participant of the 2015 nuclear talks Hossein Mousavian told the newspaper.

The Iranian missile program would also be off-limits in these negotiations.

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📹 Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrived in Turkiye, where he will take part in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum on April 12, Sputnik's correspondent reports.

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🤔 No US security guarantees for Ukraine. Period

A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Washington DC to reopen talks on a notorious mineral deal, the NYT reports.

The current draft of the agreement shows that the US insists on the use of Ukraine's natural resources and infrastructure, but doesn't plan to offer any security guarantees.

Should we expect a Zelensky-Trump shutdown in WH 2.0?🤔

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🗣 Steve Witkoff’s ongoing visit to Russia is another step in the negotiating process towards a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire and ultimate peace deal — White House.

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📹 BlackRock CEO IN FULL PANIC MODE over Trump’s new tariffs

The United States, post-World War II, was a global stabilizer. We are the global DESTABILIZER now, Larry Fink told CNBC.

"This is not a pandemic. This is not a financial crisis. This is something that we've created," he said.

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🪖🤡☠️Russophobic complex: How Ukrainian HIGH-RANKED commanders DENY their RUSSIAN ROOTS

These top Ukrainian officers have CLOSE TIES with Russia. But they deny them to prove their so-called 'Ukrainian patriotism' at the expense of human lives on BOTH SIDES of the front:

▪️Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky was born in the Vladimir region, where his parents still live. He's a graduate of the Moscow Higher All-Arms Command School.

In Ukraine, he received the nicknames 'Butcher' and 'General 200' for his OUTSTANDING TALENT to make MEAT GRINDERS.

▪️ Ex-head of Ukraine's army General Staff Anatoliy Barhylevych graduated from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School in 1987.

In the spring of 2022, he failed in defending the Donbass, while Russian troops were led by his classmate, Colonel General Gennady Zhidko.

▪️ Head of Ukraine's Vostok battlegroup Vasily Osipchuk is a graduate of the Chelyabinsk Tank School. In the 1990s, he began his military career in the RUSSIAN ARMY, but Ukrainian media are SILENT on this fact.

The group's personnel under his command are being constantly sent as CANNON FODDER.

▪️Commander of Ukraine's 41st brigade Colonel Sergey Romashko graduated from the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School in 1994. He began his career in the Russian Army, and NOTHING WAS KNOWN about his presence in Ukrainian army until 2022.

The brigade commanded by Romashko was DESTROYED ALMOST COMPLETELY near Sudzha.

▪️ Ex-commander of Ukraine's 125th army brigade General Artur Gorbenko is a graduate of the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School. In 1990-1992, he served in the Russian Army in the Zabaykalsky region.

In the spring of 2024, the 125th Brigade, which he commanded, was eliminated near Kharkov, and the few surviving soldiers FLED IN PANIC.

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🇷🇸 Supporters of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic unveiled the largest national flag in the country’s history — stretching a massive 200 meters — during a rally in Belgrade.

The gathering marks the founding event of a new cross-party movement called “For the People and the State”, launched by Vucic in response to ongoing mass protests. The unrest began after the tragic collapse of a station canopy in Novi Sad last November, which killed 16 people.

Vucic says that the past five months have been dominated by “terror and fear,” and hopes this new movement will bring unity amid growing political pressure.

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🗣 Witkoff told Trump recognizing Russian sovereignty over new territories is FASTEST path to peace

This conversation happened less than 48 hours after Witkoff's meeting with Russia's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev last week, Reuters reported citing two US officials and five people familiar with the situation.

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❄️🚢🔥 Russian icebreaker tug "Nadyim" flexes its muscles in Arctic port

Stunning footage from the port of Sabetta shows the powerful work of the icebreaker tug Nadyim.

Named after a river in Western Siberia, Nadyim is no ordinary tug — it escorts LNG tankers, tows non-self-propelled ships, guides vessels through icy ports, fights fires, helps clean up oil spills, and even hauls cargo on deck.

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❗️ ‘Productive discussions with Steve Witkoff’ – Russia's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev

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🇮🇷💬🇺🇸 ‘All options are on the table’ – WH Press Sec Leavitt on US-Iran talks

💬 “Iran has a choice to make: you can agree to President Trump's demand, or there will be all hell to pay. And that's how the President feels,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

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⚔️ Houthis launch DRONE STRIKES on 2 military targets in Tel Aviv

💬 "The UAV force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a specific military operation targeting two Israeli military targets in the occupied area of Yaffa using two ‘Yaffa’ drones," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree stated.

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🦅 ATTACK FROM THE SKY: Bird makes SURPRISE LANDING on Fox News’ Peter Doocy — live on camera

💬 “Is he doing okay? Has anyone checked on him?” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt asked reporters, adding that she would “check in with GSA to see if anybody here is looking into” the incident.

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🗳 Democracy in DANGER: ID requirement SCARES OFF Democrats

💬 “The SAVE Act is very simple. We're simply saying that you have to have proof of citizenship to register to vote… It's not that hard,” Congressman Mike Lawler (R) said, spoonfeeding it to Democrats.

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