🇺🇸🇩🇪🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Spangdahlem Air Base, southwest Germany, will now be operating on a 24/7 schedule amid the US-Iran tensions.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The Supreme Leader Khamenei should be very worried." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Tehran is ready to negotiate within a framework based on mutual respect on nuclear issues," - Mehr News, Iranian outlet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "We have changed our military doctrine from defense to offense; we are adopting a policy of asymmetric warfare." - Iranian Chief of Staff Abdolrahim Mousavi.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: An Iranian source tells Saudi outlet al-Hadath that "reports about the cancellation of US-Iran talks are not accurate."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - An Iranian source had earlier told Lebanese outlet al-Mayadeen the opposite, that US-Iran talks on Friday were cancelled.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: "Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10 am Friday.

I'm grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements." - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- A White House Official confirms that talks will take place on Friday in Oman. - NewsNation.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - It should be noted that the Iranian foreign minister specifically says “nuclear talks,” indicating that U.S. demands to negotiate on additional topics were likely dropped.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Axios confirms that the talks in Oman on Friday will be bilateral and focused solely on the nuclear issue.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: The United States has asked Israel to refrain from military action against Iran while negotiations are underway.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump: “It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton. I like Bill Clinton. I thought he understood me.”

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump on Minneapolis incidents: “Maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch.”

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian fishermen sped toward and attempted to chase a U.S. destroyer near the coast of Iran.

The fishermen were civilians and, as far as is known, were not armed.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Israeli cabinet ministers have received their summonses from the prime minister's office to attend the security cabinet meeting today, 4pm local time.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Signs are increasing of renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip, possibly already in the coming months This is expected to lead to a large-scale reserve call-up and the breaking of the promise.

Hamas violations on the yellow line are increasing, and is rearming – politically, spring is the convenient time for action, after the budget approval," - Ynet.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- The last US-Russian nuclear arms reduction treaty (New START) has expired today.

🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Iran has seized two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and detained roughly 15 foreign crew members.

🇮🇷 - Note, both tankers were smuggling illegal Iranian crude. The seizure of tankers carrying smuggled crude from Iran by the Iranian navy is normal, and occurs frequently.

Iranians see a 15-20x incentive to sell on the black market, which are typically ship-to-ship transferred to East Asian markets.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- The US and Russia are open to negotiating an extension to the START treaty, Axios reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING:

Turkey, Egypt and Qatar have proposed a possible US-Iran deal, al-Jazeera reports. The framework of the deal will be discussed this Friday between Washington and Tehran in Muscat.

- Iran would cease all enrichment on its soil for three years,

- After three years, Iran will limit enrichment to 1.5%,

- Its current stock of 440kg of 60% enriched uranium would be transferred to a third country,

- Iran would cease arming non-state actors in the region (alluding to Hamas, Hezbollah, Iraqi-based groups and Ansarullah),

- Iran would cease transferring technology to non-state actors in the region,

- Iran would pledge to not use ballistic missiles,

- The US and Iran to sign a non-aggression pact.