Iran: “No Deal”

🇺🇸 U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity to secure an agreement with Washington. 

“If you don’t want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% enriched fuel?” Vance told Reuters, calling enrichment a “basic threshold issue.”

Iran Slams Door On Nuclear Talks: No Deal Unless US Meets Its Conditions

Vance says Iran must cut enrichment to end war…

There have been no nuclear negotiations taking place between Washington and the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing what it said was an Iranian official.

“No negotiations [have] taken place with the US about Iran’s nuclear program… Washington must first meet Tehran’s conditions before nuclear talks can start,” the source said.

“US recognition of Iran’s right to nuclear enrichment is Tehran’s ​red line … [Iran] will not show flexibility on [enrichment] in any way,” the source added, a day after US Vice President JD Vance called for a scale-back of Iranian uranium enrichment.

Continued below the fold.

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, on September 22, 2026, in Washington, DC [Alex Brandon/AP]

United States Vice President JD Vance has called for Iran to make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity as part of an agreement to end the war, a demand experts say may signal a softening of Washington’s earlier insistence that Tehran abandon enrichment altogether.

His comments come amid hardline rhetoric from other senior US officials. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, while President Donald Trump has warned the war will end through either “the nice way or the not-so-nice way”. Continue reading Iran: “No Deal”

Iran, Oil, Trump, Houthis & Fake News

  • Pakistan has deployed up to 40,000 soldiers to Saudi Arabia in order to defend it from missile and drone attacks-Reuters
  • China has cut off satellite imagery the Islamic Republic relied on to track U.S. forces, assess strike damage and plan attacks.

Last week, Trump rejected Iran’s proposed seven-day cease-fire offer, calling it unacceptable.

Iran indicated it would open up the Strait of Hormuz during that time, but top administration officials have contended that the US is already getting oil through the critical chokepoint.

Houthis Unleash Large Missile, Drone Barrage On Saudi Arabia, Target Riyadh Airport & Aramco Facility

The Iran-backed Houthis threatened to hit Turkey and Pakistan with an “iron fist.” Now, as Saudi-backed forces push into Houthi-held territory, their spokesman is talking about ceasefire and peace.

All-out war as Saudis boast 100 warplanes operating over Yemen…

  • Saudi-backed forces launch major counteroffensive with roughly 100 Saudi fighter jets supporting attacks along the Red Sea coast.

  • Mocha’s status remains disputed: Government forces claim to have retaken the strategic port, while Houthis deny the loss.

  • Houthis announce major missile & drone attack on Saudi territory, including against international airport in Riyadh.

  • Houthi fighters reportedly seize homes of senior government figures, including Parliament Speaker Sultan al-Barakani’s mansion.

  • Bab el-Mandeb is increasingly at risk, raising concerns for Red Sea shipping and the wider Suez trade route.

Trump: ‘Threat’ Forced U.S. Bombers from UK — Vows Iran Will ‘Suffer Greatly’ over Any Combat Drone Plot

Israel  provided Britain with intelligence warning of what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as an “Iranian-sponsored attack.”

President Donald J. Trump disembarks Marine One at Joint Base Andrews Friday, July 10, 202

President Donald Trump said Monday that a threat linked to Iran prompted the United States to pull its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in Britain, warning Tehran would “suffer greatly” over any combat drone plot as reports revealed fears of an IRGC-ordered attack targeting the strategic aircraft and American personnel.

The United States abruptly evacuated roughly a dozen B-1s from Fairford on Sunday amid urgent concerns about a “potentially complex drone attack” ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. and European officials briefed on the threat.

US President Donald Trump tells reporters that the country faces a choice to either make a deal with Iran or “blow them up”.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has told military leaders at the Quantico Marine base outside Washington, DC, that American forces have “destroyed” Iran’s navy, air force, defence systems, leadership and military-industrial capacity, while also crippling its nuclear ambitions.

Iran says it has received a US counterproposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as part of diplomatic efforts to break the deadlock over the ongoing conflict.

‘Who is better to rise as a secret proxy for Iran than al-Qaeda?’

Although violent sectarianism are as old as Islam itself, the goal of defeating the common infidel enemy persists, and, of course, America is the archenemy of both al-Qaeda and Iran. Take the example of Saudi Arabia: This ostensible ally of the United States also allied with Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Hamas….

Attorney General announces record number of cases to strip US citizenship

Top officials have sought to expand the use of rarely invoked laws that can strip naturalised Americans of citizenship.

The Trump administration indicated it would seek to denaturalise large numbers of Somali Americans after allegations emerged in Minnesota of daycare fraud involving the Somali diaspora.

At last:

Trump Hits Kharg Island, Calls Iran a “Failed Nation”

Crude price passes $90 a barrel after tit-for-tat US-Iran strikes

Oil prices continue to rise after the resumption of fighting in the Middle East.

Big setback for Iran

Kharg Island has reportedly suffered severe destruction in fresh US strikes.

9 missile launchers, underground missile & drone storage, a command center, runways and an ammunition dump were destroyed, with dozens of IRGC officials reportedly killed.

Iran’s Pezeshkian Gets Red Carpet Treatment Alongside Putin, Xi, Modi & Erdogan At Eurasian Summit

Not quite the isolation Washington was hoping for…

Xi Jinping, Putin, and Modi Show Support for Iran in Meetings with President Masoud Pezeshkian

Xi Jinping, Putin, and Modi Show Support for Iran in Meetings with President Masoud Pezeshkian

India, Russia, Pakistan, China, North Korea increase trade with Iran, calling the US sanctions meaningless.

Iran has formed its cordial relations with powerful countries.

Iran says it’ll ‘immediately’ reciprocate if US abides by deal

  • Iran will “immediately” reciprocate if ⁠the US fulfils its commitments under ‌an interim deal signed in June to end the six-month war and open the Strait of Hormuz, its president ⁠says.
  • US President Donald Trump pledges to respond to Iranian strikes on US military personnel in Jordan vowing “we’re going to hit them hard“.
  • Trump says the strait is in “extremely good shape” while claiming Iran’s financial system, military, and leadership have been largely degraded, but added “it doesn’t mean we won’t smack them to see what happens”.
  • UK Maritime Trade Operations reports a tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles near Khasab, Oman, while exiting Hormuz.
  • An advisor to the UAE president says Iran made a mistake targeting Gulf states, and the only way out of the war is to work with those countries
  • Treasury Secretary Bessent says Iran’s leadership is admitting the pressure is working, pointing to Pezeshkian’s remark that the war must end and parliamentary speaker Ghalibaf’s warning that Iran can’t endure without financial circulation and economic growth. Bessent says Treasury will keep severing every economic lifeline sustaining the regime until Tehran stands alone.

Iran Launches Strikes at US Base in “Attempted Surprise Attack”

‘War is deceit’ said Muhammad, profit of islam…..

JUST IN: Iran Launches Strikes at US Base in “Attempted Surprise Attack” After Trump Halted Strikes Against Iran

Iran launched a missile strike on US forces in the Middle East on Tuesday in what US Central Command described as a “attempted surprise attack.”

All of the missiles were intercepted, CENTCOM says.

This comes after President Trump called off the nearly two-week-long bombing campaign against Iran to continue negotiations on Friday.

“At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness,” US Central Command announced in a statement.

  • United States and Saudi forces have launched attacks on Iran-aligned groups in Iraq in retaliation for “30 IRGC-directed” drone attacks in the past 30 days, including on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
  • Iran claims an attack on a US base in Jordan, with the Jordanian army saying it shot down five missiles at dawn.
  • Tehran has rejected Oman’s proposal to split transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz, instead calling for full control of the inbound corridor and partial control of the outbound corridor.
  • US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held “positive and productive” talks, the White House says.

Trump Derangement Syndrome has become so severe that too many Democrats now appear more determined to stop President Trump than to stop the Iranian regime.

Iran is not merely another country involved in a policy disagreement.

It is a hostile theocracy that has spent decades threatening Americans, funding terrorist proxies and destabilizing the Middle East.

Yet in the middle of an active conflict, Democrats are making “Stop This Illegal War” their rallying cry while American forces remain in danger. Continue reading Iran Launches Strikes at US Base in “Attempted Surprise Attack”

Iran: “more people are dying when there is no war…”

“Our regime has massacred Iranians for 47 years. When girls were poisoned in schools and thousands executed by the regime, where were you all?”

The US abruptly suspended a campaign of air strikes against Iran over the weekend, raising hopes of a diplomatic solution that would allow shipping to resume in the Strait of Hormuz, which carried one-fifth of global energy supplies before ⁠the US-Israel war on Iran.

Trump Says U.S. in ‘Very Deep Talks’ with Iran

Warns of ‘Strong Military Action’ if Diplomacy Fails

President Donald J. Trump makes an announcement on American nuclear innovation, Friday, Ju

President Donald Trump said Monday the United States is engaged in “very deep talks” with Iran but warned Washington is prepared to resume “very strong military action” if diplomacy fails, saying he agreed to pause plans to expand the U.S. military campaign to give negotiations another opportunity.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to meet with Trump.

Oman sends Hormuz management plan to Iran; Gulf nations onboard

  • Oman presents a proposal to Iran ⁠for ⁠joint management of the Strait of Hormuz with “voluntary fees” that would ensure Tehran does not exercise sole control ⁠of the vital waterway.
  • US President Donald Trump says Washington is having “very friendly talks” with Tehran but suggests he is not prepared for prolonged negotiations.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Trump later on Tuesday with the US-Israeli war on Iran topping the agenda.
  • Saudi Arabia condemns a drone attack launched by Iran-backed groups in Iraq that targeted Riyadh as well as oil facilities in the Eastern Province.
An Israeli soldier stops Palestinians from passing in Hebron (File Photo)

Protesters confront Netanyahu’s motorcade

Protesters in the US capital targeted Benjamin Netanyahu’s motorcade by shouting slogans, waving Palestinian flags and calling for his arrest.

The Israeli prime minister arrived in Washington, DC, for talks with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Mojtaba Khamenei writes to Hizballah: ‘No path remains except jihad’
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This is how the Iranians, or at least the supporters of Iran’s Islamic regime, view their conflict with the United States. They see it as a religious conflict, a jihad for Islam, which is the one aspect of it that State Department analysts, and virtually everyone else in the West, resolutely ignore.
 

Trump: “not one boat gets in”

Trump says Iran is pleading the US to stop its naval blockade

Trump has asked a crowd at General Motors in Michigan: “How good is our navy with a blockade?”

Referring to the US naval blockade on Iran, he said that: “Not one boat gets in”.

He added that Iran is saying: “Please, please, no blockade”.

Update:

U.S. and Iran Pause Strikes for Second Straight Day

Iran Focuses Attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea Shipping Lanes

Iran Focuses Attacks on Saudi Arabia & Red Sea Shipping Lanes

  • US President Donald Trump says “we are having good talks” with Iran but that he is not interested in prolonged negotiations. Trump also again denies that the United States is low on munitions.
  • Iran’s top joint military command says that it will view any attempt by the US to implement its “illegal” maritime blockade as an escalation of the regional conflict.
  • Iran says the US is “stuck and struggling” after five months of war it began under the influence of Israel and will “inevitably pay the price”.
  • A series of suspected Iranian drone attacks have been reported in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, with US jets and drones said to have flown over Erbil in defence of the city.

LOL! Trump Calls Iranian Leader Khamenei a “Gay Dictator” During White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (VIDEO)

Netanyahu arrives in Washington, DC, for Trump talks

The Israeli prime minister has touched down on US soil, according to media reports in Israel.

Iran’s health minister says 60 killed, 670 injured in recent US attacks

Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi said that 60 Iranian citizens were killed and about 670 injured in attacks by the United States in the south of the country, over a period of between 10 and 12 days, according to Iranian news agency reports.

The US is ‘winning big time’ with Iran, Trump says

More from Trump’s speech in Michigan:

The president says he is making the “largest ever investment in the United States armed forces”, adding that the US has the strongest military in the world and that he is using it now.

“We’re winning big time with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he said, adding, “We’re ensuring that they’re never having a nuclear weapon.”

“”If you understood the power of the nuclear weapons, you’d understand exactly what I was saying.”

Trump says Iran has been “the bully of the Middle East” for 47 to 50 years.

He said that US President Barack Obama thought it was possible to bribe Iran, but that “you can’t bribe them, you gotta beat them, and we’re beating the hell out of them”.

“We’ll see how it turns out,” he added. “Right now there are very friendly negotiations going on.”

Iran: ‘Former Supreme Leader Ordered Us to Negotiate’

Tankers and cargo vessels in the Gulf of Oman

Houthis and Saudi Arabia exchange fire as US-Iran war intensifies

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its “condemnation and strong denunciation” of the Houthi attacks against ships in the Red Sea.

  • Saudi Arabia launches strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeidah in the latest escalation during the regional war between the United States and Iran.
  • President Donald Trump says dialogue between Washington and Tehran continues and a threatened “massive” attack may be unnecessary, although the US remains “locked and loaded”.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran does not fear threats or succumb to pressure.
  • Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia has claimed that “almost all” US military infrastructure in Iraq’s Erbil has been destroyed during recent attacks by the IRGC, he told Iranian state television, as reported by Anadolu Agency.
  • The Houthis have condemned those attacks and claimed air defences “intercepted enemy aircraft”.
  • The IRGC naval forces stopped four vessels in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours after firing warning shots, Iranian state television has reported.

A public rift has emerged between Iran’s government and state television over how to portray the state of war and negotiations with the United States, as mediators try to nudge both countries towards diplomacy.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, centre right, and Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, centre left, attend a farewell ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for international delegates at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2026

Former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly said there would be no negotiations with Washington – but privately had given his approval.

“We went to the dear leader, explained the situation, and asked him what to do since he had said the ‘no war, no peace’ conditions are bad for the country,” the president said. “He ordered us to go negotiate. We started the talks based on his order.”

‘Military action alone’ won’t change Iran’s perspective

Iran has “no perfect choices or even good ones”, according to Michael Mulroy, former US deputy assistant secretary of defence for the Middle East and a CIA paramilitary operations officer.

However, if Iran can sell energy, then the US is “not going to be able to isolate them to the point where they change their perspective on a new agreement that’s more conducive to the United States”, he told Al Jazeera.

“So I think we need to build an international coalition to identify how we’re doing this: sanctions, secondary sanctions, freezing assets, the IRGC’s global infrastructure – all these things need to happen”, he said, adding “they probably won’t happen fast enough for the White House’s perspective, but they do need to happen because it’s clear that just military action alone is not changing that perspective”.

“From the US perspective, it needs several things to happen for this not to be considered a strategic failure; they need the Strait of Hormuz to be open, completely open and they need a new nuclear agreement that guarantees Iran doesn’t get a nuclear weapon, and we’re pretty far from that.”

  • Iran summons Ukraine’s diplomats after Kyiv bombs an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea, killing at least one sailor and wounding another.
  • Ukraine says it was targeting Russian vessels carrying Iran-linked military cargo, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is assisting Iran in its military campaign in the Middle East.
  • Yemen’s Houthis launch missile and drone attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Jizan and Yanbu on the Red Sea coast, in retaliation for Saudi-led coalition strikes on Hodeidah port and Kamaran Island.
  • Trump has ordered the US military to set aside plans to attack Iran, according to US media, amid concerns the conflict could “dangerously drain” air defence munitions stocks.
  • Kuwait’s ambassador to the US had denied a Wall Street Journal report that claimed the Gulf state had sent fighter jets to attack Iran.

US bombs Iran for an eighth consecutive night

  • The US launches new strikes on Iran after two American soldiers were killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan.
  • US President Donald Trump says the deaths were “a very sad thing”, adding that “we’re never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.
  • Kuwait’s state-owned oil company says one of its main facilities has been hit in an Iranian strike as Iraqi media report that the US consulate in Erbil activated air defences amid drone attacks.
  • Top Iranian commander Ali Abdullahi has warned the US, saying “any aggression or barbarism will be met with a decisive and devastating response” from Iran’s armed forces.

Cardboard mufti still in hiding, tries to rally the masses….

 

Iran’s supreme leader warns US of ‘unforgettable lessons’ amid MoU breaches

Mojtaba Khamenei says Trump’s signature is ‘worthless’ and that ‘bullying’ is a core element of US foreign policy.

Iran says 10,000 without water after US attack; fire at Kuwait water site

  • Iran’s national water company says some 10,000 people across 20 villages are without water after overnight US attacks.
  • Iran’s army says it has hit US assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait following the latest round of US strikes. Kuwait says fire broke out at a power and desalination plant after an Iranian strike.
  • Earlier, US Central Command said it had completed its seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, employing “fighter aircraft, aerial drones and warships” to hit the country’s “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”.
  • Iranian state media says at least three people have been killed and eight wounded in attacks in Hormozgan province which borders the Strait of Hormuz.
  • US Central Command says a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that two oil tankers have exploded in the strait after hitting mines in the international waterway is “false”.
  • What to expect after the US reimposes naval blockade on Iran’s ports?

Behind enemy lines:

Iran: US pledges to protect Hormuz vessels during Iran strikes

Washington will “become the guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz for a 20 percent fee, sez Trump.

Iran said on Saturday it has once again shut the Strait of Hormuz to traffic. The US has maintained it remains open.

“Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing,” US Central Command wrote early on Sunday.

US launches new wave of strikes against Iran, aimed at ‘degrading’ military

Sunday’s attacks follow three previous days of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and US as a June ceasefire deal frays.

  • US forces are “positioned and prepared” to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz despite “Iranian aggression”, CENTCOM says.
  • Iran claims attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman with missiles and suicide drones as fears rise of a return to full-scale war in the Middle East.
  • The US military says it struck more than 140 targets in Iran with explosions reported in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, Bandar-e Deyr, Jask and Asaluyeh
  • The hostilities come after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declared the Strait of Hormuz “closed until further notice” and said it fired at a ship attempting to transit through what it called an unapproved route.

Gulf tensions rise as Iran strikes Qatar, disrupting mediation efforts

Iran hit Kuwait and Bahrain following US attacks while avoiding Qatar since early April.

Sunday’s attack on Qatar targeted a state whose mediation efforts have been central to attempts to broker a ceasefire between the US and Iran.

In Tehran, life for more than 10 million people has carried on mostly as usual since the capital has not been recently attacked. But the economy is in the doldrums and the outlook is increasingly uncertain, more than four months after the US and Israel began their aerial campaign.

Here’s the latest:

  • The UAE says two of its national tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles, as India summons Iran’s deputy ambassador after an Indian crew member was killed and several others were wounded in the attacks.
  • The US has carried out more strikes on Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions on Kish and Qeshm islands, as well as Bushehr and Bandar Abbas.
  • Iran says it attacked US military sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and two oil supertankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • US President Donald Trump says a US blockade will be reinstated on Iranian ports in the coming hours, and Washington will “become the guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz for a 20 percent fee.

Hormuz cargo fee ‘would be fundamentally wrong’: Hapag-Lloyd

Charging fees for passage through international waters “would be fundamentally wrong”, German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says.

China urges US and Iran to restore safe passage through Hormuz

China called on the United States and Iran to restore safe passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz after fighting reignited over how the strategic waterway should be managed.

Iran Hits Several Ships in the Strait, US Military Launches Powerful Strikes Against Iran

Trump Goes Off on NATO During Summit in Turkey, Suggests He May Withdraw Troops from Europe

BREAKING: US Military Launches Powerful Strikes Against Iran

Iran: Khamenei mourners carry huge banner proclaiming ‘We will kill Trump’

Iranians threaten to murder Trump, Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer, Peter Thiel and others

When the Islamic Republic Threatens to Kill You, Believe Them.

Turkish foreign minister: Israel ‘a burden that humanity can no longer bear’

UN Fires Whopping 70 Gaza Staffers in Wake of Israeli Claims Aid Workers Were Terrorists, as Tel Aviv Provides Evidence of Claims

UN Watch Asks UN to Strip UNRWA Head of Legal Immunity

During the course of its campaign in Gaza, the IDF found evidence, including lists of Hamas members, that hundreds of members of UNRWA were also members of Hamas, and some had even taken part in the October 7, 2023 attack on the Nova Music Festival and more than 20 kibbutzim.

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