
Brian Ahmad
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Brian Ahmad
@HumanFirstBrian
Faith-forward advisor. People-first advocate. Financial planning for good — and for the greater good.


JUST IN: Iran & U.S. reportedly failed to reach an understanding over key differences in the latest round of talks.








🇵🇰 The cameras are live from Islamabad It now all comes down to a conference room.


🇮🇷 Iran's biggest problem at the negotiating table might be one it created itself... The NYT reports Iran can't fully reopen Hormuz because it literally cannot find all the mines it planted. The IRGC used small boats to mine the Strait haphazardly in the early days of the war. Some mines were placed without recording exact locations. Others have drifted from where they were originally set. Araghchi's reference to "technical limitations" when announcing the Strait would reopen was diplomatic language for "we mined our own waterway and can't undo it." Neither Iran nor the U.S. has robust mine-clearing capability. The U.S. relies on a handful of littoral combat ships for the job. Iran doesn't have the equipment at all. Removing sea mines is exponentially harder than laying them, the same asymmetry that defined the entire war applied in reverse. Trump demanded "COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING." Iran can offer partial, gradual, and uncertain. Source: NYT






🇺🇦🇮🇷 Ukraine’s been busy helping take down Iranian drones across the Middle East. The payoff? 10-year defense deals, oil flowing back home, and new security talks with Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Zelensky: "Did we destroy Iranian “shaheds?” Yes, we did. Did we do it in just one country? No, in several. We also shot down drones with jet engines." Source: @ZelenskyyUa















