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🇺🇸 Trump: “Better get smart soon.” Vows IRAN will never have nuclear weapon.
🇮🇷 Iran responds to Trump: “We don’t take orders from Washington. America must accept reality — Iran will never surrender its rights of neculear.”
🇮🇷 Iran slams Trump’s long-term blockade: “This is an act of war & economic terrorism. We will respond forcefully — no port in the region will be safe if our lifeline is choked.” IRGC on full alert.
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🇮🇷 Iran responds to Trump’s extended naval blockade plan: “Any blockade will be treated as an act of war. We will respond with full force and close the Strait permanently if needed.”
IRGC on high alert.
Fars News, Tasnim, Reuters
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Trump:
“Iran is in a state of collapse. We want the Strait of HORMUZ opened as soon as possible.”
🇮🇷Iran: “We will soon see who is in a STATE of COLLAPSE”
-White House, Iranian state media, Reuters
WH spokeswoman Anna Kelly:
" US “won’t be rushed into a bad deal.” Trump will only accept agreement putting US security first & ensuring Iran never possesses NECULEAR WEAPON."
🇮🇷 Iran fires back: “US has no right to dictate our peaceful program.”
-White House briefing, IRNA, Reuters
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🇮🇷 Iran responds sharply to US military preference: “Any attack will be met with overwhelming force. Trump’s option will turn into America’s nightmare.” IRGC vows decisive retaliation.
Sources: Fars News, Tasnim, Reuters
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🇮🇷 IRGC Navy official warns:
“We will respond to every new act of aggression with a new surprise.” “Another US miscalculation… and we burn its giant warships in the fire of its wrath.”
IRGC statements via Press TV, Tasnim, Reuters —
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🇮🇷 Iran’s Air Force conducted sorties striking US bases in Iraq, Kuwait & Qatar early in the war, according to Army statement.
-Press TV, Militarnyi, Al Jazeera, Reuters
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🇮🇷 Iran has transferred 15 unexploded US missiles & bombs — including intact GBU-57 bunker buster — to research units for reverse engineering.
IRGC statement via Press TV, Al Masirah, Reuters
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🇺🇸 US faces serious shortage of weapons after Iran war — “weakens the United States' ability to fight future wars,” citing officials.
The Atlantic, NYT, CSIS
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"UAE announces withdrawal from OPEC after 50+ years, effective May 1. Move allows unlimited oil production boost — seen as potential win for Trump."
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"Yemen's Ansarullah is considering charging tolls on vessels through Bab al-Mandab Strait, mirroring Iran's Hormuz model.
Al Akhbar & Reuters reports
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🇮🇷 Iran’s Defence Ministry spokesperson Reza Talaei-Nik: “The US is no longer in a position to dictate policy to independent nations.” Washington must abandon its “illegal and irrational demands.”
-IRNA, Reuters, Al Jazeera
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🇺🇸US announces sanctions warning: (Again)
"Any entity dealing with Iranian airlines risks full U.S. penalties. Treasury Sec. Bessent: “Doing business with sanctioned carriers exposes you to sanctions"
-Reuters, WSJ, US Treasury
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🇮🇷 Iran has only 12–22 days of oil storage left. US naval blockade has slashed exports by 70%, Strait of Hormuz shipments nearly halted. Production may drop another 1.5M bpd by mid-May.
-Bloomberg, Kpler, Reuters