Golnar Motevalli

Iran-US talks are made even harder by a fundamental clash in negotiating styles: American businessmen who pride themselves on aggressive dealmaking vs the slow diplomacy of the Islamic Republic. With @golnarM bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Journalist Amal Khalil was killed in what Lebanon says is a targeted attack by Israel. Hundreds of people attended her funeral. My colleague @DiMagnaySky saw the anger and sadness spill onto the streets. #AmalKhalil #Lebanon #Israel

Such important reporting from @golnarM and colleagues. They examine data from satellite imagery and land-use registries to reveal targeting by the U.S. and Israel in Iran. Two-thirds of targets in Tehran were residential, commercial or industrial. A war on the Iranian people.

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FT: At least 34 tankers with links to Iran have bypassed the US blockade since it began, according to the cargo tracking group Vortexa, including several carrying Iranian oil— despite President Trump declaring the barricade a “tremendous success”. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac…

Bloomberg News analyzed land use within damage clusters in Tehran, and found that 2,816 buildings were hit. Around two thirds were industrial, civilian or commercial. The remaining third of targets were largely military. bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…

“The line between military targets and civilian life cannot be cleanly drawn in practice. Once strikes begin, their impact spreads across this interdependent fabric,” said Nazanin Shahrokni, associate professor at Simon Fraser University. bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…

New Bloomberg satellite data analysis reveals the scale of US-Israeli strike damage and the heightened stakes of a return to all-out-war. bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…

“Iran has shown that it cannot be subdued through force,” writes Ali Amiri. “The next chapter is whether it can become a destination for capital, a hub for regional trade and a platform for industrial growth” economist.com/by-invitation/…

Nope! Everyone in the Iranian system agrees that there is no point in negotiating if the U.S. continues its blockade…

UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip. The victims were killed by Israeli fire in an incident that took place early this morning at the Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza. UNICEF extends our condolences to the families of the men killed. Full statement: unicef.link/4cVCyP9

Trump: The ~Strait of Iran~ is fully open

In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.

"I thought of code-switching as this cross to bear, but also [a] kind of superpower. I was forced to explore different versions of myself. Now...my hope for the next generation is they don’t have to code switch so much, and get to bring all of themselves into any room they enter"

Recent examples where oil trading volumes spiked at key moments in the past few weeks have raised concerns about potential misuse of material non-public information tied to Trump’s shifting stance on the war in Iran. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

رستوران شهرزاد اصفهان پس از نیم ساعت انتظار نوبتمون شد چهارباغ-نزدیک سی و سه پل-تقاطع جنگ و زندگی

The first direct talks in decades between Lebanon and Israel seem doomed with the Hezbollah leader urging the Govt to pull out and saying ‘we’ll let the frontline speak’ and the Israeli military continuing its invasion including attacking health centres and emergency crews

Emergency workers in Lebanon have told Sky's @AlexCrawfordSky how they still see the faces of the children they couldn't save from the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes

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