@arab_balala
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump in one breath: give Iran a nuclear weapon and the world gets blown up. Settle that, he says, and gas prices drop tremendously. His timeframe? "Maybe almost immediately, could be very soon."


🇮🇷🇺🇸 The ceasefire is less than 24 hours old and it's already being torn apart over Lebanon... Here's the situation. Pakistan announced the ceasefire applied "everywhere, including Lebanon." Iran agreed on that basis. Then Netanyahu called Trump minutes before the announcement and got him to agree Lebanon was excluded. The White House never clarified publicly until it was too late. Vance called it a "legitimate misunderstanding." That's a generous way of describing what happened. Iran entered a ceasefire believing Lebanon was included. Israel entered knowing it wasn't. Someone either miscommunicated or deliberately let Iran sign a deal under false assumptions. The result: Israel launched its largest strike on Lebanon since the war began. Iran is now threatening to withdraw from Saturday's talks and close Hormuz again. Araghchi put it plainly: "The U.S. must choose. Ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both." Egypt accused Israel of a "premeditated" attempt to undermine the truce. Iranian news agencies report oil tankers in Hormuz were stopped after the Lebanon strikes. Vance says Israel "offered to check themselves a little bit" going forward. If Iran pulls out over Lebanon, he said, "that would be dumb but that's their choice." This is exactly the pattern I've tracked for 44 days. Every time peace gets close, Israel fills the gap with bombs. The question has always been whether Trump controls Netanyahu or Netanyahu controls Trump. The phone call minutes before the ceasefire announcement answered that question. Source: Axios

🇮🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸 India expects Washington to extend the Russian oil waiver expiring April 12th The 30-day waiver was issued last month to help control surging oil prices by keeping Russian crude flowing to global markets. India, one of the largest buyers of Russian oil, is banking on a renewal. The timing is awkward. The U.S. just agreed to a ceasefire partly because of the economic damage from high energy prices. Letting the waiver expire would tighten supply again at the exact moment markets are calming down. Extending it means continuing to allow Russian oil revenue while Washington is simultaneously trying to pressure Moscow over Ukraine. The war in Iran forced the U.S. into a position where it needs Russian oil on the market to keep prices manageable. That leverage doesn't disappear because a ceasefire was signed. The underlying supply gap is still there and strategic reserves are running low. India knows this. Washington probably does too. Source: @sentdefender

🇺🇸The F-35’s three bearing swivel duct nozzle is somewhat of a mechanical masterpiece. It takes the powerful thrust from the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine and can swing it from straight back to a full 95 degrees straight down in just seconds.














