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Images received from SMS messages sent to people by government officials containing phrases "casualties of recent tragic incidents" and "issuing motorcycle licenses for women" Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, posted a message [in English] on the X social network emphasizing the geographical distance between Iran and America, writing: While Washington is located thousands of kilometers away from the region, it tries to dictate to Iran's armed forces how to conduct military exercises and training in their own territory. Araghchi wrote: On one hand, America has placed the Revolutionary Guards on the list of terrorist organizations, and on the other hand, it recognizes the right of the same force to hold military exercises. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Ali Larijani's tweet: "Contrary to the artificial media war atmosphere, a structural framework for #negotiations is progressing." alilarijani_ir Previously, sources in the Islamic Republic had written that "the daily publication of the IRGC's political deputy" claimed that the Islamic Republic has declared readiness for 'the export of enriched uranium within a specified framework... but what America wants is not assurance, it's Iran's disarmament...' asriran 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump: America is in nuclear negotiations with the Islamic Republic. Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran is negotiating with the United States and once again emphasized that America has deployed a large military fleet to the region: "We can't say what will happen, but the current plan is that Iran is in talks with us and we have to see whether we can reach a result or not; otherwise we'll see what happens." He added: "We've sent a large fleet there; larger than the fleet we had before - and actually still have - in Venezuela." Trump also said about Iran's nuclear program: "Iran is negotiating, but last time the negotiations didn't work out, you know. Then we destroyed the nuclear program in a different way. We'll have to see what happens." Ardeshir @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump has reposted a video on Truth Social showing the presence of government forces in Haft-e Tir Square in Tehran. In another post, he reposted a user's explanation about this video that said: "The IRGC members are scared, they've completely soiled themselves." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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An injured person in military uniform at second 0:22 - In the report that "Sobh Sahel Media, Persian Gulf People's Newspaper" published about the Bandar Abbas explosion, an individual can be seen being carried who is wearing military uniform. 📱 Published here: sobhesahel_media 🔄 Update: The video was deleted from the source. I had downloaded the above video myself from the same address I had linked to. 📡 @VahidOnline

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A video has been released of Avosh, the three-year-old son of Hadi Forogh, the basketball player who lost his life on January 7th in Ariashahr. In this video, the child joyfully shouts "It's daddy... mommy, it's daddy" upon seeing his father's image on television, unaware that he had lost his father forever that very day. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Vida Rabbani, journalist and former political prisoner, Abdullah Momeni and Mehdi Mahmoudian, former political prisoners and signatories of the statement known as "The 17," were arrested on Saturday, February 1st. As of the time this report was compiled, no details have been announced regarding the arresting authority or the charges brought against them. Last week, 17 civil and political activists had signed a statement describing the peaceful transition from the Islamic Republic as an "unsuppressible necessity." The signatories of this statement, while supporting the protests, emphasized the Iranian people's right to freedom, justice, and sovereignty over their own destiny. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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A military-related source told me that the target of today's explosion in Bandar Abbas was Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, commander of the Army's Navy. According to this source, one of the units in this 4-unit building on Moalem Boulevard was the residence of this army commander. It is still unclear whether Rear Admiral Irani was killed in this explosion or not.

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Ahvaz: The head of Ahvaz Municipality's Fire Department and Safety Services, referring to a gas explosion in a four-unit building, reported that four people were killed in this incident. Babak Rabiee told ISNA: In the gas explosion incident at the four-unit building on Laleh 3 Street in Kianshahr district, four members of one family including father, mother and their two children were killed. He added: Also in this incident, two people including a 3-year-old child and a woman were rescued alive from under the rubble. Before the fire department forces arrived, about four injured people were transferred to medical centers by emergency services. The head of Ahvaz Municipality's Fire Department and Safety Services, referring to the completion of debris removal operations, said: Following this incident, the four-unit building where the explosion occurred and the adjacent four-unit building were completely destroyed and caused damage to neighboring buildings. ISNA images have been published on social media with descriptions from Ahvaz. 📡 @VahidOnline

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'Terrifying sound heard in Bandar Abbas' IRIB News Agency: This sound was related to an explosion in an eight-story building on Moalem Boulevard in Bandar Abbas. As a result of this explosion, two floors of the building were destroyed and several cars and a shop were damaged. Tasnim News Agency (IRGC-affiliated) has claimed that: Some Telegram channels have been spreading a massive rumor for hours about the assassination of General "Tangsiri," commander of the IRGC Navy. Follow-up by Tasnim's reporter from informed sources indicates that this news is completely false 📡 @VahidOnline

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Axios: Saudi Defense Minister warns that if Trump doesn't attack Iran, the regime will be strengthened Axios website has exclusively revealed that Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister, told officials and experts in a private meeting in Washington that if Donald Trump doesn't follow through on his threats against Iran, the final result will be "a stronger Islamic Republic." According to four sources present at the meeting, Khalid bin Salman explicitly emphasized that American withdrawal after weeks of military threats sends a message of weakness and essentially emboldens Tehran. This position is in stark contrast to Saudi Arabia's official and public stance in recent weeks, which emphasized "avoiding escalation of tensions" and the necessity of diplomatic solutions. The significance of this change in tone is that just three weeks ago, Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, directly warned Trump about the danger of regional war, and one of the main reasons cited for delaying the American attack was this very concern from Riyadh. Even a few days ago, bin Salman told Iran's president that Saudi Arabia would not allow America to use this country's airspace to attack Iran. But behind closed doors, a different narrative is underway. According to Axios's report, Khalid bin Salman told about 15 American think tank experts and representatives of five Jewish organizations in a one-hour meeting that under current circumstances, Trump "has to" take military action after all these threats, although he should simultaneously try to control the risk of war spreading in the region. According to sources present at the meeting, he said: "At this point, if this doesn't happen, it will only make the regime bolder." This is while Khalid bin Salman himself admitted that after his meetings at the White House, he still doesn't have a clear picture of the Trump administration's actual strategy regarding Iran and it's unclear what exactly Washington wants to do. According to Axios's report, Khalid bin Salman had detailed meetings on Thursday with Marco Rubio (Secretary of State), Pete Hegseth (Secretary of Defense), Steve Witkoff (Trump's Special Representative), and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the main focus of this meeting was "the possibility of American attack on Iran." At the regional level, according to a Persian Gulf official, the situation has reached a deadlock: on one hand, American attack could have dangerous and uncontrollable consequences, and on the other hand, not attacking means Iran "emerges stronger" from the current crisis. Axios says that Saudi Arabia's shift in tone is likely due to the assessment that Trump has made his decision to attack and Riyadh doesn't want to be in a position of public opposition to Washington; even if it continues to speak of diplomacy and respect for Iran's sovereignty on the surface. @ TheIranDesk - Ardeshir 📡 @VahidOnline