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Government media reported on the visit of Asim Munir, Pakistan's army commander, to Tehran. These media outlets, by publishing images of this senior Pakistani military official's arrival in Iran, reported that he has traveled to Tehran with the aim of "conveying America's message and planning for the second round of talks." According to published reports, negotiations between the Islamic Republic and America are set to resume in Islamabad in the coming days. Concurrent with Asim Munir's trip to Tehran, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement that Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan's Prime Minister, will conduct official visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey from April 15-18. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Iran's Communications Minister said in a meeting with his deputies: "If we consider internet shutdowns from a security risks perspective as well, it is necessary to provide internet access to all people without classification and whitelisting." He also claimed: "Class-based internet or whitelisting has no validity, and quality access to the global internet network is the right of all people," and expressed hope that this goal would be achieved in the shortest possible time. This claim by Sattar Hashemi comes while in recent days multiple reports have been published about efforts to provide internet access to certain other groups. The most prominent case is the registration of economic activists to receive the so-called "Pro Internet" subscription, which has also been confirmed by Iran's Chamber of Commerce. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which oversees war organization in Iran, warned America that if it continues the naval blockade of the country's ports and creates "insecurity for Iran's commercial ships and oil tankers," this action will be considered a prelude to ceasefire violation. The statement from this headquarters, published by Iran's government news agency, states that "Iran's powerful armed forces will not allow any exports and imports to continue in the Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman, and Red Sea region." The statement also emphasizes that "Iran will act forcefully to defend its national sovereignty and interests." Earlier, CENTCOM, the United States Central Command, announced that it has completely blocked Iran's ports and over the past "36 hours," American forces have halted seaborne economic trade to and from Iran. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of Kayhan newspaper, wrote addressing the American people: "Don't you ask yourselves whether the system ruling over you is democracy or slavery, and whether you are American citizens or Israel's slaves? Why don't you cleanse this shameful stain from yourselves by removing Trump and physically eliminating him?" He added: "Now this question stands before the American people: when you are aware of Trump's vile identity, how do you allow this germ of corruption and decay, this professional criminal, to hold your country's destiny in his hands and use you American people as Israel's foot soldiers?" @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, April 15th, citing senior U.S. officials about the deployment of thousands of fresh military forces to the Middle East. According to this report, several senior American officials who requested anonymity told the Washington Post that the forces being deployed to the region include approximately 6,000 soldiers on the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and several warships accompanying it. Another 4,200 personnel are expected to arrive in the region near the end of April (early May) along with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and its Marine Expeditionary Unit, as the 11th Marine deployment to the Middle East. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, on Wednesday, posted a message on Truth Social with an implicit reference to his correspondence with Xi Jinping, President of China, writing: "China is very happy that I am keeping the Strait of Hormuz open forever. I am doing this for them as well as for the world. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran." Trump had said in an interview published an hour earlier on Fox News that he had written a letter to the President of China asking him not to send weapons to Iran, and Xi had responded that Beijing basically doesn't do this anyway. @ VahidOOnLine Donald Trump, President of the United States, says he has no plan to extend the ceasefire with Iran and believes that reaching an agreement between the two countries "takes priority." The President of the United States told ABC News: "Anything could happen, but I believe reaching an agreement takes priority, because then they can also rebuild their country." @ VahidHeadline Trump, responding to a question about verifying that Iran's nuclear program remains "peaceful," said: "First of all, if they don't do this, we won't have a deal. So there's no deal at all. This whole thing is really about not having nuclear weapons. They cannot have nuclear weapons. And if they're going to have nuclear weapons, we'll deal with them for a short time, but I don't know how much longer they can last. I don't know how much longer they can continue, because they've taken a very hard hit... We can destroy each of their bridges in one hour. We can destroy each of their power plants, their electrical power plants in one hour." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, President of the United States, wrote in a message on Truth Social on Tuesday: Please someone tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent and completely unarmed Iranian protesters in the past two months, and that having nuclear weapons is completely unacceptable for Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter. America is back. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline