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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, wrote in a post on social media platform X: Trump, through imposing blockades and violating the ceasefire, wants to turn what he imagines to be a negotiation table into a surrender table, or justify renewed warmongering. We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and over the past two weeks we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Tim Cook announced he will step down from his position as Apple CEO in early September and will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the company. Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, is handing over his position to John Ternus, head of the hardware division. During Cook's tenure, Apple's annual profit quadrupled to over $110 billion, and the company's value increased more than tenfold to around $4 trillion. John Ternus, who joined Apple in 2001, has risen through the company's management structure by overseeing the development of Mac and iPad. He will be Apple's eighth CEO in the past 50 years and the third CEO since Steve Jobs' return in 1997. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Reuters, citing a senior Pakistani government official on Monday, March 31st, reported that Islamabad is optimistic about Tehran's participation in negotiations with Washington. This informed source, who requested anonymity, told Reuters that positive signals have been received from Tehran and Pakistan has made every effort to ensure that representatives of the Islamic Republic attend this meeting before negotiations begin in the coming days. These diplomatic movements are taking place as the end of the 14-day ceasefire set by Donald Trump, the US President, approaches. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's next post, machine translation: Iranian leaders have forced hundreds of ships to head towards the United States, mainly Texas, Louisiana and Alaska, to supply their oil — thank you very much! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump ChatGPT interpretation: What he means is that according to his claim, Iran's actions and disruption of energy transit in the region have caused buyers and tankers to turn more toward American oil and gas instead of relying on routes and supplies related to the Persian Gulf; meaning this situation essentially ends up benefiting American energy exports. His reference to Texas and Louisiana is because these two states are among America's most important energy hubs and oil and gas export centers, and Alaska is also one of the major oil-producing states. In essence, the tone of the post is that Iran is unwittingly creating customers for the American energy industry. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's next post machine translation: I am winning a war by a large margin, things are going very well and our military has performed extraordinarily. But if you read the fake news media, like the failing New York Times, the truly horrible and disgusting Wall Street Journal, or the Washington Post which fortunately is now almost out of breath, you might really think we are losing the war. The enemy is confused, because they see these same media "reports," but at the same time they know that their navy has been completely destroyed, their air force has gone to dark runways, they have no anti-missile or anti-aircraft systems available, their former leaders are mostly gone — which itself, along with everything else, has also meant regime change — and perhaps most importantly, there is a blockade that we will not lift until reaching a "deal" and it is dealing a devastating blow to Iran. They are losing 500 million dollars daily; an amount that is not sustainable even in the short term. The fake and anti-American media wish Iran would win, but this will not happen, because I am in command. Just as these unpatriotic individuals tried with all their limited power to oppose me in the elections, they are now continuing to do the same regarding Iran. The result will be the same — and in fact, it already has been. President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's next post machine translation: Democrats are doing everything they can to damage the very powerful position we hold against Iran. Despite World War I lasting 4 years, 3 months and 14 days, World War II 6 years and 1 day, the Korean War 3 years, 1 month and 2 days, the Vietnam War 19 years, 5 months and 29 days, and the Iraq War 8 years, 8 months and 28 days, they love to say I promised to defeat Iran in 6 weeks; when in fact, from a military perspective, this was accomplished much faster than that. But I won't let them pressure the United States into rushing into a deal; a deal that could have been better. I read in the fake media that I'm supposedly under "pressure" to reach a deal. This is not true! I'm under no pressure; although everything will conclude relatively quickly. Time is not my enemy; the only thing that matters is that after 47 years, we finally bring order to this chaos that other presidents created regarding Iran because they lacked the necessary courage or foresight. We have entered into this and will properly see it through to the end, and we won't let the weak and pathetic Democrats — who are all traitors — who talked for years about Iran's dangers and said something must be done, but now that it's me doing that work, diminish the achievements of our army and the Trump administration. This operation is being executed with complete precision; on a scale similar to Venezuela, but with a larger and more complex operation. The result will be the same. In my first presidency, I built the greatest army our country has ever seen, including by creating the Space Force. In my second term, I am properly and wisely using our army to solve problems that others with far less understanding and competence left for us. Make America Great Again! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's post, machine translation: The deal we are shaping with Iran will be far better than the JCPOA; a deal commonly referred to as the "Iran Nuclear Deal" that Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden arranged; one of the worst deals ever made regarding our country's security. That deal was a guaranteed path toward acquiring nuclear weapons; something that will not and cannot happen in the deal we are now working on. They practically loaded $1.7 billion in "green" cash onto a Boeing 757 and sent it to Iran for Iranian leaders to spend however they wanted. He emptied all the cash from banks in Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. Bankers said they had never seen anything like it before. In addition, hundreds of billions of dollars were also paid to Iran. If I hadn't canceled that "deal," nuclear weapons would have been used against Israel and throughout the Middle East, including against valuable U.S. military bases. The fake media, like David Ignatius, the so-called lightweight "journalist" from the Washington Post, love to talk about the JCPOA, while they know full well that deal was dangerous and a complete embarrassment for our country. If a deal is reached during the "Trump" era, it will guarantee peace, security, and safety not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for Europe, America, and the entire world. This deal will be something the whole world will be proud of; not like the years of shame and humiliation we've had to endure due to incompetent and cowardly leadership. President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, the US President, in an interview with Bloomberg news network regarding this ceasefire, which ends Tuesday night Eastern Time, said that extending the ceasefire with the Islamic Republic is very unlikely. The President also, emphasizing the continuation of the Strait of Hormuz blockade, said: "They want me to open it. The Iranians desperately want it to be opened. I won't open it until an agreement is signed." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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While conflicting reports have emerged about the possibility of holding a new round of Iran-US negotiations in Pakistan, Masoud Pezeshkian claimed in a message on X network that America "wants Iran's surrender." The president of the Islamic Republic, on April 20, 2024, wrote in his message: "Commitment to obligations is the justified logic of any kind of dialogue. In addition to the deep historical mistrust that exists in Iran regarding the past behavior and performance of the US government, the unconstructive and contradictory approach of American officials in recent days contains a bitter message: they want Iran's surrender. The Iranian people will not bow to force." @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's post, machine translation: Israel never encouraged me to enter into war with Iran. It was the consequences of October 7th [Hamas attack on Israel] that, along with my longstanding belief that Iran should never have nuclear weapons, caused this matter. I view and read the so-called experts' comments and fake media polls with complete disbelief. 90% of what they say is lies and fabrication, and the polls are also rigged; exactly the same way the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Just like the results in Venezuela, which the media doesn't like to talk about, the results in Iran will also be amazing - and if Iran's new leaders (regime change!) are smart, Iran can have an excellent and prosperous future! President D.J.T. [Donald J. Trump] realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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While the leaders of the Islamic Republic still claim they have no intention of participating in any negotiations, the US President says his country's high-level delegation will arrive in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, within hours. The New York Post reported on Monday, quoting Donald Trump, that a high-level American delegation led by J.D. Vance and including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner has departed for Islamabad for another round of negotiations with Tehran. This comes as Iranian officials have called the US naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf a "ceasefire violation" and said they currently have no plans to participate in a second round of peace talks with America. Trump threatened again yesterday that if this round of negotiations doesn't achieve his desired outcome, power plants and infrastructure in Iran will once again be targeted. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Hamid Asafi, a political activist, has announced that on March 4 of last year, following a raid by armed agents on his home, he was arrested without a judicial warrant and severely beaten. According to him, the agents broke down his door to enter, and after his arrest, they transferred him to one of the facilities affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence. There, they first mistakenly identified him as a signatory to a political statement about "transitioning from the Islamic Republic and holding a referendum," and then brought charges of "connections with the Israeli government." Asafi says that after several hours, the agents announced that his arrest was "a mistake" and that his name had been mistakenly placed on the arrest list. However, he emphasizes that during his detention, he was subjected to severe violence. According to him, about three weeks after this incident, he developed severe physical symptoms and was ultimately operated on after being diagnosed with bleeding in two areas of his brain. This political activist, while rejecting the "administrative error" explanation of the affair, considers it a sign of a recurring pattern of violent encounters and has warned about its consequences for people's personal safety. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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According to information received by IranWire, "Shahre Hadadiyan," a lawyer residing in Mashhad, was arrested in recent days during a raid by security agents and was released after several days on bail. According to informed sources, the agents initially broke down the door of her apartment with a crowbar in her absence, entered the home, and confiscated her electronic devices. It is said that this action was carried out without the presence of the home's resident and under circumstances where she was not present at the location. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Saeed Madani, sociologist and social researcher, was released from Damavand Prison on Monday, Farvardin 31, 1405. The "Emtedad" website, quoting Mostafa Neili, a lawyer, reported that this political prisoner's prison term has ended and he was released today from Damavand Prison, where he had been exiled. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The UAE State Security Administration announced that it has identified a "terrorist group" linked to the Islamic Republic and arrested its members. The UAE government added that members of this group were engaged in recruitment and organizing activities, and their goal was to gain access to the country's sensitive centers and locations. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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More than 7 years have passed since this animation was made: "The Internetless" (In the Age of Communication) - it's as if Soroush Rezaei made it just today! #internet_outage nima 📡 @VahidOnline

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Esmail Qaani, commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Quds Force, posted a message on X on Monday, April 20th, confirming reports about his trip to Iraq and meetings with paramilitary groups in the country. He wrote: "I had a trip to Baghdad to convey the appreciation and gratitude of the people and system of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the solidarity and support of the insightful people, grand religious authority, and officials of Iraq." The Quds Force commander, while praising the "people of Iraq" in the same message and referring to efforts to select a prime minister and form a new cabinet months after parliamentary elections, wrote: "Forming a government is their right... The selection of the prime minister will be done solely based on Iraqi decisions." Qaani described America as a criminal against humanity and wrote: "Iraq is greater than to allow others, especially anti-humanity criminals, to interfere in their affairs." Donald Trump, one month before the joint attack with Israel on the Islamic Republic of Iran, had warned that if Nouri al-Maliki, the Shia coalition candidate, were chosen as prime minister, all American aid to Baghdad would be cut off. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Arash Zad: I updated the Saghe-Talayi index. The price of each 200-gram package has reached 49,500 tomans, which is a 115% price increase compared to last year. The purchasing power for Saghe-Talayi has also dropped to 304 packages this year. A decade ago, with one month's worker wages, you could buy 667 packages of Saghe-Talayi.

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If you want to know how much grease is in the dish that #Rasoul_Jalili cooked up in Sharif's security software kitchen: the internet isn't going to go back to the way it was for everyone. Only certain sites and services will be opened, and only with specific IPs, domains, and ports. This means if users used to choose where to go themselves, now it's the government that decides in advance which places are open and which aren't. In simple terms, if the street used to be open and you could choose where in the city to go, now you're only allowed to go to those few pre-determined neighborhoods. This document shows other restrictions too. For example, the file size sent through domestic messaging apps shouldn't exceed 5 megabytes per session. While even a one-minute video recorded with a phone often exceeds this limit. Or a regular photo might be 2 to 5 megabytes, which in practice means sending one or two mobile photos. Rasoul's cow doesn't give milk, but praise be to God for its output!

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Mostafa Khosh-Cheshm, a government expert, said on a program on the Islamic Republic's broadcasting network that the "decisive majority" of Iranian people want the war to continue. The host of this program also cited a poll from a university center, saying "87 percent" of people believe the war should continue. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, April 31st, emphasized that "normal navigation" through the Strait of Hormuz "must be maintained." According to a report by China's state broadcaster CCTV, Xi said: "Normal navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be maintained. This is in the common interest of regional countries and the international community." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Reuters news agency, citing a Pakistani security source, has reported that US President Donald Trump, in a conversation with Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir, announced he would "review" the proposal regarding reducing or lifting Iran's naval blockade. According to this report, Pakistani Army Commander Asim Munir told Donald Trump in a phone call that the naval blockade of Iranian ports could be a serious obstacle to resuming negotiations between Tehran and Washington, and reducing this pressure "might" help advance the talks. The Reuters source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said that Trump, in response to the Pakistani army commander, without providing any specific commitment, only emphasized that he would review this proposal. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Three Israeli security and military institutions claimed in a joint statement to have identified and arrested an operational cell linked to Iran in the Republic of Azerbaijan, which according to these institutions intended to attack a strategic oil pipeline in that country. This pipeline transports oil to Israel through the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. According to a Yedioth Ahronoth report, the foreign intelligence service (Mossad), the Israeli military, and the internal security service (Shin Bet) stated in this announcement that this network had also planned attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets in Azerbaijan, including the Israeli embassy and a synagogue in Baku. They said suspects have been arrested in connection with this matter. According to the claims of these three Israeli military and security institutions, this activity was directed by the overseas operations unit of the Revolutionary Guards, the Quds Force. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Islamic Republic's judiciary announced that Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamed Validi were executed today (Monday) on charges of "espionage for Mossad." According to Mizan, the judiciary's news agency, these individuals' places of residence were declared to be Karaj and Isfahan. The Islamic Republic's judiciary called these two individuals "terrorists of a network connected to Mossad" and announced their charges including "moharebeh" (enmity against God), "cooperation with hostile groups" and Israel, "assembly and conspiracy against national security," "membership in a criminal terrorist group aimed at disrupting the country's security," and "propaganda activities against the system." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) released a video Monday morning, April 31st, of an operation involving Marine landing via helicopter on the deck of the merchant vessel Tosca in the waters of the Gulf of Oman. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline