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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, wrote in a sarcastic message responding to Trump's statements claiming Iran's oil pipelines would reach an explosion point in three more days due to oil storage tanks being full: "Three days have passed and no wells have exploded. We can continue this for even 30 days and even broadcast the wells live here. This is the same type of 'low-quality advice' that the US government receives from people like Bassett; people who simultaneously push forward siege theories and have driven oil prices to over $120; next destination: $140." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, the US President, emphasized on Wednesday regarding the impact of the naval blockade against Iran that Iran must "surrender." Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting with Artemis 2 mission astronauts, when asked how long he was prepared to maintain this blockade, he said: "This blockade is an extremely smart move." Once again referring to the destruction of Iran's military capabilities including the elimination of Iran's naval and air forces, he said: "Now they must accept defeat and say 'we surrender.' That's all they need to do." @ VahidHeadline Donald Trump during his conversation with reporters in the White House Oval Office, referring to the negotiation process with the Islamic Republic, mentioned a change in his diplomatic approach and criticized lengthy trips and traditional diplomacy, saying: "No more 18-hour flights for every press conference; we now handle many matters by phone, which is much more efficient." Trump, stating that "the Iranians have come a long way," emphasized that the main question is whether they are willing to come forward enough to meet America's expectations or not. He once again insisted on Washington's red line and added: "Until they agree not to acquire nuclear weapons, there will be no deal." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, the President of the United States, on the sidelines of a meeting with NASA astronauts at the White House, said that Vladimir Putin offered to help Washington manage Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles during a phone call on Wednesday, April 29th. Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the "Artemis 2" astronauts' reception ceremony at the White House, referred to details of his phone conversation with Vladimir Putin and announced the Russian president's desire to play a role in the Iran file. Trump, describing this conversation as "very good," stated: "He wants to help and participate in the enrichment issue, but I told him before you help me, I want to end your war (in Ukraine)." Trump continued by emphasizing that the United States will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and claimed that a large portion of Iran's military capabilities, including the navy, air force, and defense systems, have been weakened or destroyed. He also claimed that about 80 percent of infrastructure related to missile production has been eliminated and if no agreement is reached, the remainder will also be targeted. The US President added that in his conversation with Putin, the issue of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons was agreed upon by both sides, and a proposal regarding establishing a ceasefire in the Ukraine war was also discussed, which according to him, might be met with Russian approval. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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FIFA, in an unprecedented move, has given the Afghan women's football team in exile permission to participate in official international matches representing Afghanistan. Khalida Popal, former captain of Afghanistan's national football team, said regarding this matter that this action will turn them into a "symbol of resistance." Afghanistan has not played in any official international competition since December 2018. The Taliban's return to power in 2021 led to restrictions on women's rights, including the ban on women's sports, which forced many players to seek asylum abroad. FIFA's previous regulations prevented the organization from legally recognizing a team unless it was approved by its member federation - in this case, the Afghanistan Football Federation. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Canadian border police prevented the entry of Mehdi Taj, head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation, Hedayat Mombini, federation secretary, and their companions to Vancouver to participate in the FIFA congress, and sent them back to Iran. The government website "Varzesh Se" confirmed this news on Wednesday, April 29th, writing that these individuals, despite having received travel permits to Canada (not visas), were forced to return to Iran after a long wait due to the immigration police's decision and rejection of their visa applications. The executive board of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation also did not attend the annual meeting of the Asian Football Confederation in Vancouver on Tuesday, April 28th. When reading the list of attendees, the Asian Confederation's Secretary-General announced the reason for the Islamic Republic representatives' absence as "visa problems." According to domestic media reports, the Islamic Republic football representatives began a "long and exhausting" journey from Saturday to reach Vancouver in western Canada, traveling overland from Iran's northwestern borders to Van, Turkey, then heading to Istanbul, and from there taking a long flight to Vancouver; but Canadian border police denied them entry to the country. Mehdi Taj, head of the Islamic Republic Football Federation, is considered unauthorized for entry under Canadian immigration laws due to his executive background with the Revolutionary Guards, which Canada considers a terrorist group. Nevertheless, the Canadian government had issued him a temporary residence permit to enter Vancouver under "strict conditions" to participate in the FIFA congress on Thursday, April 30th, 2025. This action by Mark Carney's Liberal government faced widespread protests from Iranian residents of Canada as well as opposition from the Conservative Party. Canada has listed the Revolutionary Guards as a "terrorist" organization since June 2024. The 76th annual congress of FIFA will be held on Thursday, April 30th, hosted by Vancouver, Canada. This congress is expected to review the latest developments regarding the 2026 World Cup with less than 45 days remaining until this important event. Vancouver is one of the host cities for World Cup matches. The 2026 Football World Cup will begin on June 11th, jointly hosted by Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and the Islamic Republic of Iran national team's matches are scheduled to be held in the western American cities of Seattle and Los Angeles. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Yuri Ushakov, Kremlin aide, announced on Wednesday, April 29th, a 1.5-hour phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, describing the atmosphere of the call as "friendly and business-like." In this consultation, Putin, while condemning the recent assassination attempt on Trump's life, declared his support for Trump's decision to extend the ceasefire with the Islamic Republic and presented ideas for resolving Tehran's nuclear program issue. In another part of this conversation, Trump expressed hope that an agreement to end the Ukraine conflicts is near. Putin also proposed establishing a ceasefire in Ukraine coinciding with "Victory Day" celebrations in May, which was met with a positive response from Trump. The Russian president described Ukraine's military actions as "terrorist methods" during this call. Beyond security issues, the leaders of the two major powers also exchanged views on potential economic projects and energy cooperation. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Oil prices have surged dramatically following news of a meeting between Donald Trump, the US President, and oil company executives to discuss extending the multi-month blockade of Iran's ports and shipping for several more months. Brent crude oil prices have risen 5% to approximately $117 per barrel. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, announced that two months after the deadly attack on Minab Elementary School that resulted in the deaths of over 165 people, the incident is still under investigation. These statements were made in response to questions from Ro Khanna, Democratic representative from California, who asked Hegseth about the human costs and consequences of this attack. Hegseth, describing this event as a "regrettable situation," emphasized that no "cost or price" can be determined for it. Last month, Hegseth told reporters that the military had assigned one of the generals from outside Central Command (CENTCOM) to investigate this incident; however, he refrained from answering questions about why the attack occurred and reiterated that the United States does not target civilians. @ VahidOOnLine Five former American officials, including a senior military lawyer, have criticized the Pentagon for not accepting or rejecting the possibility of America's role in this deadly attack earlier this year. Some of these officials have said that not releasing even preliminary information after such a long time is unusual behavior. Over the past two months, the Pentagon has only announced that this incident is "under review." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Donald Trump, on Wednesday, April 29th, emphasized in an interview with Axios that Iran's naval blockade will continue until acceptance of an agreement that addresses America's nuclear concerns. He rejected Tehran's recent proposal for conditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and postponement of nuclear negotiations, noting that he considers the blockade "somewhat more effective than bombing." Meanwhile, three informed sources revealed to Axios that U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" attacks on Iran's infrastructure to break the negotiation deadlock. Although Trump had not issued military action orders as of Tuesday night, he warned that if Iran does not surrender, he will consider the military option. He also posted an AI-generated image of himself holding a weapon with the slogan "There's no news of the kind man anymore," warning Tehran. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, said in a new audio message that the United States "has entered a new phase and wants to activate economic pressure and internal divisions through naval blockade and media manipulation to weaken us from within or even cause our collapse." He further stated that "the best evidence of this is Trump's positions, who explicitly divides the country into hardliners and moderates, and then immediately talks about naval blockade to force Iran to surrender through economic pressure and internal divisions." Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in this audio file released on Wednesday, May 9th, called for "maintaining unity" and threatened that "any divisive action falls completely within the enemy's new plan." @VahidHeadline Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Parliament, said: "The enemy intended to topple the system in three days by killing the leader and commanders, but failed in this plan." He added: "The enemy's plans to weaken military capability, partition the country, and create internal unrest have failed one after another." The Speaker also said: "The enemy has entered a new phase and seeks to weaken the Islamic Republic through economic pressure, naval blockade, and sowing discord." He added: "As someone who is in the middle of the field, I tell the Iranian nation not to worry; we officials are all under the command of the country's leader." @VahidOOnLine Ghalibaf claimed that the United States had planned to carry out a coup on Ash Wednesday of 1404 but this plan failed. He also repeated the claim of America's attempt to deploy forces in Isfahan and described it as failed and "a disgrace like Tabas." @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The audio file that government sources have released with the following description: "Qalibaf's audio message to the people of Iran - Parliament Speaker's account of 6 enemy defeats" and excerpts that government sources have selected from this audio file: " 🔹 The Parliament Speaker addressed the Iranian people in an audio file about the country's most important current issues, especially the enemy's new design to bring the Iranian people to surrender. The main parts of this discussion are as follows: 🔹 From day one, the enemy sought to finish off the system within 3 days by assassinating the Supreme Leader and military commanders, but they failed. 🔹 Then they went after destroying the country's offensive system, but as time passed, they saw that our missiles and drones continued to strike. 🔹 Next they moved toward making Iran like Venezuela and failed again, then they tried to activate separatists from the west of the country, but thanks to God and the efforts of military and intelligence forces, they failed. 🔹 After months of planning and hitting the country's security bases during the war, they designed a coup for Wednesday Fire Festival, but the Iranian people delivered a massive unified blow to them. 🔹 The enemy sought to bring forces into the country and tested this plan in Isfahan, but it turned into the disgrace of Tabas 2. 🔹 Each of these designs could have brought down a country, but the Iranian nation, backed by divine grace, has been able to defeat each and every one of these enemy designs. 🔹 This enemy defeat had a socio-political infrastructure, and without it no success would have been achieved - that was the coherent and active presence of the people. But the enemy has entered a new phase and wants to activate internal discord through naval blockade, media manipulation, economic pressure and sowing division within the country to weaken us from within or even cause collapse. 🔹 Trump explicitly divides the country into hardliners and moderates, and then immediately speaks of naval blockade to force Iran to surrender through economic pressure and internal discord. 🔹 The solution to counter the enemy's new conspiracy is only one thing: maintaining unity. From day one until today, maintaining unity has been the magic-breaker of all enemy conspiracies, and today, given the enemy's new design, its importance is greater, and any divisive action falls completely within the enemy's new plan. 🔹 As someone who is in the middle of the field, I tell the Iranian nation that we officials are all subject to the Supreme Leader's command, and he is our guardian and the deputy of Imam of the Age (may Allah hasten his reappearance), and our worldly and otherworldly good lies in following his orders. 🔹 Rest assured that with complete unity between military and political officials, we are moving forward with our work, and the axis of our unity is the orders of the Guardian of Muslims. 🔹 With the knowledge I have of the Iranian people, I say that these people, by divine grace, will also defeat this deceptive design of the enemy, and we will achieve brilliant victory in this war and be included in this divine promise: 'And another [favor] that you love - victory from Allah and an imminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers.'" 📡 @VahidOnline

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During a hearing session in the Armed Forces Committee of the US House of Representatives, Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, defended the Trump administration's military strategy against Iran in confrontation with Adam Smith. Referring to the success of "Operation Midnight Sledgehammer," Hegseth said that Iran's nuclear facilities have been destroyed and buried underground and are now under 24-hour surveillance. In this controversial debate, Hegseth compared Iran's approach to the "North Korean strategy" and said: "Tehran intended to use a shield of conventional missiles to prevent itself from being challenged while quietly moving toward nuclear weapons; but President Trump saw Iran at its weakest moment and, in cooperation with Israeli partners, took action that only America was capable of." In response, Adam Smith, criticizing the results of this war, emphasized that despite heavy military operations, Iran's nuclear situation has not improved and Tehran has now taken a more aggressive position in negotiations. Smith pointed out that before the war began, the Strait of Hormuz was open, but now Washington is negotiating just to return to the pre-war situation. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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A senior US Defense Department official announced that the cost of this country's war with Iran has reached $25 billion so far, a figure that represents the first official estimate of the costs of this conflict. Jules Hurst, who currently serves as Pentagon's financial director, told lawmakers on Wednesday in the House Armed Services Committee that the majority of this cost has been spent on ammunition. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Tree falls on cars on Keshavarz Boulevard #Tehran due to strong winds. Photo received, Wednesday April 29th at 3 PM. The storm was from yesterday Tuesday April 28th and resulted in several trees falling and some breaking like this one that fell today. Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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The government news agency ISNA has reported that the dollar price in the free market today has reached 181,100 tomans. This is the highest recorded dollar price, and Iran's national currency has hit its lowest value in history. Over the past ten months, the dollar has grown 120 percent and more than doubled. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary, wrote on social media platform X that continuing the US President's "maximum pressure" policy, Iran's inflation rate has doubled and the value of that country's national currency has rapidly declined. Mr. Bessent says that these actions, within the framework of the "intense economic pressure" program, have targeted and sanctioned Iran's international "shadow banking" infrastructure, that country's access to cryptocurrencies, hidden transport fleets, arms supply networks, financial resources of regional proxy groups, as well as independent Chinese refineries known as "teapots" that support Iran's oil trade. According to him, these US actions have disrupted the flow of tens of billions of dollars in revenue that could have been spent financing "terrorist activities." Previously, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department had announced that it sanctioned 35 entities and individuals linked to Iran who play a role in "Iran's hidden banking structure." He added: "Kharg Island, Iran's most important oil export terminal, will also soon reach storage capacity threshold." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's Warning to the Islamic Republic: You Don't Know How to Sign a Non-Nuclear Deal, You Better Come to Your Senses Soon Donald Trump, President of the United States, published a threatening warning message addressed to the Islamic Republic on Wednesday, April 29th. Trump posted this message alongside a photo of himself with weapons and images of multiple explosions in the background, writing: "Iran cannot get its act together. They don't know how to sign a non-nuclear deal. They better come to their senses as soon as possible!" At the top of the image of armed Trump it reads: "No more Mr. Nice Guy." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline