Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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JD Vance, the US Vice President, announced that Washington believes "progress" has been made in negotiations with Iran, but it's still unclear whether this progress is sufficient to cross Donald Trump's red line. Mr. Vance told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that he had discussed Iran with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff that morning and had also been in contact with Arab officials. He added: "The main question is whether this progress is enough to satisfy the president's red line or not." According to the US Vice President, Trump's red line is that the United States must be assured that "sufficient mechanisms" have been established so that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons. Vance's statements come while Trump had previously described Iran's latest proposal in the negotiations as "unacceptable." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic announced Wednesday evening, May 13th, that Mohammad Abbasi, one of those arrested during last December's protests, has been executed on charges of murdering a security officer. Mizan news agency, affiliated with the Judiciary, said that he was executed by "qisas" (retribution) after the verdict was confirmed by the Supreme Court of the country and considering the "request of the victim's family." An hour earlier, HRANA news website, citing a source close to the prisoner's family, wrote that Qezel-Hesar prison officials asked Mohammad Abbasi's family to come to the prison to visit him, "but after the family's presence at the prison, this opportunity was denied to his relatives. After the Abbasi family left the prison, they were informed of Mohammad Abbasi's execution through a phone call." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Israeli Prime Minister's office announced on Wednesday that Benjamin Netanyahu had "secretly" traveled to the United Arab Emirates during the war between America and Israel with Iran. The statement said that Netanyahu met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, President of the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli Prime Minister's office said: "This trip led to a historic breakthrough in relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates." Earlier, senior American officials confirmed that Israel, during the war with Iran, had sent an "Iron Dome" defense system along with forces to operate it to the UAE. Also, according to Arab officials and an informed source who spoke with the Wall Street Journal, David Barnea, head of Mossad, traveled to the UAE at least twice during the war with Iran to coordinate matters related to this conflict. @VahidHeadline Update: UAE denied it 📡 @VahidOnline

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The United States Central Command announced on Wednesday, May 13th, emphasizing the continuation of the naval blockade of Iranian ports, that since the beginning of this operation, 15 ships carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed passage. CENTCOM wrote in a message on X network that American forces have forced 67 commercial ships to change course over the past four weeks and have also "disabled" four vessels to enforce the blockade. The command also announced that earlier this week, two other commercial ships changed their course and abandoned continuing toward Iranian ports after radio contact and warning shots from American forces. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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National football team players' responses on state television about their university education levels became controversial. In this interview, one of the national team players, when asked by the host "Which university do you study at?" replied: "I don't know, I'm not mentally present right now." In the previous World Cup cycle, the release of a video of Iran's national football team goalkeeper who had said "I have a PhD" had also become controversial; a PhD that was later revealed to have been obtained through distance learning in physical education from Payame Noor University. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Reuters reported, citing two Western officials and two Iranian officials, that Saudi Arabia carried out several undeclared attacks on Iran during the Middle East war, in response to attacks that had been conducted on Saudi territory. According to two Western officials, these attacks were carried out by the Saudi Air Force in late March. One of these officials said the attacks were "retaliatory actions in response to attacks that targeted Saudi Arabia." Reuters, referring to previous reports about UAE attacks on Iran, wrote that the actions of Saudi Arabia and the UAE show that Persian Gulf Arab countries that have been targeted by Islamic Republic attacks have gradually entered a phase of direct response. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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An independent Israeli commission has released shocking details of "systematic and widespread" sexual violence by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups during the October 7, 2023 attacks and against hostages. The commission's 300-page report concludes that rape and sexual torture were carried out "with the aim of maximizing pain and suffering." @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's President, has appointed Mohammad Reza Aref, his First Vice President, to head the "Special Headquarters for Organization and Management of the Country's Cyberspace." In Mr. Pezeshkian's decree, emphasis has been placed on "unified governance" in cyberspace, ending "multiple voices" and preventing "parallel work" among responsible institutions. This appointment comes as today marks the seventy-fifth day of widespread internet disruption and restrictions in Iran. The Iranian government has cut off access to international internet since March 9 (February 28) and concurrent with Israeli and American attacks, and phone calls outside Iran are also facing serious disruptions. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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According to a report by Mehr News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Propaganda Organization, Mahdi Zare, seismologist and professor at the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, referring to the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the 19th century on the eastern Tehran fault, said: "The occurrence of recent magnitude 4 earthquakes on April 17th and May 12th in Pardis indicates energy discharge. The continuous occurrence of small earthquakes releases part of the fault's energy, but these tremors could be signs of instability in a broader zone that precedes a larger event. In other words, while minor and moderate tremors reduce stress to some extent, they cannot definitively rule out the possibility of a major earthquake occurring. In some cases, such sequences can be foreshocks." @ VahidOOnLine Today I had received messages about aftershocks or foreshocks at 12:33. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Ehsan Shirkhanی, a 35-year-old citizen from Malakan county in East Azerbaijan province, lost his life in the early hours of Tuesday, May 12, 2024, after being shot directly by Basij forces at a checkpoint in Bonab county. According to a report received by IranWire, forces stationed at the Basij checkpoint in Bonab county targeted this citizen's vehicle with direct gunfire under the pretext of "failure to comply with stop orders." An informed source told IranWire that Basij forces fired directly at the car's cabin without following legal protocols for weapon use and without firing warning shots into the air. According to this source, four bullets hit Ehsan Shirkhanی and he died instantly. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Another execution - Mizan, the judiciary's news agency of the Islamic Republic, published the above images and wrote: Ehsan Afreshte has been executed. The judiciary claims that: Afreshte received espionage training from Mossad in Nepal and was selling sensitive country information to Israel. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Fourth earthquake received messages: The east shook again right now 12:33 it came again but smaller than before right now it shook again (Narmak) 00:33 I just shook again Vahiddd nearly four times in Pardis #earthquake came you don't know how my bed was shaking 🔄 Update: Image received above and text from domestic media quoting the seismology center: Magnitude: 3.4 🔹 Location: Near Pardis 🔹 Time of occurrence: 32 minutes after midnight 🔹 Earthquake depth: 10 kilometers 🔹 Nearest cities: 10 km from Pardis (Tehran) 11 km from Bumehen (Tehran) 12 km from Rudehen (Tehran) 🔹 Nearest provincial centers: 41 km from Tehran 76 km from Karaj #earthquake 📡 @VahidOnline

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Another earthquake with magnitude 4 - this makes it the third time in the past few hours! The first one was felt in the eastern part of the province with messages from Pardis, Bumehen, and Damavand, and one from Lavasan too. Messages received about the third tremor: Tehran shook again, shook again but a bit milder. Vahid jan, we shook again in east Tehran.. at 27 minutes, again! It was an aftershock. It came again but was weak, fortunately. Vahid jan, you might not believe it but the third one just happened now, but it was very short and mild... earthquake at 00:27, came again, short, might be an aftershock. It came again, meaning that one left and this one returned. Earthquake came again, another tremor at 12:27. Hello, it shook again about two or three minutes ago. There's also a storm, God have mercy, in these conditions we're just missing natural disasters. Here from Azgol, 12:27 minutes, it shook again. 🔄 Domestic media quoting the seismological center: 🔹 Magnitude: 4 🔹 Location: Near Pardis 🔹 Time: 26 minutes after midnight 🔹 Earthquake depth: 8 kilometers 🔹 Nearest cities: 9 km from Pardis (Tehran), 11 km from Bumehen (Tehran), 12 km from Rudehen (Tehran) 🔹 Nearest provincial centers: 40 km from Tehran, 76 km from Karaj #earthquake 📡 @VahidOnline