Sunday, May 17, 2026

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On Sunday morning, April 27, 2025, a bus overturned on the Asaluyeh to Kangan route, after the Siraf traffic police checkpoint, killing eight employees of the South Pars Gas Complex. Fifteen others were also injured in the incident and transferred to the hospital. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump's post, machine translation: Time is quickly running out for Iran and they better act soon or there will be nothing left of them. Time is critical. realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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♦️ The office of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, announced that he spoke with Donald Trump by phone on Sunday, just minutes before a security meeting, discussing war with Iran. According to The Times of Israel, this call came as reports have emerged about America and Israel's readiness to resume war with Iran. Based on Israeli media reports, the two sides discussed in this call the possibility of resuming war with Iran as well as Trump's recent trip to China. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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I notice that you've provided a username and handle, but there doesn't appear to be any Persian/Farsi text to translate. The text shows: drpezeshkian 📡 @VahidOnline This appears to be just a social media handle/username. Could you please provide the actual Persian/Farsi content that you'd like me to translate?

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Mohsen Naqvi, Pakistan's Interior Minister, met and held talks with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran's Parliament, in Tehran this afternoon. Iranian and Pakistani media have reported that Mr. Naqvi has traveled to Iran to resume negotiations. It has been said that he is carrying America's message and will also receive Iran's response. According to Pakistan's embassy in Tehran, Mr. Naqvi yesterday after arriving in Tehran "was present at the presidential institution for nearly three hours" and Eskandar Momeni, Interior Minister, and Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister, were also "present during this meeting at the presidential institution." Additionally, Mohsen Naqvi had "a private meeting" with Masoud Pezeshkian that "lasted about 90 minutes and was accompanied by Iran's Interior Minister." @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, announced on his Telegram channel that his book "The Power of Negotiation" has reached its fifth edition, and a new section titled "Diplomacy Under Fire" about the process of "indirect negotiations with America during the 12-day war" has been added to the new edition of this book. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Fars News Agency published a text claiming it has obtained details of America's response to Iran's proposals during negotiations; a report that mentions five main conditions from Washington for an agreement with Tehran. Based on Fars' sources, the conditions announced by America include the following: 1- No payment of any compensation or damages by America 2- Removal and delivery of 400 kilograms of uranium from Iran to America 3- Only one set of Iran's nuclear facilities to remain active 4- No payment of even 25% of Iran's blocked assets 5- Stopping the war in all arenas to be conditional on conducting negotiations According to Fars, in response, Iran has made any negotiations conditional on the realization of five confidence-building preconditions: "End of war in all fronts, especially Lebanon," "Lifting of anti-Iranian sanctions," "Release of Iran's blocked funds," "Compensation for war damages," and "Recognition of Iran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz." @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Abu Dhabi's media office reported on Sunday, May 17th, on social networks about a fire at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. This fire started after a drone attack on the Barakah nuclear power plant in the Al Dhafra region, but left no casualties. According to Abu Dhabi's media office, the fire broke out in an electricity generator outside the plant's perimeter and had no negative impact on the site's safety. Following the start of the joint US-Israeli attack on Iranian soil, the United Arab Emirates became the largest target of retaliatory attacks by the Revolutionary Guards. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Fars News Agency, close to the Revolutionary Guards, wrote on Sunday, May 17th that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and former Revolutionary Guards member, has been appointed as Iran's special representative for China affairs. This security news agency wrote without any other explanation: "Previously, Ali Larijani and Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli held such responsibility." 🔸 This news neither explains who or which institution appointed Ghalibaf to this position, nor what importance the current moment holds that the government felt it needed this special representative. The announcement of Ghalibaf's appointment as special representative for China affairs comes two days after the official visit of the US President to China, where one of the discussion topics was Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. The White House announced on Thursday, May 14th that Donald Trump, the US President, and Xi Jinping, China's President, discussed and agreed on expanding economic cooperation, keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, and preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons during their meeting. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The court session for Sadegh Saeedinia, manager of Saeedinia chain cafes who was arrested along with his father, Mohammad Ali Saeedinia, during the nationwide protests last January, was held at the Revolutionary Court in Qom. Saeedinia cafes were among the businesses that closed their shops during last year's January protests, which began with market protests against economic instability. The Qom prosecutor's representative at this session accused Mr. Saeedinia of "propaganda or media activities against national security," "operational actions for anti-regime groups through publishing stories and virtual activities and participating in illegal gatherings and closing his cafes and shops across the country and encouraging some of his employees to commit crimes against national security." According to the prosecutor's representative and the judge, the charges are based on information extracted from the content of electronic devices confiscated from Mr. Saeedinia, including his images and WhatsApp chats. The prosecutor's representative said that Mr. Saeedinia had "consulted on planning to close cafes simultaneously with the enemy's call for action" on his WhatsApp. The judge told him: "With the call you issued and the actions you took, you led this number of young people into this peril and the system has suffered great damages. How can you compensate for this?" @VahidHeadline The prosecutor's representative cited various instances including Saeedinia's activities in cyberspace, preparing a clip of one of his employees with "Long Live the Shah" written on his hand, creating and managing WhatsApp groups for cafe employees, publishing audio messages about turning off phones to prevent tracking, some employees' participation in protests, and planning to close cafes and factories simultaneously with protest calls as examples of the charges brought against him. @VahidOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline