Friday, July 24, 2026

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The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Friday, 2 Mordad, new sanctions against 9 companies and 4 individuals linked to Babak Zanjani, accused of evading sanctions. According to a statement from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the sanctions target activities connected to Zanjani’s “Dot One” holding company in Iran, as well as several companies supporting his cryptocurrency exchanges in Turkey and the UAE. The U.S. Treasury said Zanjani had used a diverse portfolio of investments—including financial services, digital asset trading, gold, and infrastructure projects—to launder money and secretly transfer funds for Iran. @VahidOOnLine The ads shown in Telegram channels are placed directly with Telegram, and channel owners know nothing about them. Yesterday, I received dozens of images showing that new criminals had even used my own avatar to display their ads here. But I can’t prevent them from appearing, either. You can report criminal ads to Telegram by clicking the three vertical dots below the X in the corner of the ad box. Only an account at Level 50 can stop ads from appearing in its channel. That’s almost impossible. I’m at Level 0 and can’t even change the color of the links here, let alone use custom emojis. These things have nothing to do with the number of followers or views; you have to beg others every day to boost your channel. That means even if I reach Level 1, I’ll drop back down because I’d have to ask them to boost it again every day. That’s not in my nature. The most I can bring myself to do is write a request to report the misuse of my photo in an ad: You can report it, too. So I’m condemned to a definite fate in this regard. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump’s post, machine-translated: President Xi told me at our recent meeting in Beijing, China, that under no circumstances would he give or sell weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran—and that this included Chinese companies. Given our relationship, I believe him, and besides, I’m doing him many very big favors as well. Also, President Putin, despite the terrible war underway in Ukraine (relations remain intact, just as they do with President Zelenskyy), told me he would not sell weapons to Iran. He knows I don’t sell weapons to Ukraine, but to NATO member countries. They pay full price, and I have no idea how those weapons are distributed. So, in my view, the two major countries people often mention in connection with Iran are not involved in this matter. If they were, it would be very bad for them—and certainly not in their interest. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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On Friday, the second of Mordad, the Government Information Council sharply criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting organization for censoring part of Masoud Pezeshkian’s speech on National Industry and Mining Day. In the censored passage, he spoke about the former leader of the Islamic Republic having authorized negotiations. Citing similar past incidents—including the partial broadcast of an interview with the speaker of parliament, the censorship of remarks by the head of the judiciary, and the failure to broadcast interviews with the foreign minister during the war—the council described IRIB’s conduct as “selective and driven by the political preferences of a particular faction.” The Government Information Council stressed that these divisive actions came immediately after the Islamic Republic’s leader called for “unity of word.” It said they not only call the organization’s standing as the “national broadcaster” into question, but also pose a threat to national security and social cohesion. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Hussein (Shahan) Alizadeh Azar, a political prisoner, is facing serious charges including “insulting the Supreme Leader,” “propaganda against the system,” and “blasphemy” for “insulting Adam and Eve.” He was also arrested in Dey of last year and charged with “propaganda against the system.” The 38-year-old surveyor was released on bail, but was arrested again by security forces on 13 Tir outside his home in Eslamshahr and transferred to Greater Tehran Prison. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, 2 Mordad, citing “informed sources,” that in recent days U.S. President Donald Trump has grown more pessimistic about the possibility that negotiations with Iran could lead to lasting peace. A senior U.S. administration official told the newspaper that “Trump believes the only thing Iran understands is military pressure,” adding that he is in a “revenge-minded” mood toward Tehran. The official also said the president sees few appealing options other than continuing the attacks. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The IRGC Public Relations Office claimed in a statement issued on Friday, 2 Mordad 1405, that during an operation dubbed “Nasr 2,” it had targeted and destroyed the remaining building of Amazon’s data center in Bahrain. In the statement, the IRGC claimed that Amazon’s data center had played a key role in completing U.S. military intelligence. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The British government announced that its armed forces are ready to protect the country against any attack. The statement came after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that U.S. bombers should not be allowed to use British bases. In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC said the United States had used RAF Fairford in southwest England for bombing missions against Iran, adding that any base used for such attacks would be a legitimate target. Last week, Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, was briefed that London had once again reached an agreement with the United States to use British bases as part of what was described as “the collective defense of the region.” A British government spokesperson said: “Our armed forces are ready to protect Britain against any attack, whether on our territory or abroad.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The New York Times, citing several Iranian and Iraqi officials, reported that the Islamic Republic of Iran had rejected a ceasefire proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump. According to the report, the proposal was presented to Iranian officials during Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s visit to Tehran. During his visit to Iran, Mr. al-Zaidi met with, among others, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The details of the ceasefire proposal are unclear, but Iranian officials told The New York Times that it was the only proposal on the table and that they were not interested in a temporary agreement that would leave the issue of control over the Strait of Hormuz unresolved. @ VahidHeadline The office of the Iraqi prime minister denied The New York Times report that Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had conveyed a U.S. ceasefire proposal to Iran. In a statement on Friday, 2 Mordad, the Iraqi prime minister’s media office said the claim made in The New York Times report was “completely baseless and has no connection to reality.” The Iraqi prime minister’s office specifically denied that Mr. al-Zaidi had conveyed the proposal, but offered no further explanation about whether a U.S. ceasefire proposal to Iran existed. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The political and security deputy of the governor of Gilan Province reported that the U.S. launched a missile attack on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy’s base in Zibakenar on the morning of Friday, 2 Mordad. Bagheri said: “At around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, some of the equipment at the site was damaged in the missile attack.” The deputy governor also said that, according to preliminary assessments, “no reports of human casualties” had been received so far. @ VahidOOnLine The director general of crisis management in West Azerbaijan Province announced that at around 9 a.m. on Friday, 2 Mordad, a location in Piranshahr County was targeted in a U.S. airstrike. Earlier, reports had emerged of U.S. air and missile attacks on Ahvaz, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Tehran, Omidiyeh, Andimeshk, Khorramabad, Khandab in Markazi Province, Naein in Isfahan Province, Taft and Shirkuh in Yazd Province, Firuzabad in Fars Province, Konarak, and Zibakenar. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Amnesty International on Friday, 2 Mordad, called on Islamic Republic officials to immediately halt any plans to carry out the death sentence against athlete Benjamin Naghdali. Benjamin Naghdali was arrested in Shiraz on 13 Dey 1404 in connection with nationwide protests and was forcibly disappeared for 53 days. Iranian state media broadcast his forced “confessions” one day after his arrest and before his trial. The athlete was later sentenced to death on 22 Ordibehesht this year on charges of “corruption on earth,” on the claim that he had used a fire extinguisher against security forces. Amnesty International says Benjamin Naghdali’s death sentence was issued after a “grossly unfair trial.” Citing the Islamic Republic authorities’ past pattern of extracting forced confessions “under torture and other ill-treatment,” the human rights organization expressed concern that Benjamin Naghdali’s “confessions” may have been coerced. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump had written: “From now on, damages from attacks on ships will be paid out of Iran’s frozen funds.” Araghchi’s response, machine-translated: “Seizing another country’s assets to pay unrelated future claims is a dangerous and incendiary precedent. Those who welcome or profit from such funds should remember: when governments make confiscation routine, no one’s assets will be safe. The chaos that follows will be neither pretty nor peaceful.” araghchi 📡 @VahidOnline

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Update: Missile launches from Bidganeh, Khomein, Najafabad, Shahin Shahr, and elsewhere... The images above and messages received from Tehran Province: They just fired a missile from Malard. A missile was just fired from Bidganeh at 5:52. Hi dear Vahid, a missile just passed over Parand. Hi, a missile was launched from Malard at 5:51. They sent a missile from Bidganeh. A missile was launched from Bidganeh, Malard, at 5:50. At 5:50 a.m., they fired a missile from Bidganeh—it went up. Hi dear Vahid, they just launched a missile from [....] Bidganeh. This is the second one since the 40-day war. Hi Vahid, we’re in Fardis. I think they just launched a missile from the direction of Bidganeh. There was a huge boom and everything shook. 5:51. At 5:52, they sent a missile from Karaj. I think its trail was visible in the sky. It was probably from Bidganeh. Hi dear Vahid. The missile’s trail from the direction of Andisheh, Shahriar, made an incredibly loud sound just now, at 5:52. Hello, Mr. Vahid. At 05:50, a missile went up from Bidganeh, Malard. Hello. Have a good day. They sent a missile from Bidganeh. Friday, 2 Mordad: At 5:53, a missile was launched from [...] Bidganeh, in Malard, toward the southwest. 🔄 Dear Vahid, they just sent a second one too, at 6:00. Hi dear Vahid, a missile just passed over Parand. A second consecutive missile launch from Malard. Another one was launched from Malard at 6:00. They’re firing missiles again from Malard. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Hi dear Vahid, just now there was the sound of an explosion in Khorramshahr. Dorud, Khorramshahr—sound of an explosion at 4:40. They hit Khorramshahr. Hi Vahid, they just hit Khorramshahr with a missile. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Hello, there was an explosion in Yazd just now. Hello, Yazd was just hit. There was an explosion in Yazd at 4:40 📡 @VahidOnline

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A few messages received from Firuzabad in Fars Province: “Hi, they hit Firuzabad too. We heard a sound at 3:45. Our house shook.” “Something like an explosion happened near Firuzabad, Fars. The shockwave hit us really hard.” “Now there’s the sound of an explosion in Firuzabad. It’s 4 a.m. A huge explosion.” “Hi, in Firuzabad, the house felt like it was being torn off its foundations.” “A couple of people say it was the Ahmadabad Bridge, which is a route connecting to the south.” Update, 40 minutes later: State TV and radio report hearing the sound of an explosion in Firuzabad, Fars. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Just now, at 3:43, there was a brief sound of air defenses in eastern Tehran. At 3:45, the air defenses in eastern Tehran became active. You can hear them from Hakimiyeh. The air defenses in eastern Tehran are active. Hi, there was a sound of an explosion in Pardis, Tehran [probably the explosions were from the anti-aircraft fire]. They just fired again; the air defenses in Pardis are active. Air-defense sounds in eastern Tehran [+ other messages are coming in, specifying different neighborhoods in eastern and northeastern Tehran, but I won’t repeat them since they’re all saying the same thing over and over.] Update: It stopped after a few minutes. 🔄 At 4:10, air-defense sounds were heard again in northeastern Tehran. 🔄 At 4:22, more messages came in about hearing air-defense sounds in northeastern Tehran. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Photo received with caption: Taft in Yazd Province Unconfirmed messages received about areas in the central part of the country: 3:05 a.m. — A very loud explosion was heard in Khondab County. Hello, Khondab was hit at 3:05. Terrifying sounds are coming from near Khondab. Update: State media: The deputy governor for political, security, and social affairs of Markazi Province said: “A site outside the city of Khondab was hit by two enemy projectiles a few minutes ago.” ——— Hello, dear Vahid. They just hit the Anarak Air Force base in Nain. ——— I’m in Taft, Yazd. From the Bam-e Taft side toward Shirkuh, they hit it hard—the sound was very loud. At 3:30, there was an explosion in Taft. They blew up the Taftkuh tower. Hello, at 3:30 in Taft, Yazd Province, there was a huge explosion that woke us up. Bright light and heavy dust came from the surrounding mountains. It wasn’t inside the city. Hello, dear Vahid. At 3:30, there was a powerful explosion in Taft, Yazd, and the houses shook. The sound came from Taftkuh, the tourist area where Bam-e Taft is being built. Since the start of the war, the IRGC has evacuated all the guards and staff, and no one is allowed in or out. Local news agencies say it was a missile; the sound of a fighter jet wasn’t heard at all. Update: IRIB reports an explosion outside the city limits of Taft in Yazd Province. ——— Looks like Borujerd was hit; an explosion was heard. Two explosions in quick succession—Borujerd was hit! The sound was terrifying. A loud explosion was heard in Borujerd, two in a row. Update: In Borujerd, I only heard the sound of a fighter jet passing, but no explosion. I asked other residents and they hadn’t heard one either. The fighter jet sounded like it did during the 40-day war, after which news came of the bombing of Khorramabad. 📡 @VahidOnline

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♦️ Tasnim reports that Khuzestan Province’s deputy governor for security and law enforcement announced that at 2:50 a.m. on Friday, areas around the cities of Andimeshk and Omidiyeh were targeted in a U.S. missile attack. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Incoming messages: Khorramabad, 3:19—loud explosion. Khorramabad, a loud explosion just now. I just heard an explosion in Khorramabad, 3:20. Hi, Khorramabad—just now, at 3:19, two loud explosions. Hi, Khorramabad—it was terrifying; the windows shook. They hit Khorramabad; there was a tremor too. Khorramabad—it was terrifying; our windows shook. Hi, just now, a missile was launched from Khorramabad. Update: State media: The deputy governor of Lorestan for political, security, and social affairs said: “A location in the city of Khorramabad was struck by an enemy projectile a few minutes ago.” 📡 @VahidOnline

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CENTCOM: We have begun the 13th night of attacks. Machine translation: U.S. forces began another round of overnight strikes on Iranian military targets today at 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time [2:15 Tehran time]. This is the 13th consecutive night of attacks, aimed at holding Iran accountable and reducing threats by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping. CENTCOM 📡 @VahidOnline

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Incoming messages: Bro, Bandar just got hit—right now, Bandar Abbas. Hi, Bandar Abbas. There were several explosions in a row just now, at 2:41. Explosion sounds in Bandar Abbas. Hi, Bandar Abbas—heavy, successive explosions west of Zone 4. Two explosions. Hi, Vahid, Bandar Abbas got hit at 2:41. Bandar Abbas, 02:41: a very loud explosion, clearly felt in the city center. Hi, Bandar Abbas—they just hit several times; it was really bad. The power went out. The explosion was loud. 🔄 Bandar Abbas: loud explosion at 2:41. 2:42—several heavy explosions in Bandar Abbas, one after another. Three more. 02:42—three more in a row; there’s a lot of noise and shockwave. Hi, Vahid, explosions in Bandar Abbas—terrifying, they’re hitting again. They’re hitting really hard. Bandar Abbas, 2:42: explosion sounds, then two more in a row. Five heavy explosions. Bandar Abbas again, Zone 4, 2:43. Hi, I can hear some sounds in Bandar Abbas. I think they’re explosions, but they’re far away. Vahid, Bandar Abbas, 2:42: the explosions are really loud. At 2:41, the house shook twice. West of Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas just had seven or eight very powerful explosions. Mr. Vahid, it was extremely intense—more than five, definitely.

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Incoming messages: Ahvaz is being hit hard—they’re hitting it hard. Hi, Vahid. The sound of impacts in Ahvaz. At first there were three, very far away. Now there were three nearby too. Mr. Vahid, they just hit Ahvaz hard. An explosion in Ahvaz, but it was far away. At 2:20, there was the sound of an explosion in Ahvaz. The sound of an impact came at 2:21. Vahid, they’re firing in a barrage in Ahvaz. At 2:20—at 2:25, a huge explosion in Ahvaz. Hi, Vahid. They hit Ahvaz at 2:20, bro. The sound of explosions in Ahvaz won’t stop. It’s been going on for about two minutes, bombing somewhere nonstop. They hit Ahvaz really hard at 2:21—more than ten times. At 02:19 they hit Ahvaz, Mr. Vahid. They heavily bombed Ahvaz, and it’s still going on. At 2:25, a huge explosion in Ahvaz. It sounded like something hit the ground and blew up. The explosion echoed. Something like a barrage of explosions in Ahvaz. Hi. They hit Ahvaz at 2:21. I’m messaging from Golestan, Ahvaz. It was far away, but we could clearly hear and feel the shaking. Hi, dear Vahid. Ahvaz was hit really hard at 2:22. Hi, the windows in Ahvaz shook violently, like a strong gust of wind. 🔄 It started again at 02:24. Another huge explosion at 2:24. They hit again. The explosion had a shockwave. Another huge explosion at 2:24. They hit Ahvaz again at 2:24, Vahid. The sound of several more explosions in Ahvaz. They’re still hitting Ahvaz. They’re hitting it over and over. Greetings, dear Vahid. Four or five strange explosions happened in Ahvaz. They’re different from the usual ones. Even though they’re far away and not very loud, they shake the ground and windows in a terrifying way. Hi, in Ahvaz, around 2:24, the sound reached our neighborhood in Farhang Shahr. It wasn’t very loud, but it was unmistakable. The explosions in Ahvaz are still continuing. They’re much stronger than in previous days. The whole house and the windows are shaking. Ahvaz ammunition depot—explosions one after another, they just won’t stop. 2:32, 2:33 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump: Damage caused by attacks on ships will be paid for with Iran’s frozen funds Machine translation: Please consider this statement, until further notice, as an announcement that from this moment on, the cost of any damage caused to ships, cargo, or anything related to them will be paid from Iranian funds held and controlled by the United States. These damages may be very substantial, but nevertheless, this is fair and just. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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Tasnim: Two U.S. missiles reportedly struck the area around the village of Masan on Qeshm Island Tasnim reporter: 🔹 At 23:50, two missiles struck the area around the village of Masan on Qeshm Island during an attack by the U.S. enemy. According to preliminary information, the attack took place near the village of Masan. The relevant authorities are investigating the incident and assessing possible damage. I had a message too, but I received it at 23:33: “Hi dear Vahid, at 23:30, two loud explosions in Zolfaghar, Qeshm.” 📡 @VahidOnline

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Vahid Online pinned “⚠️ Dangerous VPN ads ⚠️ I don’t advertise circumvention tools or VPNs. In fact, I don’t run any ads at all. The ads you see here are placed directly with Telegram, and I’m not aware of them. It seems that all of these ads are scams, especially those related to VPNs and activity…”