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🔴اکسیوس: ایران و آمریکا از طریق میانجی‌ها توافق کردن فعلاً به همدیگه حمله نکنن و برای حل اختلاف‌هاشون، به‌خصوص درباره تنگه هرمز، دوباره پای میز مذاکره برن 🔴 Axios: "Iran and the US have agreed through mediators not to attack each other for now and to return to the negotiating table to resolve their differences, especially regarding the Strait of Hormuz."

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷MoloMonitor: Sattelite imagery captured the USS Abraham Lincoln this Friday morning. It’s sailing north in the Gulf of Oman, putting in range of Iranian missiles without any escort vessels seen near it. تصاویر ماهواره‌ای ناو یواس‌اس آبراهام لینکلن را صبح روز جمعه ثبت کرده است. این ناو در حال حرکت به سمت شمال در دریای عمان است و در برد موشک‌های ایران قرار گرفته و هیچ کشتی اسکورتی در نزدیکی آن دیده نمی‌شود.

نماینده چین در شورای امنیت: قطعنامه ۲۲۳۱ منقضی شده و بررسی پرونده هسته‌ای ایران پایان یافته است 🔴قطعنامه ۲۲۳۱ در ۱۸ اکتبر ۲۰۲۵ منقضی شده و رسیدگی شورای امنیت به پرونده هسته‌ای ایران پایان یافته است. 🔴اصرار برخی کشورها برای برگزاری نشست درباره موضوعی که از دستور کار شورای امنیت خارج شده، فضای مذاکرات را تضعیف می‌کند. 🔴سیاسی‌کاری در شورای امنیت، اختلافات درون شورا را تشدید کرده و روند دستیابی به راه‌حل سیاسی را با مانع روبه‌رو می‌کند. 🔴چین از کشورهای ذی‌ربط خواست با حسن نیت، مفاد قطعنامه ۲۲۳۱ را اجرا و از اعتبار شورای امنیت و دیپلماسی چندجانبه صیانت کنند. 🔴نماینده چین با حمایت از موضع روسیه تأکید کرد که شورای امنیت دیگر مأموریتی برای بررسی موضوع هسته‌ای ایران ندارد.

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❗️Israeli munitions still pose threat to local communities in Lebanon The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has issued a warning that "explosive remnants of war continue to pose a threat to local communities in southern Lebanon." As families begin to return to their villages following the recent reduction in Israeli attacks, UN peacekeepers have ramped up efforts to mitigate these risks. According to the mission, "UNIFIL peacekeepers continue their efforts to reduce these risks through unexploded ordnance and mine clearance operations." The peacekeeping mission reported that since the escalation of the conflict, its specialized teams have worked tirelessly to clear pathways and residential areas. "Since the escalation of hostilities, UNIFIL's bomb disposal teams have located and neutralised dozens of unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and crashed drones," the mission stated. These operations, conducted in partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), are considered critical for the safe passage of humanitarian actors and the resumption of daily life for returning residents. While Israeli attacks have lessened in recent weeks, UNIFIL characterizes the current security situation in southern Lebanon as "fragile." Beyond mine clearance, peacekeepers are actively assisting in the repair of damaged roads, water networks, and bridges to restore essential services. Despite these recovery efforts, the mission continues to report daily Israeli ceasefire violations.

❗️Qatari investors block Volkswagen’s planned defense deal with Israel The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has successfully blocked a manufacturing agreement between Volkswagen and the Israeli defense contractor Rafael, according to a report by BILD. The deal, which had been formalized in a memorandum of understanding this past April, would have utilized Volkswagen’s Osnabrück facility to produce components for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. By exercising its 17 percent voting stake in the German automaker, the QIA—which maintains significant influence on Volkswagen's supervisory board—vetoed the arrangement due to Doha's strained diplomatic relations with Israel. This intervention has immediate operational consequences for Volkswagen, as the scrapped contract was viewed as a potential lifeline for the struggling Osnabrück plant and its workforce. Beyond the factory floor, the move reflects the growing strategic friction between European corporate interests and Gulf-based sovereign wealth funds. Security analyst Peter R. Neumann, speaking to BILD, highlighted that as the German economy faces challenges, the increasing reliance on Gulf capital presents complex risks, noting that sovereign wealth funds are now actively exerting influence to align corporate strategies with regional political agendas. The fallout from the veto is already impacting other sectors, with Israeli officials now adopting a more cautious stance toward European companies heavily backed by Gulf investment. This shift has stalled a proposed $4.2 billion acquisition of the Israeli shipping firm Zim by the German operator Hapag-Lloyd.

🛩🇷🇺 Russia’s unstoppable fiber-optic drones shutting down Ukraine’s power grid piece by piece   NATO-aligned media is sounding the alarm about the capabilities of Russia’s unjammable small, cheap drone fleets, reporting eight separate, successful attacks on 110 and 330 kV substations (four of each type) in Sumy, Ukraine, 16-26 km from the frontlines. 🌏 Reuters describes the drones’ complex, tandem-charge and follow-on strike tactics, involving one UAV breaking through anti-drone netting before a second flies through. 🌏 The second drone then maneuvers around concrete sarcophagi structures Ukraine has built to try to protect its grid, straight into ventilation holes, to knock out substations that cost up to $3.5M apiece. 🌏The price of the drones? $2k. Immune to Ukraine’s NATO-provided electronic warfare systems, the small fiber optic FPV strike drones make short work of on-site defenses. 🌏 The news agency did not go into details on the types of drones involved, but we know Russia’s FPV fiber-optic drone fleet includes: ♦️ Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky – 30km range, 3 kg payload. Among the most widely available and used UAVs of this kind in Russia’s arsenal. ♦️ Molniya-2: Ultra-cheap, fixed-wing drone made of plywood, polystyrene and aluminium tubing. 6-10kg payload, 40-50km range, production cost as low as $500. ♦️ Skvorets: another FPV fiber-optic-ready platform. 3.5 kg payload, 8km range. 150km/h top speed. ♦️ Veterok: 7 kg payload, 30 km range. Designed for minelaying and targeting of armored vehicles.   The Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky pioneered FPV fiber-optic drone warfare, debuting in August 2024 during the campaign to expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk region. It was developed by SPC Ushkuynik, a civilian-volunteer-backed tech group based in Veliky Novgorod. Created to counter the proliferation of vehicle-mounted and stationary radio jammers which degrade FPV signals, the ingenious concept is a nod to the 20th century wire-guided tech used in  anti-tank guided missiles. Russia’s designs have since been copied by Ukraine, and used to great effect by Hezbollah to destroy scores of Israel heavy tanks in southern Lebanon. 👍Boost us | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🚨🤥🇮🇷 Trump: 'Iran ceasefire is over' The armistice will not stand, the US president said, despite Iran "asking" to continue talks and the US agreement to "do so." 👍Boost us | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🇮🇷 Iran In the Iranian capital, hundreds of thousands of people, possibly over a million, took to the streets to bid farewell to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed during American-Israeli strikes. The temperature in Tehran is +34°C. The procession stretches over 10 kilometers. @Slavyangrad

The Sour Crude Problem: Why America’s Refineries Depend on Imports and Why It is Relevant to the Strait of Hormuz https://sonar21.com/the-sour-crude-problem-why-americas-refineries-depend-on-imports-and-why-it-is-relevant-to-the-strait-of-hormuz/

⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Israel and the United States have both decided that the era of military aid must end and transform into a reciprocal partnership, — THE JERUSALEM POST. ➡️ ​The current military aid agreement worth thirty eight billion dollars is set to expire in twenty twenty eight. ➡️ ​Both governments opened official talks last month to transition from a memorandum of understanding to a memorandum of partnership. ➡️ ​Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed this transition stating that the time has arrived for Israel to move from an aid recipient to a strategic partner. ➡️​American political figures from both parties are increasingly demanding an end to traditional financial subsidies to Israel. ➡️ ​The upcoming agreement will focus on deep industrial and defense technology integration rather than visible financial grants. ➡️ US aid money is heavily reinvested inside the United States to purchase American aircraft and munitions which creates local jobs. ➡️ ​The United States benefits strategically from this partnership by acquiring critical Israeli battlefield data on missile defense cyber security and artificial intelligence. ➡️ ​Israel absorbs direct military pressure from Iran and its regional proxies without requiring any direct deployment of American soldiers. ➡️ ​The new partnership will require enhanced congressional oversight and reporting to maintain accountability for both nations. ➡️ Israel wants to change its status because charity language makes the alliance politically weak when US public mood changes. ➡️ ​The partnership serves as an American industrial policy tool that buys Washington direct influence over Israeli military strategy. ➡️ ​Future US administrations may attach strict conditions to weapons that Israel cannot accept which forces Israel to build its own production capacity. ✅Follow @MaxOsintIntel