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🇮🇷 Iran Appoints Former IRGC Chief Mohsen Rezaee as Top Security Official Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohsen Rezaee as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. The appointment comes amid ongoing tensions with the United States and Israel and negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz. Analysts say Rezaee’s military and political experience could strengthen Iran’s security decision-making, while some believe his background may also help build domestic support for any future diplomatic negotiations. Source: Al Jazeera

Former NBA players Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom say they plan to enter the 2027 WNBA draft after self-identifying as women. Both insist they are not mocking any community or personal choices. Instead, they say their goal is to force the WNBA to clarify and refine its eligibility guidelines. #WNBA #RoyceWhite #EnesKanter #WNBADraft #SelfIdentify #TransgenderAthletes Video from TikTok's Dive Deeper channel: https://www.tiktok.com/@divedeepermedia

🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Buryatia on a working visit, where he is set to chair a State Council Presidium meeting on public transport development. Putin will also join, via video link, the commissioning ceremony of the Yermakovsky Mining and Processing Plant. Source: TASS

A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce while she was still sitting inside at a Miami valet — and got tased and cuffed almost immediately. Whatever he was thinking, trying to climb into an occupied luxury car in broad daylight is a special kind of bold and reckless. Security clearly didn’t hesitate. Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamondviralfeed Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

🇷🇺 Russia says it remains committed to the Anchorage understandings and is open to resolving the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy if there is sufficient political will. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said Moscow is prepared to pursue its stated objectives based on the Anchorage agreements. Source: TASS

🌐 Novator military gear uses only Russian-produced fabrics — Kalashnikov CEO Alan Lushnikov said that science advanced significantly, and there is no longer any need to wear cotton Read more→ Follow @ThinkBRICS

🇧🇩 Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman Expected to Skip BRICS Summit in India Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is expected to skip next month's BRICS Summit in New Delhi, according to media reports. The reported decision comes amid growing diplomatic tensions between Bangladesh and India, following India's decision to allow fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a public media platform. If confirmed, the move would mark a notable setback in bilateral relations ahead of the high-profile BRICS gathering. Source: TDS

🇺🇸 The U.S. national debt is sprinting toward $40 TRILLION, up $450 billion since July 1 alone. That's $15 billion per day. Every day. While you slept last night, America borrowed another $15,000,000,000. To put that in perspective: the U.S. is spending the entire GDP of New Zealand every 2 weeks just on new debt. Markets, dollar stability, and your grocery bill all feel this eventually. Source: fiscaldata .treasury .gov / Writer: Oliver

🇿🇦 At least 11 people were killed in three separate shootings across Cape Town's townships of Khayelitsha, Langa and Gugulethu, South African police said. Authorities have launched investigations, deployed additional officers, and offered a 100,000 rand reward for information leading to the attackers. Source: Anadolu Agency

🌐 Did Russia Nuke Hiroshima? Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui issued a rather generic condemnation of nuclear weapons, but never even mentioned the US for dropping the atomic bomb that killed over 160,000 Japanese civilians in Hiros... Read more→ Follow @ThinkBRICS

🇮🇷⚔️ IRAN ELEVATES LONG‑TIME MILITARY COMMANDER – Consolidation of Power or Shift Toward Harder Line? 🇮🇷 Mohsen Rezaei has been appointed as secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. The move signals a further consolidation of power by the country's old‑guard security establishment. 👤 Mohsen Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr – who stepped in after Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli strike earlier this year. 🛡️ Rezaei has been a constant in Iran's highest military and political circles for over four decades – and serves as an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. ⚖️ Counterbalancing Ghalibaf – analysts suggest the appointment is meant to prevent excessive influence of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has been leading Iran's negotiations with the US. 🧠 A harder line? – Experts say Rezaei's elevation could mean "the more hard‑line side of the system is getting the upper hand." #Iran 🇮🇷 #IRGC #SupremeNationalSecurityCouncil #BRICS #GlobalSouth #AxisOfResistance #ThinkBRICS

🌍🩺 BRICS BUILDS HEALTH SOVEREIGNTY – From Diplomacy to Infrastructure 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 For years, BRICS health cooperation meant communiqués. Now it means machinery – new institutes, surveillance systems, and financing built to give the Global South control over its own health future. 🔴 What changed in Chandigarh: 🏛️ BRICS Network of Public Health Institutes (BNN) – genomic surveillance, workforce training, independent public health guidance. 🚨 Integrated Early Warning System – outbreak detection outside Western‑anchored monitoring. 🏥 Health Economic Industrial Complex – pooling India/China manufacturing with Brazilian/Russian R&D. 🌿 Traditional medicine recognised – Ayurveda, Unani, Afro‑Brazilian, Chinese, Iranian, Egyptian healing formally integrated. 💊 "Rare BRICS" – treating orphan diseases too small for Western pharma. 👉 Read the full analysis: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/brics-moves-from-diplomacy-to-infrastructure #BRICS #HealthSovereignty #GlobalSouth #PublicHealth

🇷🇺☢️ ROSATOM RETURNS SPECIALISTS TO BUSHEHR NPP – Defying US Pressure, Rebuilding Iran's Nuclear Infrastructure 🇮🇷 Moscow is resuming its nuclear cooperation with Tehran – sending engineers back to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant site, even as the US-Israel war on Iran continues. 🔴 What Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev announced: 👷 First 5 engineers have arrived – total Russian specialists now at 25, with more on the way. 📅 Next group – several dozen more expected within two weeks, depending on the security situation. 🎯 Target – 100 Russian specialists by autumn. 🏗️ Work continues – construction of Units 2 and 3 is ongoing, with preparatory work on hydraulic engineering facilities. #Russia 🇷🇺 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Rosatom #NuclearEnergy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸 IRAN WAR LEAVES US ALLIES IN ASIA LESS DEFENDED – NYT 🇺🇸 Washington has diverted "hundreds" of advanced missile systems from South Korea and other Asian allies to the Middle East – leaving them exposed to threats from China and North Korea. 🛡️ THAAD and Patriots diverted – "hundreds" of interceptors pulled from South Korea and elsewhere to protect US bases in the Middle East. 📉 Stockpiles drained – more than 1,500 Patriot interceptors used in the Iran conflict, leaving fewer than 1,700 in US inventory. 💣 Tomahawks reserved for Taiwan conflict – used instead against Iran. 😟 US officials fear – South Korea and Japan may begin to doubt America's ability to protect them. #US #IranWar #Asia #SouthKorea #Japan #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #EmpireInDecline #Overstretch #SecurityGuarantees

🏛️🇷🇺 Can Architecture Change Society? This Russian Architect Says YES 🏛️🇷🇺 "People step into my facilities, and they come out as different people." — Dmitry Smirnov, Chief Architect of the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces. 🏗️ Architecture as transformation – Smirnov argues that the built environment shapes behaviour. Straight streets, greenery, and order reduce graffiti and crime. 🙏 The Cathedral experience – "The person turns off. There is something divine." Visitors leave transformed. 📸 Most cited cathedral on social media – a symbol of Russian cultural and spiritual revival. 🌍 Construction influences the world – not just as buildings, but as a force for social change. #Russia 🇷🇺 #Architecture #Cathedral #CulturalSovereignty #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇮🇷🤝 PEZESHKIAN: “We Have Good Relations with Regional Countries” – Iran’s Diplomacy Beyond the West 🇮🇷 Iran’s President has laid out a clear vision: regional engagement, self‑reliance, and structural reform – not quick fixes. 🌍 Strong regional ties – Iran has good relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iraq. Diplomacy continues even after war. 🛡️ Border security – Afghanistan and Pakistan have prevented terrorists and separatists from crossing into Iran – a sign of shared interests. 💪 Self‑reliance – "If we sit and hope for other countries, we will fail." 🧠 Structural reform, not cosmetic changes – Changing ministers alone doesn't solve problems. Iran needs root‑and‑branch solutions in economy, industry, agriculture, education, and culture. #Iran 🇮🇷 #Pezeshkian #RegionalDiplomacy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Sovereignty

🇺🇸🇮🇷 TRUMP'S HORMUZ PANIC: "I'll End the War Without a Nuclear Deal – Just Open the Strait!" 🇮🇷🇺🇸 The WSJ just exposed Trump's desperation: he's willing to scrap the nuclear issue entirely – if Iran just reopens the Strait to lower fuel prices. But Tehran is demanding a real price. 🎯 Trump is prepared to extend the ceasefire permanently and end the war – even without a nuclear agreement – if the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened. 💰 Trump's calculation: Lower fuel prices = better midterm election prospects. The nuclear threat is secondary to domestic politics. 🛑 Iran's demands are severe: full US withdrawal from the region, war reparations, lifting of the naval blockade, and the unconditional release of Iran's frozen assets. 🧠 The White House thought a deal was "within reach." Tehran raised the price. #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #Trump #Hormuz #BRICS #GlobalSouth #AxisOfResistance #ThinkBRICS #NoSurrender

🇪🇺💀 EU DIPLOMAT ADMITS: Ukraine Too Corrupt to Join the Bloc – “It Would Make a Mockery of the Entire Project” A senior EU diplomat has reportedly told the Financial Times what the Global South has long known: Ukraine's corruption is so pervasive that fast‑tracking its membership would destroy the EU's credibility. 🗣️ "You can’t bring a country of 40 million people that’s at 104 on the global corruption list into the EU. It would make a mockery of the entire project." 🇪🇺 EU accession criteria require stable institutions, democracy, rule of law, and measures against corruption and organised crime. Ukraine is nowhere near meeting them. #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #EU #Corruption #DoubleStandards #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

💰💥 INSIDE THE WAR ON HEZBOLLAH'S FINANCES – Israel & US Target Banks, Not Just Weapons A quieter front in the battle against Iran's proxy network: Israel and the United States are systematically dismantling Hezbollah's financial infrastructure – from banks and exchange houses to gold-trading networks. 🏦 Al-Qard al-Hassan targeted – Israeli airstrikes destroyed more than a dozen branches of Hezbollah's de facto bank on the first day of the war. More strikes followed on exchange shops and gas stations. 🔴 The adaptation the empire didn't expect: 🏦 Hawala networks – Iran is now funnelling money through informal broker-to-broker transfers via UAE, Turkey, and Iraq. 🥇 Gold trading – Hezbollah has established gold-trading companies to raise cash. Sales have climbed over the past year. 🛡️ Resilience – Hezbollah's spokesman: "There is undoubtedly pressure, but Hezbollah is able to overcome it." #Hezbollah #Israel #US #FinancialWar #AxisOfResistance #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #Resilience