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📜 PUTIN WARNS TRUMP OF SEVERELY DAMAGING CONSEQUENCES IF US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN AGAIN Reuters says a Kremlin official claims Putin chatted with Trump on the phone about the Iran war. Putin laid it out straight: expect "severely damaging consequences" if the US and Israel go after Iran again. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRANIAN VP VOWS NO NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR RIGHTS AMID MOURNING FOR KHAMENEI Iranian Shura Council VP Haji Babaei laid it out straight: the people stand firm against anyone trying to strip their rights, demanding what's theirs instead of begging at the table. Nuclear issue and halting enrichment? Completely off-limits. This hits as Tehran packs in for massive mourning of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's claimed martyrdom, with revenge vows aimed at the West. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRAN OIL MINISTER SAYS NO WORRIES ON FUEL SECURITY AND DISTRIBUTION Iran's Oil Minister calmly states there's zero concern about securing or distributing fuel across the country. Business as usual, apparently. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 PENTAGON CHIEF CLAIMS IRAN NUCLEAR SITES OBLITERATED AS LAWMAKER CALLS OUT US-ISRAEL WAR START In a congressional hearing, Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth boasted Iran's nuclear facilities are wiped out and buried in rubble. Rep. Smith fired back, noting the US kicked off the war with Israel against Iran over an "imminent nuclear threat" from those exact sites. Smith grilled Hegseth on the obvious contradiction, demanding which story holds up. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 RO KHANNA GRILLS HEGSETH ON TAXPAYER BILL FOR STRIKE THAT KILLED IRANIAN SCHOOLKIDS US Rep Ro Khanna pressed Defense Secretary Hegseth on the American taxpayer cost of the strike hitting an Iranian school—killing children—and the missiles deployed. Hegseth dodged, claiming it's under investigation and he won't pin down a specific price tag. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIANS PACK JUND AL-IMAM AL-RIDA GATHERING TO BACK REVOLUTIONARY LEADER Iranians turned out in force for a large, enthusiastic Jund al-Imam al-Rida event, showing strong support for the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. Crowds pledged allegiance amid chants and loyalty displays to the revolutionary leadership. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 1995 CONGRESS TESTIMONY WARNED OF WEAPONIZED WEATHER MODIFICATION NOW LINKED TO IRAN RAIN RELIEF Researcher Robert Fletcher told Congress in 1995 that international weather mod gear could be turned into weapons for fake floods, droughts, and quakes. He nodded to Senator Claiborne Pell's 1970s push to ban them after US military's Operation Popeye in Vietnam, and flagged Alaska's HAARP for boiling the ionosphere and yanking the jet stream. Lawmakers and media brushed it off. Caption ties it to recent rain easing Iran's drought post-strike on UAE cloud seeding center. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN DISPLAYS SHAHED 136 DRONES ON IMAM REZA BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY Iranian authorities rolled out Shahed 136 drones through the streets on Imam Reza's birth anniversary. The video captures these unmanned aerial vehicles parading publicly amid the celebrations, putting Iran's military hardware on urban display for all to see. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 ISRAELI FORCES BLOW UP AL-SAFINA RESTAURANT IN SOUTHERN LEBANON VILLAGE Israeli occupation forces demolished the "Al-Safina" restaurant in Al-Bayyada village, southern Lebanon, with explosives. The controlled blast razed the structure entirely, leaving rubble right in the residential area. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum