A failure to act on Iran risks empowering the regime and betraying Iranian protesters. President Trump must strike immediately, even symbolically, to avoid disastrous negotiations. | Opinion https://t.co/qZjpjJx2Vp

Distinguished scholar John Mearsheimer on the counterattack Iran would launch if the US & Israel attack Iran:  “First, they will launch missiles and drones at Israel and US bases in the Middle East. Then, they will close the Strait of Hormuz, devastating the world economy.”

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BREAKING: Donald Trump has named former British PM Tony Blair to his so-called “Board of Peace”, which is expected to oversee the US president’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza https://t.co/lWlIBYAMvU

🚨 The White House announced on Friday the composition of the Executive Board for the Gaza Board of Peace - the international body that will oversee the activities of the new Palestinian technocratic government in the enclave, as well as the process of Gaza’s reconstruction and

REPORTER: "Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?" PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself. You had yesterday scheduled over 800 hangings. They didn't hang anyone. They canceled the hangings. That had a big impact"

The Iranian exiled crown prince said he would take the power "taken by this regime" and put it back in the hands of the Iranian people. US correspondent @jamesmatthewsky asked Reza Pahlavi about fears that instating him as leader would mean swapping one dictator for another

Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran’s last shah, has outlined his vision for what he calls a “free Iran” in remarks that appear to hint at a future leadership role. So who is this exiled ‘prince’ urging Iranians to ‘seize cities’? 🟥 Read more: https://t.co/Uf9pukbWXd

Reza Pahlavi explaining the IPP / Iran Prosperity Project. The transitional plan, post regime collapse.

My press conference on the state of affairs in Iran will be broadcast live here at 10AM EST.

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.@PressSec: "What I will say, with respect to Iran, is that the President and his team have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues there will be grave consequences ... 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday were halted.”

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Military action won’t beat Tehran, officials tell Donald Trump | The Jerusalem Post

Clearing all of the rubble from Gaza could take nearly a decade of work, a UN official said. https://t.co/9oevOcrqnf

As US mulls strikes on Iran, Natasha Hausdorff @UKLFI CT Legal Director, explains the applicable international law in new video: https://t.co/VEyHT9iLnP

Comment Jerusalem Post, article on Reza Pahlavi: "True, abolition of the monarchy in Iran was in 1979 and to reinstate the monarchy in the 21st century Iran will be somewhat of a problem for their national sovereignty, the prince being an immediate heir to the deposed Shah."

mc_tayte_AMCKU commented on Jpost: "True, abolition of the monarchy in Iran was in 1979 and to reinstate the monarchy in the 21st century Iran will b..."

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