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[defence edge @Defence_edge]

@stats_feed “You can keep counting CEOs, bro — we focus on real-world results, not just titles.
India produces CEOs, Pakistan produces the talent and grit that keeps industries running.
A list of CEOs doesn’t run a country; reality on the ground does.”

[Reuters @Reuters]

How Iran is widening its pressure campaign to force US concessions https://t.co/mtcrZ7QY42 https://t.co/mtcrZ7QY42

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Trump on Iran:

They call me and they said, "Please don't attack. We will make a deal."

That's the real truth, and everyone knows it.

Who wouldn't call?

[Bloomberg @business]

Saudi Arabia’s observed crude oil exports edged lower in July as the kingdom’s shipments were held back by threats to vessel traffic in both the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea https://t.co/AIY8xemfLM

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Reporter: Talks with Iran are now off.

Trump: They are going on right now. It's an amazing thing.

They are not denying it this time.

But for some reason, when they are talking, they don't like to say that they are talking.

[محسن رضایی @ir_rezaee]

If the blockade continues, American vessels and forces will face serious risks and casualties. The U.S. must change its behavior — or we will not tolerate this. We will never permit the opening of a second corridor in the Strait of Hormuz.

[أخبار السعودية @SaudiNews50]

باكستان:

وزير الخارجية الباكستاني يدعو عراقجي لزيارة باكستان بأسرع وقت.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

If the United States maintains the naval blockade, we will create serious risks for American warships.

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

⚡️BREAKING

Military Adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader on Negotiations with the United States:

"For negotiations to Start, the Supreme Leader wants to see a Change in Behavior from the Americans

Implement the Memorandum of Understanding

Say clearly that you do not want a War

Give Iran its Money back

Stop Interference in the Strait of Hormuz"

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

President Trump said Chevron and ExxonMobil are “making too much money” and should return some of their profits back to the public https://t.co/BIzJoBRekA

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Despite Trump's claim that U.S.-Iran talks would begin Monday, Pakistani officials say no meeting has been scheduled and Iran denies negotiations are underway.

Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar are still working to arrange talks.

Source: ISNA

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

There seems to be no returning to the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States

A totally new deal must be negotiated, which could include elements of oil sanction relief for Iran

The odds of the US reissuing a new oil sanction relief for Iran by the end of August stand at just 36% on Polymarket

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US says Iran must either negotiate or surrender.

[Bloomberg @business]

India plans to invest as much as $4.7 billion into railway upgrades along its borders with China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, sources say https://t.co/XQqOmNXthk

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Pakistan will reportedly host Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for talks on possible U.S. negotiations, after Pakistani officials said no talks have yet been scheduled.

Source: Al Arabiya

[Maleeha Lodhi @LodhiMaleeha]

The crisis in AJK stems from a political issue. A political problem needs a political solution

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇨🇳 Iran says China is offering to help stop the war from escalating.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Running Out of Ideas: Pentagon Tries to Crowdsource Iran War Tactics

U.S. military is crowdsourcing unconventional ideas from analysts to pressure Iran as conventional airstrikes reach their operational limits.

https://t.co/gn7CM3kNd9

[Clash Report @clashreport]

The Trump administration has invited OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and other AI companies to the White House to review a new voluntary AI oversight framework.

Under the proposal, firms could voluntarily submit AI models to the government before releasing them to partners or the public.

It's unclear whether the meeting will shape the final policy or simply present it.

Source: The Information

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Netanyahu:

There is an organized, well-funded campaign of delegitimization carried out through social media.

We will have to confront it and overcome it.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Russia is strong-arming more fighting-age men into military service to boost the flagging ranks of its army as voluntary recruitment stalls and Moscow’s initiative on the front line in Ukraine falters. https://t.co/hwRlmkLxmn