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[Laurent DeGeorges @L_DeGeorges]

@tcros Quel souvenir !
Merci de le rappeler !
« I was there » comme on doit à l’heure de la World Cup 2026

Et manque encore : Montella, Chili, Nakata et le maître de la « banda » Capello !

[Thierry Cros @tcros]

Il y a 25 ans aujourd'hui, nous étions 1 million 800.000 personnes (chiffre officiel de la préfecture de police de Rome) au Circo Massimo pour le concert d'Antonello #Venditti fêtant le scudetto de la #Roma. Dire que ce jour restera inoubliable est plus que faible !!!
https://t.co/3Y9IsgEcw3

[Le Parisien @le_Parisien]

« Ce serait du jamais-vu » : un chercheur iranien égorgé à Nice, Téhéran accuse le Mossad
➡️ https://t.co/45WRlJlIb0

[Foot Mercato @footmercato]

🇫🇷 𝟒𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫 après leur quart de finale légendaire face au Brésil lors du Mondial 1986, les héros des Bleus se sont retrouvés aujourd'hui à Cassis ! 🥹❤️

Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Alain Giresse, Luis Fernandez, Joël Bats... La mythique bande du "Carré d'As" et de la génération 86 était réunie au grand complet ✨📸

#FIFAWorldCup

[BAWOAWA @BAWOAWWA]

🔵⚪️ « Le football était populaire parce que les pauvres étaient heureux de jouer au ballon. Quand le football s’est transformé en affaires malhonnêtes, c’est là que les classes aisées y ont vu une opportunité et depuis il n’appartient plus aux pauvres. »

✍️ Marcelo #Bielsa

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

This Boston police officer shows off his football keepie uppie skills to the Tartan Army Scotland supporters.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️🇺🇸⚽️

[Modern 🇮🇱 Talmud @ModernTalmud]

Classic joke:

An antisemitic millionaire goes to eat in a fancy restaurant. A Jewish man with a kippah sits down next to him. When the millionaire sees him, he says to the waiter, "On me, serve the most expensive meal to everyone in the restaurant except the Jew." The waiter does so, and everyone, even the Jew, gets up to thank the antisemite.

The millionaire then asks the waiter which dessert is the most expensive, and asks that be served to everyone but the Jewish man. With that done, everyone thanks him again, including the Jew.

The antisemite, bursting with rage, asks the waiter to serve the most expensive wine to everyone but the Jew. Again everyone thanks him, including the Jew.

Finally, the antisemite explodes and asks, “Why do you keep thanking me if you are the only one who received nothing?!”
The Jewish man replies, "I am the owner of this restaurant. Thank you very much!”

[Ida Turan 🇮🇷 ایده توران @iranidaturan]

Yesterday Trump did an interview with the New York Times where he said some very important things that I don’t see covered anywhere.

Instead, everyone is busy covering the regime’s propaganda, which is really shameful.

In the 28-minute phone conversation that President Trump initiated from the White House residence, he made several statements:

1. Trump emphasized that if the regime kills protesters, it will prevent them from getting full sanctions relief and access to $25 billion in frozen funds. He insisted that Iran would receive no relief from sanctions or release of its frozen financial assets until it delivered on its commitments.

2. Trump openly acknowledged what he had said on the opening day of the war, when he urged the Iranian people to rise up and take over their government once the American and Israeli bombing was complete.
He admitted he had said that, but went on to note that the Iranian people did not have access to arms, and would be slaughtered if they tried.

3. Trump made it clear he is ready to restart military attacks. He insisted that if Iran failed to reach a final nuclear accord with the United States, he would restart military attacks on Tehran.

His finger remains on the trigger.

4. Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping and called him “a total gentleman.” He said: “He didn’t send a tanker, along with 20 destroyers on each side of it, to try and break up the blockade,” noting that Xi helped (or at least did not interfere) in the settlement.

This must answer your question that why he ended the blockade, probably cause China would not tolerate it any longer.

5. The most important and interesting point: Trump said that if Iran does not reach a final deal, he would make the United States “the guardian of the Middle East” in return for 20 percent of the region’s revenues.

He described this as turning American protection of the region, and the U.S. nuclear umbrella, into a paid police force, there in return for profit. This is a very Trumpian departure from post-World War II American tradition.

This last point is especially significant. Trump is directly telling the Arabs and others who want the regime to stay in power and who are not seriously helping with regime change: “Okay, I’ll handle security for the region, but I’m not doing it for free.”

He knows exactly what game some of these countries are playing, continuing to fund or tolerate the regime and regional proxies to keep Iran destabilized and weak.

Trump has read their hand, and he is putting a clear price tag on America’s role as the region’s guardian.

The full interview contains even more details that deserve attention rather than the regime’s narrative being pushed everywhere.

https://t.co/QYLgomE88t

[Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng]

🔴 Iran’s hostile actions undermine the foundations of trust and do not serve any understanding or rapprochement, a GCC statement says

🔴 Iran’s hostile actions are closing the door to dialogue, and aggression does not build relationships, the statement says

🔴 Iran’s continued pursuit of aggression will only lead to greater isolation, the statement says

🔴 The door to understanding remains open for those who choose the language of wisdom and good neighborliness, the statement says

[Financial Times @FT]

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to surpass pre-Iran War capacity without price cuts https://t.co/G9t4NWezu2

[GENGIS KHAN 🇫🇷 🇮🇱 🌿 @GENGIS9999]

Les États-Unis se préparent à débloquer des actifs iraniens pour la reconstruction des infrastructures dans le golfe touchées pendant la guerre.

Le secrétaire au Trésor Scott Bessent a ordonné à son équipe d'évaluer l'ampleur des dégâts parmi les alliés des États-Unis dans la région affectée pendant la campagne et de financer les réparations avec l'argent iranien gelé.

[Mariam Pirzadeh @mapirzadeh]

les manifestations reprennent dans certaines facs iraniennes. Les étudiants cœur de la révolte contre le régime.
" les gens ressortiront dans la rue" me disent plusieurs contacts sur place.

[Philippe Briday 🇪🇺🇺🇦#NiFachoNiFacho @pbriday]

Anniversaire du débarquement : Une pensée pour Hervé Morin…