Lisa Daftari

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Coming up on @FoxNews at 9pm PT // 12am ET with the latest results from Israel’s election - tune in!

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'It wasn't the landslide victory they had predicted.'

Foreign affairs journalist Lisa Daftari REACTS to initial exit polls for the Israeli election.

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The Trump admin told Persian Gulf states to prepare for a "short and intense" confrontation with Iran’s regime after the midterm elections per The Wall Street Journal

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Coming up on @GBNEWS with the latest on Israel’s elections- tune in! 5:20 PT // 8:20pm ET

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@KassyAkiva Mazal tov beautiful mama!

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ministry pointed Fox News Digital to President Macron's televised address on Sunday and referred Fox News Digital to the Elysée press office for other questions. The Élysée press office did not respond by time of publication.

Lisa Daftari, an Iran expert, told Fox News-

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba - now is the time.

The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.

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More terror-sympathizers among us- United says this pilot has been on leave since 2024, but his alleged support for Hezbollah raises a serious question: How do airlines identify extremist activity, and what triggers action before its too late? https://t.co/5ApMyOeHCD

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Pretty much a yes/no question….

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) when asked by MS Now tonight if she married her brother:

"Not to my knowledge."

[Lisa Daftari @LisaDaftari]

@SteveYates @BDOH I’m so sorry, Steve. And yet you so bravely go out and fight this threat for the rest of America. 🙏🏼❤️

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐈 𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐑— “𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄'𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒”

Journalist Jonathan Lis told Foreign Desk editor-in-chief 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢 on GB News that Trump's Iran campaign was a failure “𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳”. Daftari, an Iran scholar for two decades, wasn't having it.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯.”

She laid out the receipts: the regime's 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, its nuclear program set back, 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, and an economy running 𝟑𝟎𝟎% 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 after 47 years in power. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦?”

Lis pushed for a timeline; Daftari refused to hand him one. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧-𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦.” Her closing argument didn't need a partisan frame: “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘯 1979, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 47 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Source: @GBNEWS https://t.co/mixFPfAknt

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If you missed @LisaDaftari’s takedown of ignorant leftie numpty @jonlis1 on @GBNews, then it’s worth a listen; thoughts Jeff @jchilders98? 🤭

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@edwardbunch @GBNEWS Thank you 🙏🏼

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Coming up on @GBNEWS at 6:10pm PT // 9:10pm ET - Tune in for the latest on Russia sanction waivers & Zelenskyy's response. See you there!

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@NileGardiner Thank you!

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One of the most one-sided debates I have ever witnessed on British TV. Three cheers for @LisaDaftari who absolutely vanquished her debate opponent.

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This is superb from @LisaDaftari

An education for her clearly outclassed debate opponent, who is massively out of his depth.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'I love your confidence... You believe you know everything... You're spewing talking points from the Iranian regime'

Editor-in-Chief at The Foreign Desk, Lisa Daftari, and Journalist, Jonathan Lis, clash in a furious debate over Trump's sanctions on Russia and the Iran war.

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Because nothing says "we 'students' are worthy of better" than looting, burning, vandalizing, and terrorizing your country...

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Galeries Lafayette in Paris is being looted tonight.

It’s the French equivalent of Harrods in London or Bergdorf Goodman in NYC

[Lisa Daftari @LisaDaftari]

The President is right to keep his options open while America fights a war with Iran's regime & manages an energy crisis. BUT open options only work if Putin believes they'll be used. Attach conditions & a deadline to the waiver, lock in an energy ceasefire, and make Moscow understand that firing on Ukraine turns the sanctions back on.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to exempt Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. https://t.co/8KuQ5fuOjq