Nima

Ex- humanitarian/UN/journo… with past lives in 🇮🇷🇮🇶🇨🇿🇾🇪🇹🇳🇱🇾🇶🇦🇺🇦🇳🇬🇹🇭🇧🇩

[MoFA وزارة الخارجية @mofauae]

UAE Categorically Denies Media Reports Alleging Transfer of Funds to Iran

[Trey Yingst @TreyYingst]

BREAKING: Sirens sounding across northern Israel amid incoming Iranian missile attack.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Iran’s soccer team and “necessary support” staff have been issued visas ahead of the World Cup but Donald Trump’s government “will not allow them to to abuse this system to sneak terrorists into the United States”, an administration official has said.

The national team has faced months of uncertainty over travel and security arrangements for the tournament since the war began on February 28, when the U.S and Israel targeted Iran with military strikes.

Full story from @AdamCrafton_ here ⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/w7u390r3eD

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Iran's World Cup squad has been notified they must enter and leave US soil on the same day of their matches played in the United States, the country's ambassador to Mexico said. Due to the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Tehran, Iran's team is now based in Mexico.

[Ambassador Tom Barrack @USAMBTurkiye]

Proud of our outstanding team at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara for their work processing visas for Iran’s national football team on their road to the @FIFAWorldCup in the United States.

Sports transcends borders, and we look forward to welcoming competitors and fans from around the world. ⚽🇺🇸

[דרור בלאזאדה | Dror Balazada @DBalazada]

BREAKING | Source Close to the IRGC: Iran Preparing to Escalate Pressure on Gulf States

• According to a source close to the IRGC, Iran is expected to increase pressure and provocations against Gulf countries in the coming period

• The source says Tehran believes that if there is no economic relief and no progress with Washington, pressure in the Gulf will intensify

• IRGC assessment: the worsening economic crisis inside Iran could lead to renewed operations aimed at raising the cost for the other side

Source close to the IRGC:
“The worse Iran’s economic situation becomes, the greater the pressure in the Gulf will be. If there is no money and no progress with the Americans, the other side must feel the price.”

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: California tech CEO Jamshid Ghomi arrested for allegedly supplying equipment to Iranian nuclear, military programs, DOJ announces

[سكاي نيوز عربية-عاجل @SkyNewsArabia_B]

الشيخ عبد الله بن زايد: العدوان الإيراني الإرهابي الذي استهدف البعثات والمقار الدبلوماسية يشكل انتهاكا صارخا لكافة الأعراف والقوانين الدولية وتصعيدا خطيرا وتهديدا للأمن والاستقرار الإقليميين

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

The systematic destruction of the enemy’s logistics in the operational rear helps Ukraine contain the enemy on the front line and move closer to ending the war from a position of strength. As the President of Ukraine has emphasized, this window of opportunity is expected to remain open for another six to nine months.
https://t.co/9gjxscmrrx

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US to slash the number of embassies in Africa that process visas, AP sources say, as Trump has moved to limit migration.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

US Central Command says they have conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sides in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island over the weekend in response to the downing of a US MQ-1 drone.

[Nima @NimaCivil]

US and China trade journalist expulsions days after Trump visits Xi in Beijing
https://t.co/grrpBG5tUZ

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

BREAKING: 1,500 UNRWA staff suspected of terror ties under growing federal investigation. U.S. considering to strip UNRWA of its diplomatic immunity—opening it to lawsuits from terror victims—and fully designating UNRWA a foreign terrorist organization.
https://t.co/YQho6jLTtr

[Nima @NimaCivil]

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[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Trump Tells Iran This Is Last Warning Before He Sends Bruce Springsteen To Perform There

[Fox News World @FNCGlobalNews]

The Czech Republic — a landlocked nation with no navy — pledges to help the Trump administration secure the Strait of Hormuz, offering "unique passive surveillance capabilities" to counter Iran's grip on the world's most critical oil chokepoint.

Foreign Minister Petr Macinka told Fox News Digital that Prague already began discussions about contributing specialized assets to protect freedom of navigation. He framed Iran as a four-pronged global threat: nuclear proliferation, drones and ballistic missiles, international terrorism, and Hormuz itself.

"Their nuclear military program must be stopped," Macinka said. "It's a global risk and global threat." Report by @EfratLachter

[Eli Lake @EliLake]

BDS is now more than 20 years old. Since the movement’s inception during the George W Bush administration, Israel’s economy has boomed. BDS has failed and will fail because Israel makes space lasers and cancer treatments. Park slope makes podcasts and used record stores.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: The U.S. struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch an attack drone, officials tell FOX News.

Four other Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat in the Strait of Hormuz were also shot down, the officials said.

"These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire."

[Vahid Online @Vahid]

پیام‌های دریافتی درباره شنیده شدن صدای سه انفجار و سپس فعالیت پدافند در #بندرعباس:
https://t.co/9eHHhe6x4W
پنج‌شنبه ۷ خرداد ساعت ۱:۳۳ بامداد #Iran

[Nima @NimaCivil]

The best opportunity for @NYCMayor to sport his Maccabi TelAviv jersey at this party but he won’t.

[The Times of Israel @TimesofIsrael]

Tens of thousands expected at NYC’s annual Israel parade; Mamdani to boycott it https://t.co/By4ryFMIpn