🇮🇷 Iran's energy minister Abbas Aliabadi says the country will "soon" begin work to link up its electricity grid to Qatar's.
"Studies are in the final stage; we are at the beginning of the implementation work." Iran is "also studying" connections with other countries, he said.
I just found the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, 15/06/2026.
It is currently sailing northeast into the Sea of Oman, no visible escort.
Coordinates: 21.636509, 60.517468
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BREAKING: SpaceX, $SPCX, is now worth $2.5 trillion and the 6th largest public company in the world.
SpaceX is now just 5% away from surpassing Amazon as the 5th largest public company in the world.
Financial Times, quoting a person close to OpenAI:
"In recent days, the [AI] industry has been working [with the USG] on ensuring foreign national researchers could continue to work on developing the most advanced models, a practice that the Anthropic directive has now banned."
This appears to indicate that the USG wants to restrict non-U.S. persons from working on frontier models generally, across the industry (not just at Anthropic).
Israeli Defense Minister Katz: Israel will not leave southern Lebanon, Syria, or Gaza - no time limit. Security zones will be cleared and all terror infrastructure destroyed.
Netanyahu made this clear to Trump. Katz told Hegseth yesterday. Both oppose withdrawal despite the U.S.-Iran ceasefire that reportedly includes Hezbollah.
Katz warned Iran that any attack on Israel over Lebanon will be met "with full force."
While the Hormuz is unlikely to open fully, there's a decent chance the dual blockade will be loosened regardless.
Important to watch for the oil flow.
The important takeaway is both sides are having contradictory interpretations of the alleged deal, just like in April.
If you trust the admin which failed to get a Ukraine deal after 17 months to deliver an Iran deal soon, idk what to tell you.
BREAKING: Iran says the US has agreed to pay $300 billion in reconstruction funds directly to Iran as part of the deal Pakistan announced, alongside the release of $24 billion in frozen funds with $12 billion released before negotiations even start, per Mehr News.
This directly contradicts Trump's & Vance's claim that no funds will be transferred to Iran at all.
If Trump denies this is true, there never was a deal. If Trump confirms, the US has fully capitulated to Iran's demands.
“These forecasts have been abysmal. My dots wouldn’t be perfect either, so I wouldn’t give them.”
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh has spent 15 years arguing the central bank says too much. Wednesday is his first meeting. My story on the quiet revolution he wants:
نباید دچار خطای محاسباتی شد؛
حتی اگر توافق یا تفاهمی هم بخواهید مسیر آن تأدیب رژیم صهیونیستی است، اگر این سگ هار کنترل نشود امضای تفاهم خشکنشده، پای خودمان را گاز خواهد گرفت.
#ضاحیه
One-third analysis
What is price doing?
What is volume/flow doing?
What is the data saying?
One-third execution
Entry.
Risk.
Position size.
One-third psychology
Patience.
Discipline.
Review.
Most traders spend 90% of their effort on analysis and almost none on execution or psychology. The best traders/investors tend to distribute attention more evenly across all three.
Israel just struck Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, one of Iran's red line, effectively throwing a wrench in the MOU signing.
The newly 80 years old President will wake up to a pleasant surprise from his friend in Tel Aviv.
I expect Iran to retaliate and shelve the MOU.
The opposition parties on Saturday stepped up pressure on the Centre over the deaths of three Indian seafarers in US military strikes on commercial vessels off the coast of Oman, with NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule demanding a stronger response from the government and promising support for the affected families.
The remarks came a day after India summoned a top American diplomat in New Delhi for the second time this week and lodged a strong protest over the attacks, which have claimed the lives of three Indian crew members and raised concerns about the safety of Indian mariners operating in the Gulf of Oman amid the West Asia conflict.
More details: https://t.co/LAXnVCzuHl
The Strait of Hormuz is Iran's most significant source of leverage. If the floodgate opened, it would take months to rebuild pressure on the US to the current level.
Don't expect a fully open Hormuz. Loosening is possible, but understand that Iran will demand a lot in return.
President Trump will hold a separate bilateral meetings with leaders of Qatar, UAE and Egypt on Tuesday on the sidelines of the G7 summit, U.S. official says. Netanyahu is not expected to attend
Mostly True. Now that Iran receives the frozen cash, the US blockade no longer bites as hard economically.
The most viable way for the US to regain leverage is expanding the 'dark flow' of oil against the IRGC. Failing which, there will be little pressure on Tehran to negotiate.
Trump is getting fleeced by Iran
The deal:
• $24B cash + oil sales
• Just 60 days of open Hormuz
Iran pockets $30B+ in two months
Day 61, Iran can close Hormuz again, and repeat the extortion
Massive loss for Trump—Huge win for Iran
The Hormuz blockade by Iran is showing sign of leakage. Traffic remains less than 20% of prewar level but there appears to be a steady flow for the past few weeks.
It would be interesting to observe what happens to this flow now that Iran announces SOH is 'fully closed'.