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[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Trita Parsi has a rational, pro-American view of the Iran war, so naturally Bari Weiss tried to get him deported.

0:00 The Key Points of Trump’s Iran Peace Deal
5:36 Israel’s Move to Sabotage the Peace Deal
11:00 Why Both the US and Iran Need Peace
24:19 How Netanyahu Will Try to Pull Trump Back Into War
38:34 Why Are There Us Bases in the Middle East?
45:18 Parsi’s Shocking Conversation With the Former Head of Mossad
47:26 Iran’s Resilience and the Strait of Hormuz
51:35 Israel’s Nightmare Scenario
56:11 Israel’s Intel Operations on Iran
1:05:32 Tom Cotton’s Plot to Merge CIA With Mossad
1:12:32 Is There Hope for the Republican Party?
1:20:54 Bari Weiss’s Hit Piece on Parsi and Attempts to Deport Him
1:34:05 How the Genocide in Gaza Has Changed Everything
1:39:54 How to Support Parsi

[Mujamma Haraket @MujammaHaraket]

There is a narrative that, prior to Tufan al-Aqsa, Ismail Haniyeh inquired if Ali Khameini would lend Iranian support to an October 7-like operation, and that Khameini deferred. Commentators including Azzam Tamimi have cited this as evidence that the operation did not have the Axis of Resistance’s report. I have seen commentators revivifying this narrative today, averring that this was demonstrative of Hamas’ not heeding the AoR’s strategic advice.

This claim, however, is anchored in a Reuters report, which claimed exclusive knowledge of such a purported meeting. However, as underscored in the most comprehensive scholarly work on Hamas-Iran relations, Fatima al-Samadi’s "Iran wa-Hamas: min Marj al-Zuhur ila Tufan al-Aqsa," (Doha: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, 2024), Hamas members have vociferously denied such a meeting transpired. At the time, Hamas published a Telegram message denouncing Reuters’ claim, calling it “unfounded news.” In Nov. 2023, Osama Hamdan also called Reuters’ claim “a cheap lie.”

(This is further substantiated by more recently leaked letters—whose authenticity, admittedly, remains dubious as Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied their legitimacy and their source is the occupation’s own intelligence services—putatively authored by Qassam’s leadership and supposedly circulated to Hizbu’llah and other actors within the Axis of Resistance on the eve of Tufan stating that the Palestinian Joint Operations Room did not expect Iran or Syrian to open support fronts.)

[techerrati @relamine]

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[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

💢 Israel-Hezbollah Clashes - June 15

Hezbollah said it repelled Israeli forces advancing from the Arnoun area toward the nearby town of Kfar Tibnit, just southeast of Nabatieh, using guided missiles and Ababil attack drones. Drop Site sources in southern Lebanon also reported fire at Israeli vehicles near the strategic Ali al-Taher hills overlooking Nabatieh and missile launches toward Kfar Tibnit, with Israeli interceptors detonating overhead.

Hezbollah later issued a second statement claiming the Israeli force received reinforcements, growing to at least five Merkava tanks and four Namer armored personnel carriers, and said it struck the force again with rockets and artillery as the battle continued.

In a statement, Hezbollah said Israel must understand there will be “no return” to the pre–March 2 situation, while a Hezbollah official told Reuters that the party rejects Israel’s claimed “freedom of movement” in Lebanon.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🟢 Hamas has issued an official statement welcoming the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, congratulating Iran’s leadership and praising its “steadfastness” in resisting external pressure.

The group said it hopes the agreement will help bring an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza and repeated attacks on Lebanon, while saying that lasting regional stability cannot be achieved without ending Israel’s campaign of “extermination, starvation, and displacement” against Palestinians and addressing the root causes of the conflict.

Full statement ⬇️

[Kassem Ghorayeb | قاسم غريّب @KassemGhorayeb]

للأسف، لم يتكلّف الرئيس الأمريكي، الصديق ترامب، أو أيّ موظّف أمريكي، حتّى عناء إخبار السلطة في لبنان بتفاصيل الإتّفاق. تُترك دلالة ذلك لخيال القارئ. تفاصيل الإتّفاق علمها الرئيس جوزاف عون من وزير الخارجيّة الإيراني برغم الفجور في الخصومة من قِبَل السلطة في لبنان بحقّ إيران.

[Kassem Ghorayeb | قاسم غريّب @KassemGhorayeb]

سؤال لفخامة رئيس الجمهوريّة ودولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء

هناك مسائل كثيرة قد تكون قابلة للأخذ والردّ وتعدّد وجهات النظر فيما خصّ العلاقات اللبنانيّة الإيرانيّة. ولكن، ما هي مصلحة لبنان بالتواجد في خندق واحد مع "إسرائيل" فيما خصّ العداء لإيران؟

قد يختلف اللبنانيون على أشياء كثيرة ولكن لا أظنّ بأنّ هناك خلافاً بأنّ الهجوم الأمريكي الإسرائيلي على إيران كان اعتداءً على دولة ذات سيادة.

إذا كان ذلك العدوان مصلحة لكيان العدوّ والولايات المتّحدة، فما مصلحة لبنان بهذا الإنحياز؟ ما مصلحة لبنان بالإنحياز ل"إسرائيل" في حربها على إيران؟

جاء في بيان الثالث من حزيران، البيان المشترك الصادر غداة المفاوضات المباشرة مع كيان العدوّ في واشنطن:

«أدانت جميع الأطراف (لبنان، "إسرائيل"، والولايات المتحدة) هجمات إيران على دول المنطقة، والأنشطة المستمرة التي تقوض الاستقرار في جميع أنحاء الشرق الأوسط، سواء من خلال دعم الوكلاء أو جميع أعمال العدوان الأخرى.»

هذا البند في البيان يتبنّى السرديّة الإسرائيلية بالكامل بخصوص الحرب على إيران. ما مصلحة لبنان بتبنّي تلك السرديّة في بيان رسمي لا علاقة لإيران أصلاً به؟

[techerrati @relamine]

Total opposite of what Aoun has been not only saying but doing by working with Trump to collaborate with Israel against his own people

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🔸 Lebanese President Joseph Aoun welcomed the U.S.-Iran understanding in a phone call Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, expressing hope it would be “a positive step toward reducing tensions” and opening the door to diplomatic solutions in the region, according to the Lebanese Presidency.

Aoun stressed that “Lebanon’s stability, security, and sovereignty remain a national priority.” Araghchi, for his part, affirmed the importance of “respecting Lebanon’s sovereignty and the unity of its territories by all parties,” saying he hoped the deal would support stability and recovery in Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s readout.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

The “centrist” critique of Netanyahu’s prosecution of the war includes a complaint that Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure wasn’t sufficiently targeted.

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“The war’s initial aim—to deliver a death blow to the Islamic Republic—has proved unattainable,” write Narges Bajoghli and @vali_nasr. “Rather than breaking Iran, the crucible of war has transformed it in unanticipated ways.”
https://t.co/ckX1voRWvL

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨At least 5 Palestinians, including 2 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to WAFA.

◽️A nurse at Al-Shifa Hospital and his child were killed, and several others wounded, some critically, when an Israeli drone struck a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

◽️The body of another child, Rayyan Abu al-Ajin, arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital alongside his wounded father, after Israeli forces opened fire on them Sunday and detained them in the Wadi al-Salqa area, central Gaza. Local reports said Israeli forces had shot the child directly in the eye.

◽️A separate drone strike on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed one person, while a woman was killed earlier in the day in al-Zawaida.

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

Even the interviewer says “WOW!”

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran just published all 14 clauses of the MoU. Read them carefully, because this is not the deal Trump described.

The headline numbers: $300 billion in reconstruction commitments from the US and allies. $24 billion in released frozen funds, half before negotiations even start. Complete naval blockade lifted within 30 days. US forces withdrawn from around Iran.

Here's the big one: Hormuz reopens under Iranian arrangements, meaning Iran keeps management of the strait.

The nuclear clause is Clause 9: Iran reiterates its commitment not to produce nuclear weapons. That's it. No enrichment cap. No dismantlement. No inspector access beyond existing frameworks.

The actual nuclear terms get negotiated in a separate 60-day window, and Clause 14 explicitly removes Iran's missile program and support for resistance groups from the agenda entirely. Permanently.

Iran's Deputy FM called it a total victory this morning. He wasn't spinning.

Source: Mehr News / Writer: Oliver

[HalalFlow @halalflow]

Jeremy Scahill on why Lebanon was central to Iran’s red line in the ceasefire negotiations, while Gaza was not.

@jeremyscahill | @krystalball | @esaagar

[Hadi Hoteit | هادي حطيط @HadiHtt]

Israeli drones targeted me while I was clearly filming a report in an open space with all requirements (press signs on the car, vest and helmet with press signs, cellphones open and not doing anything else.
I was told that Lebanese army was blocking the road somewhere, so i went there searching for where the Lebanese army is.
I stopped at Arnoun-Yohmor-Kfartebnit roundabout because i didn't want to go further.
I got outside my car, with my cameras in the cage and my microphone with PressTV logo.
I was filming when the Israeli drones deliberately attacked where I was standing, and not my car.
Two brave men were able to come to my rescue after about 15 to 20 minutes. I was trying to get away from my car as I was expecting they might retarget it.
6 shrapnels hit my body (1 right chest, 3 right leg, 2 left leg).
I am better now.
Targeting journalists is a war crime.
I wish if any international legal side was able to benefit from this video to
Glory to the resistance, our only hope in front of those zionist criminals.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🔸 The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei, reiterated on Monday that Lebanon is a critical part of the MOU with the U.S. “Respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon is part of the interim agreement with the US,” Baghaei told reporters.

🔸Lebanese President Joseph Aoun welcomed the announcement of a U.S.-Iran MOU, saying he followed it “with interest” and that it includes a commitment to “stop military operations and escalation in the region, including Lebanon.” He said Lebanon “values what this memorandum contains in terms of respect for Lebanese specificity,” adding that stability in Lebanon is “an integral part of any serious effort to entrench stability in the region.”

🔸Hezbollah also issued a statement welcoming the agreement, congratulating Iran on what it described as a “great achievement” of securing a “comprehensive ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon.” The group also said Lebanon should “make good use of this regional and international umbrella” to achieve sovereignty and “liberate its land within national unity.”

Lebanon’s Industry Minister was asked about the next steps and here’s how he responded: ⬇️

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

Imagine being an Iran war hawk. You spend your professional life working toward getting the US to go to war for Israel in Iran and then, when it finally happens, it is a total disaster that ends up damaging the US-Israel relationship, hurting the US's interests, empowering Iran, and weakening your boy Netanyahu before elections. Biblical level failure.

[Mohsen, Esq. @mFarshneshani]

The moral rot of regime-change politics displayed here.

Here’s a “human rights” activist treating the cessation of war as bad news, after the military campaign whose opening strike included the bombing of an elementary school that killed 100+ children.

[Mohammad Ali Shabani @mashabani]

$29bn in spending by the US military sounds wildly inaccurate. Costs of rebuilding destroyed facilities, pre-war force buildup appear excluded. This is to say nothing of indirect costs for American consumers. Per Brown University, bill for higher gasoline and diesel prices alone is $58bn.

Easily looking at $100+bn in total cost for the US.

https://t.co/ZAKhxTQa6G

[Juan Cole @jricole]

Israel hits Lebanese World Heritage City, Sacred Shrines https://t.co/hQ65mBJXe6