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Abbas Araghchi: “Why We Insist on Uranium Enrichment”
“Why have we insisted, and continue to insist, on uranium enrichment? Why won’t we surrender it, even under the threat of war? Because no one has the right to dictate what we may or may not possess. This is rooted in a fundamental principle: the rejection of domination.
Enrichment is our right under international law, and whether we choose to exercise it is our business alone. For years we’ve been told, ‘You have no right to enrich; enrichment must be zero.’ Why? ‘Because we’re concerned,’ they say. If you’re concerned, we’re prepared to address that. Have questions? We’ll answer them. Is trust lacking? We’ll build it. But no one has the right to say, ‘You cannot have this because we don’t want you to.’
This is the heart of our resolve: we have stood firm in defense of our own rights. Enrichment matters, but what matters even more is demonstrating that the Islamic Republic of Iran takes orders from no one and submits to no domination.
If there are doubts about the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, we are ready to answer them. The only path forward is diplomacy. Every other path has been tried and has led nowhere. Negotiations will only succeed when the rights of the Iranian people are recognized and respected, not granted, because our rights are already legitimate in and of themselves. What we ask is simply that they be respected.”
In my view, Araghchi’s statement is more than a dignified reply to the United States. It is a rebuke of the condescending posture the West has held toward Muslims for nearly a century. It is a declaration that the era of bullying and imposed values is over. If Iran emerges from this with its honor intact, God willing, neither the United States nor the Muslim world will be what they once were.
https://xcancel.com/FrameTheGlobe/status/2043432051106558319
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇾🇪| An hour ago, the US naval blockade began on Iranian ports.
If it goes out of hand, we may witness a Yemeni blockade of the blockade of the blockade.
🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 I do not see a ceasefire anywhere.
I see a regrouping.
I see thousands of U.S. soldiers being shipped to the region in an attempt to try infiltrating again where they already failed last time.
I see Zionist Israel claiming to stop aerial bombardment against Lebanon but clear as day attempting to gain grounds during this hasty ceasefire when it miserably failed otherwise.
But..I also see the IRGC locked and loaded.
And I see Hezbollah resistance steadfast and ready more than ever to rub the nose of the occupation in southern Lebanese dirt, if they as much as peep their heads.
I see dark days ahead but certainly, I see the light of victory at the end of this tunnel of colonialism and occupation.
صبراٌ جميلاً وبالله المستعان.
✍️ Marwa Osman
🇮🇷🇨🇳🇺🇸| It looks like, despite the one vessel ‘RICH STARRY’ doing a U-turn today, at least 9 other Iranian & Chinese linked vessels continued their path amid a US naval blockade.
So is the supposed blockade just a paper tiger, or is there something else going on? Also thanks for the work, rainpizza; I am sure we all appreciate you doing this for free.
That's what those vessels are going to test. It will be interesting to see what will come next.
Also, glad to be of service to Lemmygrad. 🫡
🇮🇷🇪🇺 "Spare the sermons; Europe’s chronic failure to practice what it preaches has turned its 'international law' talk into peak hypocrisy." - Iranian MFA Spokesman to Kaka Khallas
🌟⚡️🇮🇱 Hezbollah carried out a sophisticated ambush, where Israeli occupation forces entered a house in Bint Jbeil, only to discover that the house was fully rigged with explosives. There were 7 casualties, including both dead and wounded, as a preliminary report. While the occupation forces were trying to evacuate injured and dead personnel, they were attacked with direct fire.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181901
—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: About 15-20 vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 36 hours using the new Iranian-assigned shipping corridor and with IRGC permission after paying tolls
Most of the vessels were Chinese, Pakistani, Russian or Iranian.
🇺🇸 According to USNI News—the media arm of the U.S. Naval Institute—the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is operating off Namibia, taking an unusual route around Africa to join a growing U.S. naval buildup in the Arabian Sea amid a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Instead of transiting the Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean, the strike group—escorted by USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Ross (DDG-71), and supported by USNS Arctic (TAOE-8)—is bypassing the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb.
ℹEarlier today, some reports said it had crossed Gibraltar; however, this now appears not to be the case.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181857
Cowards... They are clearly afraid of Ansar Allah
Looks like the Zionists are trying to bait Hezbollah into a civil war.
—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇸🇦 NEW: Less than a day in, Saudi Arabia is pressuring Trump to drop the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, warning that it could push the Houthis to escalate in the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab – WSJ
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/30964
🇮🇪 Ireland is entering its eighth consecutive day of mass protests over soaring fuel prices, as residents describe being forced to cut back on basic heating costs just to get by.
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/182299
Get ready folks because what is happening in Ireland will be the new normal.
🇦🇪⚡️🇺🇸 Prominent UAE commentator: It is time to think about closing the American bases as they are a burden and not a strategic asset
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/182385
Lmao sounds like copium. ‘We can defend ourselves so close the bases USA, please so we don’t get bombed anymore, please just close the bases already’. However, I don't care what these zio slaves say as long as they really go through the shedding of US bases.
[2026-04-17] @clashreport: 📸 Meal onboard USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship.
A small scoop of shredded meat and a single folded tortilla.
You know, maybe the Toilets Just Did That when the navy had issues before 🤔
This is reminiscent of Chicago Public Schools
Honor and glory to the Lebanese people that stand up to fight the Zionists
🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is now officially underway.
🔸 15+ US warships in position.
🔸 UK Maritime Trade Operations confirming restrictions on Iranian ports across the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Arabian Sea.
🔸 Trump threatening to destroy any Iranian fast-attack boats that approach: "using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea".
Iran's response: no port in the Persian Gulf or Sea of Oman will be safe if Iranian ports are threatened. The IRGC Navy says any military vessel approaching the Strait of Hormuz is a ceasefire violation.
The ceasefire and the blockade are now running simultaneously. One of them will break first.
WSJ.
🇮🇷🇺🇸| CENTCOM commander says, US has “completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea.”
Meanwhile 2 hours before this statement, a supertanker entered Iranian ports to load crude oil.
Reality does not match CENTCOM claims.
There is great public discontent in the active fleet
After photos showing the nature of the food provided to American fighters against Iran went viral, the second photo shows a dinner served on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, sent by a service member on board the ship to their family members. American service members reported poor-quality food and small portions during a deployment near Iran. Due to long operations and strained supply lines, crews rely on limited resupply at sea, leading to rationed provisions and low morale.
🇮🇷🇺🇸| New satellite images show that Iranian attacks completely destroyed 2 Helicopter shelters at the Camp Buehring US military base in Kuwait.
The attack likely happened on the last day of the ceasefire.
Source -> https://xcancel.com/s_m_marandi/status/2044856841231077778#m
From Hu Xijin, journalist and analyst from GlobalTimes:
The US blockade of Iran involves China's interests, as China is Iran's largest oil export destination. I believe the US intends to use this opportunity to pressure China to help urge Iran to reach an agreement, although this action is not specifically targeted at China.
My personal guess is that China has been communicating with all parties, either through Pakistan or directly, to promote peace talks. The arrival of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khalid in China on Sunday likely focused primarily on the Middle East war. Currently, all parties are willing for China to exert more influence.
I also believe the US currently lacks the leverage to provoke China in the Persian Gulf. The US media's collusion with the Pentagon to spread rumors that China is providing weapons to Iran is actually a preemptive measure to prevent China from doing so. China certainly will not provide weapons to either side in a conflict, but its influence is ubiquitous. If the US tries to use this severely stalled war to harm China's interests, I believe China has many cards in the hand to make the US suffer losses.
GNS Cloud Hacked Again | Israel Largest Cloud Company
In an era when technology companies promise peace of mind and bulletproof security to their clients, the harsh reality has struck GNS Cloud once again. Today, as a demonstration of our absolute dominance, Handala has successfully hacked the international GNS website, but this is only a glimpse of a much larger story.
For the past 18 months, Handala has maintained uninterrupted and persistent access deep within GNS networks. We have not only penetrated core infrastructure but have achieved complete access to every operational and management layer of this company.
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During this period, every single password for client machines and virtual servers, shamefully stored in plain text on GNS servers, has been extracted and archived by our team. No credential, no piece of confidential information has escaped our watchful eyes.
But the implications run even deeper.
Throughout this relentless infiltration, over 112,000 machines and servers were quietly backdoored and brought under Handala’s control. The entire GNS supply chain has fundamentally collapsed, and not a single GNS customer is safe—banks, tech companies, even ordinary users are exposed.
Let us remind you:
In December 2024, during Operation Martyr Reza Awada, we first announced the massive breach of GNS. The company’s management responded with denial and misdirection, publicly claiming nothing had happened. Today, there is nowhere left to hide; we possess undeniable evidence, documentation, and data.
GNS executives may, once again, attempt to dismiss or downplay this complex supply chain attack. But you cannot hide the truth forever.
Every single GNS client must know, your data, your access, your security have been under Handala’s observation and at Handala’s mercy for a long time.
This is not just a warning;
It marks the beginning of a new era, one that exposes the hollow promises of companies that treat security as nothing more than a marketing slogan. Soon, the full scope of this breach, with evidence and specifics, will be made public.
Handala, the shadow above the world of manufactured security illusions. We are present where you least expect…
https://t.me/HANDALA_INTEL/318
https://handala-hack.tw/gns-cloud-hacked-again-israel-largest-cloud-company/
Yahya Abu Zakaria, an Algerian intellectual and media analyst who has collaborated for years with prominent Arab world networks and is a popular figure on television and a strong supporter of the resistance axis, wrote in a tweet during the early days of the Ramadan war:
"I ask my brothers in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian Ministry of Culture to ban Al Jazeera in Iran. The same network that the CIA and Mossad exploit. Remember the July 2006 war and the dangerous roles this network played in Gaza."
But why does Abu Zakaria hold such a position?
Like many Arab elites, he believes that Arab media networks, like the Arab countries themselves, are not independent and all operate in line with the interests of the US and Israel. In his view, in every war and division that has occurred in the region, the media have played the main role in weakening and dividing the Arab world. This perspective is not far from reality. Networks like Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya and Al Hadath openly support Israel and the US today. In recent years, especially after the Al-Aqsa storm, these media outlets have lost their credibility among Arab people and have become known as "Al-Ibriah" (the Hebrews).
However, there is one network that operates very professionally and is still considered the main and reliable global reference for regional news: Al Jazeera.
Nevertheless, Yahya Abu Zakaria believes that Al Jazeera is also a security-intelligence apparatus serving Mossad and the CIA. Through his investigations, he has provided much evidence of this cooperation and has repeatedly revealed these collaborations in his interviews and tweets.
Some statements by Yahya Abu Zakaria:
"Many assassination operations or arrests of prominent figures have occurred after their interviews with Al Jazeera. This issue has raised many questions, and other Arab circles interested in political and media affairs do not accept the usual justifications."
"Al Jazeera was the first Arab network to infiltrate the resistance movement, expose its secrets, and leave the resistance vulnerable security-wise and intelligence-wise to the CIA and Mossad. This same network was the first to enter fighters' tunnels and reveal most of their assets. Nevertheless, some resistance figures still appear on this network. We are a people who do not learn."
After the assassination of Ahmed Yassin (March 2003), al-Rantisi was in hiding for 25 days. Al Jazeera repeatedly pressured his close associates to interview him. Eventually, al-Rantisi consented under pressure and set the interview time at his private home — a house he had not entered since Yassin's assassination. As soon as he entered the house and simultaneously as the Al Jazeera team was leaving, Israeli missiles targeted him, and he was immediately martyred.
"Al Jazeera gave me a camera equipped with GPS. Everyone Al Jazeera interviewed in Afghanistan was later assassinated.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was killed in Dubai, was interviewed by Al Jazeera's Dubai office and was killed there.
Saeed Siyam from Hamas had an appointment with Al Jazeera, but the presenter did not go to the location, and Siyam himself was targeted by an Apache.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was interviewed by Al Jazeera in 2006 and was later targeted for assassination but survived."
Abu Zakaria emphasizes that Al Jazeera exploited the Palestinian issue to infiltrate among the Arab people and, by gaining the trust of resistance groups in Palestine and Lebanon, facilitated the conditions for Israel to assassinate leaders.
Source -> https://t.me/monem_ps/3816
P.s: the man who wrote this is a Palestinian himself
⭕️ Hamas:
The Gaza Strip is still suffering from a severe shortage of most basic goods, including food, medicine, and fuel, as confirmed by reports and testimonies from human rights organizations and international institutions. Moreover, the living conditions of the population have reached unprecedented catastrophic levels, amid restrictions on the entry of aid and the continued targeting of infrastructure.
Official website - Hamas Movement
🇮🇷 Mohammad Javad Larijani: "If you ask me what the probability of war starting is, I think it's above fifty percent. We are not willing to sacrifice our tremendous achievements with a dead agreement."
On Israel's collapse: Even Friedman, the New York Times editorial writer and Israel's staunchest supporter, wrote that it's finished. They were a military club that lived by intimidation, and now, no one is afraid.
Israelis refuse military service while over twenty million Iranians registered for the "sacrifice for you" campaign in under two weeks.
"They want to escape but need something from us. You shouldn't give a wolf mercy — if it escapes, it will attack again."
Israel says Thunberg more influential ‘antisemite’ than Fuentes
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is the world’s second most dangerous antisemite, several spots ahead of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, according to a new report from the Israeli government.
The report contains an analysis of 10 “prominent influencers in the global anti-semitic and anti-Zionist arena in 2025, who were selected based on both the severity of their actions/statements and the scope of their influence.” While outside organizations have created similar rankings of antisemitic influencers, this appears to be the first one published by the Israeli government.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-antisemitism/
🇷🇺💬🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷The US and Israel may use negotiations to prepare a ground operation in Iran, as the Pentagon continues to build up troop deployments in the region — Russian Security Council
Oh, they are preparing to lose again. Great.
[2026-04-17] @PressTV: US Navy reported that three sailors were injured on Tuesday in a fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Following the recent call by Handala, dozens of Jews living in the occupied territories have contacted us and expressed their willingness to cooperate in field and intelligence operations.
Source -> https://t.me/HANDALA_INTEL/316
🇧🇷Brazilian President: We can't wake up and go to bed with a tweet from a president who threatens the world and declares wars.
Channel 15 Hebrew:
🔹 Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the police are investigating a new and serious security incident. The head of the criminal investigations department revealed this Friday afternoon that two regular Air Force soldiers have been detained for nearly a month on suspicion of spying for Iranian entities during their military service.
🔹 It is believed that this is not an isolated incident but part of an organized network. At the start of the investigations, other soldiers were also arrested, some of whom were from sensitive units (including the air defense unit).
🔹 Investigations also showed that these two suspects worked for Iranian intelligence agents and exploited their positions to transfer information about systems, locations, and high-ranking personnel.
Source -> https://t.me/QODS_COM/181372
🌟The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations has directed criticism at France:
According to international reports, a French ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz while other ships were detained. The question is simple: How much did you pay to Iran?
https://t.me/naya_foriraq/72879
Cope and seethe zionist trash.
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful,
Press Release
We salute, in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the participants in the "Steadfastness 2" flotilla to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, which sailed from the city of Barcelona towards the Gaza Strip.
We also salute the brave activists participating in this great flotilla for their heroic positions that uphold the values of justice and humanity, and their insistence on rejecting the crime of the siege imposed by the terrorist occupation on more than two million of our Palestinian people.
The participation of about 1,000 volunteer activists from dozens of countries in the flotilla, and their insistence on challenging the occupation's measures and its terrorism that it has faced against successive flotillas of freedom and steadfastness at sea; confirms the failure of the Zionist terrorism strategy to stop attempts to break the siege, and demonstrates the justice of the Palestinian cause and the right of our Palestinian people to a dignified life.
We call for escalating the international movement rejecting the siege on the Gaza Strip, especially in light of the continuation of the humanitarian catastrophe created by the fascist occupation, and we call on the international community, the United Nations and its institutions to protect the flotilla, prevent the criminal occupation army from targeting it, and take clear measures to stop the crime of the unjust siege on the Gaza Strip.
Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
Monday: April 13, 2026 Corresponding to: Shawwal 25, 1447 AH
🇮🇷Dr. Qalibaf, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said in a TV interview
We are not stronger than America militarily. It's clear that they have more money, equipment, and facilities, and they have violated our rights many times around the world. They also have more experience than us. The Zionist regime, which is America's servant and agent in the region, also has great influence.
Sometimes we hear our dear people say: "We destroyed them", no, we didn't destroy them. We are the victors in this war. There's no doubt that equipment, facilities, and money are effective factors in war and victory, but this isn't always the case. We fought an asymmetric war and managed to repel the enemy with our planning and preparations. The enemy had money and facilities, but they didn't plan well. They made strategic mistakes. They committed mistakes against our people, just as they made mistakes in their military planning.
The American government claims that it's important to put America first, but in reality, it's shown that it's important to put Israel first, because it makes its decisions based on false information about Israel.
Sometimes I hear from dear people, and even from national media, that we destroyed all their military power. Let's continue to destroy what remains and not negotiate. We will undoubtedly be superior on the battlefield, and that's why Trump is calling for a ceasefire. They expected to distract us from our western borders and said they had provided weapons, but no matter what they did, they didn't succeed.
They tried to provoke internal chaos but failed. They decided to launch a ground attack but didn't succeed.
Trump called on NATO to participate in opening the Strait of Hormuz, but no one responded. It's clear that we are the victors in the war.
There's no rift between the field, the street, and diplomacy. Today, all these factors are working together in Iran
The Chinese Ambassador to Iran announced the donation of a 58-ton shipment of medicines to the Iranian people.
Can someone answer what the actual...term for what the US is doing right now? Obviously interdiction vessels trading with Iran is a blockade, but vessels that are trading with Iran who pay a toll to Iran is...what exactly? Is it literally legally piracy? Is it something else? Did no one think that this was a possibility because this is imbecilic?
Edit: or is the US not actually doing that because when should we expect the checks notes commander in chief of the armed forces to be saying the same thing as the armed forces?
From what I understand the Iranian blockade took ship traffic from 180-200 ships a day to somewhere around 10. This will take it from 10 to 0. I don't really see this being a massive disadvantage for Iran (not being rampant capitalists the money is nice but they're pretty self sufficient and I imagine Russia and China will dip their hands in their pockets to help). It will keep up the international pressure on USA due to rising oil prices and loss in supply and lack of fertiliser shipments etc. so personally I'm not convinced this is a smart play in the slightest. Think it makes Trump look like a war mongering dumbass even more and doesn't really alter Iran's strategy or strengths.
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Professor Marandi on the talks in Islamabad:
"Vance was surrounded by two well-known Zionists, constantly on phone with Netanyahu. It's clear American regime did not have authority. Washington Post published op-ed calling for assassination of Iranian negotiators. We prepared for our plane to be shot down."
Video in https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181928
❗️ Hezbullah shot down a new Israeli Hermes-450 drone, this time over Sidqeen valley
This is the 5th confirmed large drone successfully to be shot down this war
🎥 End of collaborations
🔹The Prime Minister of Italy announced that the country will no longer renew the military pact between Israel and Italy. The joint military pact between Italy and Israel included extensive cooperation in military industries, field experience transfer, and joint army exercises.
🇺🇸/IRAN/🇨🇳NEW VIDEO: US Announces Blockade on Iran (and China): How & Why This Risks Global Escalation
▪️The US has announced a blockade of all maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz originating from Iran or having agreed with Iran for passage;
▪️This is the full implementation of Washington’s initial objective for waging war with Iran, an oil blockade of not only China but also much of the multipolar world;
▪️The US’ primary geopolitical objective is global hegemony and the only way it can achieve this objective is by dragging the rest of the rising multipolar world down relative to US power and wealth;
▪️The primary means to do this is by targeting the life blood of modern civilization which is energy;
▪️The US has been sabotaging and creating energy crises deliberately around the world including through the invasion of Venezuela, the destruction of the Nordstream pipelines, its own blockade on the so-called “shadow fleet,” and the US CIA and military targeting Russian energy production, storage, and export facilities within Russia itself;
On Youtube -> https://youtu.be/KmHYS8oK-pg
Today(two days ago) is one of the most important Christian holidays, Easter; a holiday celebrated by the followers of this religion in memory of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. But as every year, the Zionists prevent the Christians of Palestine from celebrating this holiday. As usual, they beat Christian pilgrims, arrest them, and do not allow people to go to churches and hold their religious ceremonies.
The Zionists are the most extremist creatures of God; they accept neither Islam nor Christianity. Today, the cities of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth should be hosting millions of Christians from around the world, but the Zionists do not even allow the original residents of these cities to celebrate, let alone the pilgrims who have come from other countries. Just as they do not allow Muslims to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, they now also do not allow Christians to hold Easter ceremonies.
Video link of the report -> https://t.me/monem_ps/3802
For every person that knows a Zionist Christian evangelical(in the USA, Latin America or Africa), show them this video. Tell them that this is what their church are shamefully supporting.
🇺🇸| CONFIRMED: The US navy admitted that the MQ-4C Triton drone crashed in the Persian Gulf on April 9.
Though the circumstances that led to the crash remain unknown. US navy referred to CENTCOM, and CENTCOM denied to comment — TWZ
This drone costs $238 million. And as of 2025, the US Navy only had 20 of them in total.
A statement issued by the Islamic Resistance (13):
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate ﴿It has been permitted for those who are being oppressed to fight, and indeed Allah is Able to support them.﴾ May Allah, the Exalted and Great, be true to His promise.
In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's violation of the ceasefire agreement and its repeated attacks on the villages of the south, and after the Resistance committed to a ceasefire that the enemy did not abide by, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted at 15:00 on Wednesday, 15-04-2026 the gatherings of the soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in the town of Al-Bayyadah for the second time with a large number of artillery shells.
This response will continue until the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases.
﴿And victory comes only from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.﴾ Wednesday 15-04-2026 26 Shawwal 1447 AH
#معركة_العصف_المأكول #دفاعا_عن_لبنان_وشعبه #الإعلام_الحربي
