Pezeshkian: US Broke Prisoner-Funds Deal, But Iran Won't Start a Fight

🕊️ TEHRAN — Tehran's grievance predates the war — Washington broke that deal first. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pezeshkian naming the South Korea funds/prisoner swap as proof of US non-compliance is deliberate framing: Iran tried good faith and got burned. This poisons any Witkoff-Araghchi framework — why honor new commitments when Washington broke the last ones? It hands Khamenei's hardliners the historical record to veto any deal.

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IMF-World Bank Bangkok Talks Dominated by Middle East War, Debt Crisis

🏦 BANGKOK — IMF convenes while the war rewrites every debt projection it brought. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Brent above $135 and Hormuz functionally closed, the IMF's debt sustainability models are already obsolete. Bangkok is the first multilateral forum where war-driven energy inflation meets sovereign debt stress. Emerging markets absorbing

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Houthi-Saudi Escalation Stalls Iran Deal, Threatens Regional Spillover

🌍 SPILLOVER — The Houthi front is now outrunning the diplomacy it was meant to support. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Ghawar hit, Riyadh airport struck, American killed — the Houthi campaign has generated facts faster than any US-Iran channel can absorb them. Saudi Arabia now needs military response, which pulls Washington toward Yemen co-

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US Jets Disable Cargo Ship Attempting to Reach Iran in Gulf of Oman

⚓ GULF OF OMAN — US jets just disabled a ship for sailing toward Iran. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: CENTCOM striking a Panama-flagged cargo vessel marks a qualitative shift: the US is now kinetically enforcing a counter-blockade against Iran-bound shipping. Iran closed Hormuz to US-linked vessels; Washington just closed the

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Rubio Condemns Riyadh Airport Strike, Confirms American Among 12 Killed

🇺🇸 STATE DEPT — An American died at King Khalid. Rubio's statement just changed the stakes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: One US fatality at Riyadh airport converts this from a Saudi casualty event into a direct American loss — triggering domestic political pressure and potential legal justifications for military action. Rubio's

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IMF-World Bank Bangkok Talks Dominated by Middle East War, Debt Crisis

Houthi-Saudi Escalation Stalls Iran Deal, Threatens Regional Spillover

US Jets Disable Cargo Ship Attempting to Reach Iran in Gulf of Oman

Rubio Condemns Riyadh Airport Strike, Confirms American Among 12 Killed