🚁 HORMUZ — Drones target ships the same day Khamenei approved peace. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IRGC drone strikes on Hormuz shipping while deal text finalizes signals hardliners are not standing down — regardless of Ghalibaf's channel or parliament's endorsement. Each ship targeted sustains closure pressure and gives Tehran leverage. If Khamenei ordered a halt, the drones say otherwise.
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⏱️ SIGNING — An unnamed US official sets a timeline. That's a pressure move, not a status report. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Anonymous US official framing accelerates public commitment — forces Tehran to confirm or deny on Washington's schedule. With Pakistan's PM already validating final text and Iran'
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⚓ HORMUZ — Iran attacks ships while the deal ink isn't dry yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iranian drones targeting Hormuz shipping tonight — intercepted by CENTCOM — directly contradicts the deal-near-signing narrative. This is either IRGC hardliners acting autonomously to wreck the agreement, or Tehran signaling MOU terms remain unsatisfactory. Pakistan
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🔏 SURVEILLANCE — US intel's Iran window may close before the deal does. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Section 702 authorizes NSA warrantless collection on foreign nationals — the backbone of US targeting on IRGC networks, Hormuz monitoring, and back-channel intercepts. Expiration creates a blind spot precisely as deal negotiations peak and hardliner
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📉 MARKETS — Equities rally on a deal no one has signed and terms no one agrees on. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Wall Street pricing in peace while Trump and Tehran publicly dispute MOU terms is the credibility gap made visible. Markets are trading the headline, not the text. If deal talks collapse or