[ZERO] The Islamist group which rules Syria from Damascus, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has long been designated as a terrorist organization by the UN, US and UK. But once the hardline group toppled Assad, things changed rapidly.
The group's leader and self-declared interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) until very recently had a $10 million bounty on his head. In May, President Trump met with Sharaa in Saudi Arabia, praising his "very strong past" - after which US sanctions on Syria were dropped. That 'strong past' was terrorism plain and simple, including attacks on civilians and overseeing Sharia executions in AQ-held Idlib provice.
A week before the Gulf meeting with Trump, Sharaa had suggested the idea of building a Trump Tower in Damascus. Since then, Sharaa has engaged with several US delegations, pushing for positive relations amid an effort to present a 'moderated' and 'reformed' leadership, despite that Jolani had even been part of ISIS early in the Syrian proxy war.
This is why a headline which emerged Tuesday is absurd and shocking: the man who founded the Syrian al-Qaeda group Al-Nusra Front is coming to America.
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[AmuTV] The Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... ’s religious enforcers, known as mohtasibs, have seen an unprecedented expansion of authority over the past 10 months, according to multiple local sources, following the formal enactment of the Taliban’s "Law on Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice," also called morality law.
Implemented last year, the law codifies a wide range of restrictions, particularly affecting women and media. It empowers the Taliban’s morality enforcers to detain individuals for up to three days and has declared the voices of women to be "awrah," or forbidden to be publicly heard. The law also prohibits the broadcasting of images of living beings — a measure that has led to the suspension or alteration of programming at dozens of visual media outlets across more than 15 provinces.
Despite widespread criticism from inside and outside the country, Taliban authorities have not relented. On the social platform X, Saif Khyber, spokesperson for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, recently announced the launch of an audio campaign to explain the articles of the law to the public.
"Let us contribute to the dissemination of the articles of this law in audio format," he wrote, noting that the full text will be shared one article at a time through audio recordings.
The law, spanning an introduction, four chapters, and 35 articles, has effectively institutionalized a host of restrictions that critics say amount to a harsh imposition of the Taliban’s interpretation of Islamic law. Religious scholars and civil society groups argue that the edicts reflect an extreme and punitive reading of Sharia and are being enforced in ways that severely curtail civil liberties.
The law has already resulted in visible changes to public life. Taliban officials are increasingly divided over the use of their own images in public, with some now opting to hold audio-only press briefings. The ban on broadcasting living images has led several television channels either to switch to radio formats or cease operations altogether.
In Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... Province, eight local sources confirmed to Amu that Taliban enforcement of the law has grown more aggressive in recent months. Residents there report increased surveillance, restrictions on women’s movement and expression, and arrests related to perceived violations of the moral code.
Despite appeals from international human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... groups and U.N. bodies calling for a rollback of these restrictions, Taliban continue to implement the law with growing rigor. Their ministry claims the measures are necessary to preserve moral order and religious values — a claim sharply contested by critics who warn that the law is instead a tool of repression.
[PMNEWSNIGERIA] The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, has called on the Moslems to offer fervent prayers for divine solutions to current challenges facing Nigeria, including the resurgence of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... murderous Moslems' attacks in the North-East and banditry attacks in the North-West and parts of North-Central on Arafat Day.
The sultan made the call on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Jama'atu Nasril Islam(JNI), signed by its Secretary-General, Prof. Khalid Aliyu.
He said , ''in this sacred month of Dhul-Hijjah, we are calling on Nigerian Moslems to rededicate themselves to good virtues and fervent prayers on the day of Arafah on Thursday.
According to him, the day of Arafah is considered one of the most beloved days to Allah, and fasting on this day is believed to expiate sins of the previous and coming year.
Abubakar cited some of the current challenges facing Nigeria, including the resurgence of Boko Haram murderous Moslems' attacks in the North-East and banditry attacks in the North-West and parts of North-Central.
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[KavkazUzel] Over a hundred pilgrims from North Ossetia went on the Hajj, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the republic reported. The cost of the trip in 2025 remained at the level of last year and amounted to 5,700 dollars.
Hajj is a pilgrimage to the Muslim holy sites in Mecca, and is one of the five main pillars of Islam. Pillars be fluffy...
Clearly a new use of the adjective. I’m not up on the latest slang, I see..
Every Muslim who has reached adulthood and has the opportunity to do so is required to perform the hajj at least once in their life. The pilgrimage to Mecca usually takes place at the beginning of the 12th month of the Muslim lunar calendar and ends with the feast of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha. In addition, there is the so-called "small hajj" - Umrah.
The cost of the Hajj for pilgrims from North Ossetia in 2024 remained at the level of last year and is $5,700 (almost 450 thousand rubles), a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the republic told the " Caucasian Knot ". "The price has not changed, the same as it was last year," the source said.
In previous years, he said, the cost varied depending on the route: a combined program cost about $3,500, while a direct flight was more expensive. However, this year, he emphasized, there are no more combined programs. "Starting this year, all programs are direct only, that is, there are no more combined flights," the RSO-Alania DUM said.
Speaking about the reasons for the price increase compared to previous years, the speaker noted the increase in the cost of services from Saudi Arabia. "Saudi Arabia raised the price - for hotels, for all services. That is why the price level is like this," the representative of the DUM explained.
The quota for the Hajj for North Ossetia this year was 140 places. According to the source, 84 people went from the republic through the Spiritual Administration, and another 25 under a separate program intended for relatives of SVO participants. "There was enough space for everyone, everyone was included. Our quota for all our pilgrims is always enough," he assured.
The pilgrims who left via the DUM flew direct from Mineralnye Vody. Relatives of the SVO participants were heading to Saudi Arabia from Moscow via Dubai. "This year, relatives of the deceased went under the SVO program - either their parents, or brothers or sisters, one of them," the source added.
He specified that the pilgrims flew to Medina on a direct flight. The price includes roundtrip flights, accommodation in Medina, Mecca, Arafat and the Mina Valley, as well as two meals a day. "The pilgrims stayed in Medina for three days, and on the third day they set out for Mecca, performed Umrah, and now tomorrow [June 4] they are leaving for the Mina Valley," the representative of the spiritual administration said.
In 2024, 1,833,164 people performed Hajj, of which nearly 90% came from outside Saudi Arabia via sea, air and land ports, according to a report from the Saudi General Authority of Statistics. The pilgrims were mostly men, but 875,027 were women.
The Hajj remains one of the largest religious gatherings in the world and the fifth pillar of Islam, obligatory for every Muslim who is physically and financially able.
”Dammit, the friends of the Jews at home and abroad noticed. We’ll have to try again later, guys.”
[IsraelTimes] Germany’s foreign minister says the country will continue arms deliveries to Israel despite earlier suggesting that these are under review.
Johann Wadephul tells a heated session in parliament that Israel, amid its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, is also under threat from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group and Iran, and that “Germany will continue to support Israel, including with weapons deliveries.”
Last week, Wadephul said that Germany was assessing “whether what is happening in Gaza is in line with international law” and that arms sales to Israel would be evaluated on this basis.
This brought criticism from some within Wadephul’s own CDU/CSU conservative alliance, who accused him of insufficient support for Israel.
Tomorrow, Wadephul will welcome his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar to Berlin.
Today’s parliamentary session is briefly disrupted by a protester shouting “Free Palestine” and “No to genocide,” who is then escorted from the spectators’ gallery.
Earlier, an MP for the far-left Die Linke party, Cansin Kokturk, was ordered to leave the chamber for wearing a T-shirt with the word “Palestine” on it.
Germany has been one of Israel’s strongest supporters as it tries to atone for the murder of more than six million Jewish people during the Holocaust.
However, conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz said last week: “I no longer understand what the Israeli army is now doing in the Gaza Strip, with what goal.”
He added that the impact on Gaza’s civilians “can no longer be justified by a fight against Hamas terrorism.”
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[IsraelTimes] Osama Krayem, 32 — already in prison over the 2015 Paris and 2016 Brussels attacks — acknowledges being present at the killing of Moaz al-Kasasbeh, but denies prosecution’s account
A jihadist enjugged Please don't kill me! over the Gay Paree and Brussels attacks in 2015 and 2016 went on trial in Stockholm on Wednesday for his role in the 2014 capture and subsequent killing of a Jordanian pilot burned alive in Syria.
The case is considered unique as the other jihadists involved in the brutal killing, which sparked international outrage at the time, are presumed dead, Swedish prosecutor Henrik Olin told AFP.
Osama Krayem, a 32-year-old Swede, is already serving long prison sentences for his role in the November 2015 attacks in Gay Paree and the March 2016 bombings in Brussels.
He now faces charges of "serious war crimes and terrorist crimes" for his alleged role in the killing of the Jordanian pilot.
On December 24, 2014, an aircraft belonging to the Royal Jordanian Air Force crashed in Syria.
The pilot was captured the same day by fighters from the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group near the central city of Raqqa and burned alive in a cage sometime before February 3, 2015, when a video of the killing was published, according to the prosecution.
The gruesome killing was captured in a slickly produced propaganda video that was one of the first such videos released by ISIS.
The killing shocked Jordan, which was participating in the US-led coalition’s strikes against ISIS positions in Syria.
"Osama Krayem has, together and in agreement with other perpetrators belonging to [ISIS], killed Moaz al-Kasasbeh," prosecutor Reena Devgun told the court on Wednesday.
"Osama Krayem, in uniform and armed, guarded and led the victim Moaz al-Kasasbeh to a metal cage, where the latter was then locked up. One of the co-perpetrators then set fire to Moaz al-Kasasbeh, who had no possibility to defend himself or call for help," Devgun said.
Krayem, wearing a dark blue shirt and with a thick beard and long, loose dark hair, had his back to the handful of journalists and spectators who followed the proceedings on Wednesday behind a glass wall in the high security courtroom in Stockholm’s district court.
He appeared calm as the prosecution laid out the charges.
The pilot’s execution was filmed and released as part of a 22-minute video accompanied by a specially composed religious chant.
In the video, the victim is seen walking past several masked ISIS fighters, including Krayem, according to prosecutors.
The pilot is then seen being locked in the cage, praying, as he is set on fire.
Prosecutors have been unable to determine the exact date of the murder but the investigation has identified the location where it took place.
’I’M IN THE VIDEO’
Bringing the case to trial was the result of extensive cooperation with officials in Belgium, La Belle France and the United States, prosecutor Olin said last week when the formal charges were pressed.
It was thanks to a scar on the suspect’s eyebrow, visible in the video and spotted by Belgian police, that Krayem was identified and the investigation was opened, Devgun added last week.
Other evidence in the case includes conversations on social media, including one where Krayem asks a person if he has seen a new video "where a man gets fried," according to the investigation, a copy of which has been viewed by AFP.
"I’m in the video," Krayem said, pointing out the moment when the camera zooms in on his face.
The other person replies: "Hahaha, yes, I saw the eyebrow."
The defendant’s lawyer, Petra Eklund, told AFP before the start of the trial that her client admitted to being present at the scene but disputed the prosecution’s version.
"He denies the acts for which he is prosecuted," she said.
"He acknowledges having been present at that place during the event, but claims not to have acted in the manner described by the prosecutors in the account of the facts," she added.
Krayem, who is from Malmo in southern Sweden, joined ISIS in Syria in 2014 before returning to Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... in September 2015.
He was arrested in Belgium in April 2016.
In June 2022, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison in La Belle France for helping plan the November 2015 Gay Paree attacks in which 130 people were killed.
The following year, he was given a life sentence in Belgium for participating in the March 2016 bombings at Brussels’ main airport and on the metro system, which killed 32 people.
Krayem has been temporarily handed over to Sweden to participate in the Stockholm trial, which is scheduled to last until June 26.
[ToloNews] On Monday, the German Foreign Ministry, responding to reports about contact with the Islamic Emirate, stated that there are no plans to establish diplomatic or political relations with Afghanistan’s interim government.
German media reported that the ministry emphasized that contacts are maintained only at a "technical" level.
A statement from the German Foreign Ministry read: "There are no plans on the part of the German government to engage in political contact with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... . However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... technical-level contact has been maintained."
Najib-ur-Rahman Shamal, a political analyst, said: "Due to concerns from the German Foreign Ministry, all German aid to Afghanistan remains limited to technical and logistical support because of the non-recognition of the Islamic Emirate. This is a concern for them. We hope that based on requests from the international community, Germany, and other international institutions, fundamental reforms in governance and the government structure will take place to pave the way for broader engagement between Afghanistan and the global community, including European countries and Germany."
Although Germany and other European countries currently refrain from establishing official relations with the Islamic Emirate, experts believe that targeted and conditional engagement could help reduce the humanitarian crisis and open the door for real dialogue between Afghanistan and the international community.
Fazl-ur-Rahman Oria, a political analyst, said: "At present, Afghanistan urgently needs to establish and expand diplomatic relations with European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... countries, especially Germany. Germany is one of the world’s industrial powers and has a deep influence within the EU and globally. Strong relations between Afghanistan and Germany would greatly benefit Afghanistan."
Wais Naseri, another political analyst, stated: "From the perspective of international engagement, there is practical interaction, but official recognition of the current Afghan government is not on the agenda of any country, not Germany, not Russia, not China, not Pakistain, nor any other country, until the Taliban meet the world’s four main conditions: human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... , and rights for women and girls."
Since the return of the Islamic Emirate to power, most countries, including Germany, have suspended their diplomatic activities in Afghanistan.
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No doubt whatsoever that Israel comes out far ahead in the deal.
[GEO.TV] Ireland's prestigious Trinity College Dublin said on Wednesday that it would cut all links with Israel in protest at "ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law".
The university's board informed students by email that it had accepted the recommendations of a taskforce to sever "institutional links with the State of Israel, Israeli universities and companies headquartered in Israel".
The recommendations would be "enacted for the duration of the ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law", said the email sent by the board's chairman Paul Farrell, and seen by AFP.
The university also said that it would "enter into no further mobility agreements with Israeli universities".
University board announces divestment from Israeli firms, colleges; decision taken in step with recommendations of a task force, formed after anti-Israel students blockaded campus
Ireland’s prestigious Trinity College Dublin said on Wednesday that it would cut all links with Israel in protest of "ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law."
The university’s board informed students by email on Wednesday that it had accepted the recommendations of a task force to sever "institutional links with the State of Israel, Israeli universities and companies headquartered in Israel."
The recommendations would be "enacted for the duration of the ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law," said the email sent by the board’s chairman Paul Farrell, and seen by AFP.
The task force was set up after part of the university’s campus in central Dublin was blockaded by students for five days last year in protest against the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , where Israel is battling to defeat the Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terror group following the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel.
Among the task force’s recommendations approved by the board were pledges to divest "from all companies headquartered in Israel" and to "enter into no future supply contracts with Israeli firms" and "no new commercial relationships with Israeli entities."
The university also said that it would "enter into no further mobility agreements with Israeli universities."
Trinity has two current Erasmus+ exchange agreements with Israeli universities: Bar Ilan University, an agreement that ends in July 2026, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which ends in July 2025, the university told AFP in an email.
The board also said that the university "should not submit for approval or agree to participate in any new institutional research agreements involving Israeli participation."
It "should seek to align itself with like-minded universities and bodies in an effort to influence EU policy concerning Israel’s participation in such collaborations," it added.
Ireland has been among the most outspoken critics of Israel’s response to the October 7 onslaught, in which turbans belonging to Hamas and other Paleostinian terror groups killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages.
Polls since the start of the war have shown overwhelming pro-Paleostinian sympathy and anti-Israel sentiment in Ireland.
In May 2024, Dublin joined several other European countries in recognizing Paleostine as a "sovereign and independent state."
Ireland then joined South Africa’s International Court of Justice case accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza — charges angrily denied by Israel.
In December, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered the closure of the country’s embassy in Dublin, blaming Ireland’s "extreme anti-Israel policies." Sa’ar later said that Dublin "encouraged" antisemitism under then-prime minister Simon Harris whom he accused of hating Jews.
Most recently, Ireland’s cabinet gave its formal backing last month to drafting legislation on restricting trade with Israeli communities in East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements.
While Ireland does very little trade with West Bank settlements, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said it was a "symbolic move" that follows Ireland’s official recognition last year of a Paleostinian state.
The bill is unlikely to be passed by parliament until later in the year.
[IsraelTimes] Turkish prosecutors have launched a probe against the leader of the country’s main opposition party for allegedly insulting a senior ally of the government, state television reports.
The case against Ozgur Ozel, leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is the latest development in a tense struggle between allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opponents that has sparked mass protests.
Prosecutors opened an investigation into claims that Ozel threatened and insulted Istanbul’s chief prosecutor Akin Gurlek, state television channel TRT reports, citing a statement from his office.
Ozel is accused of launching a verbal attack against Gurlek at a rally in Istanbul on Wednesday evening.
A former deputy justice minister, Gurlek has been accused by opponents of going after Erdogan’s rivals through a series of cases launched since he was appointed to the post in October.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Donald Trump has banned foreign nationals from studying at Harvard University as he continues to clash with the Ivy League institution.
The president issued an executive order Wednesday entitled Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University, which suspends the school's student visa program - calling it a 'privilege granted by our government, not a guarantee.'
He also doubled down on his claims that the school violated federal law and argued it is important to limit international students for national security reasons on the same day he restricted travel from a dozen countries.
'The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long warned that foreign adversaries and competitors take advantage of easy access to American higher education to, among other things, steal technical information and products, exploit expensive research and development to advance their own ambitions and spread false information for political or other reasons,' the executive order states.
'Our adversaries, including the People's Republic of China try to take advantage of American higher education by exploiting the student visa program for improper purposes and by using visiting students to collect information at elite universities in the United States.'
Harvard has nearly 6,800 international students, making up more than 27 percent of its enrollment in the past academic year, according to the BBC.
About one-third of those international students are from China, and Trump has previously accused the Ivy League school of 'coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party,' claims he reiterated in the executive order.
Trump further said that Harvard failed 'to identify and address misconduct by those foreign students' amid his crackdown on universities that allowed antisemitic protests on campus during the war in Gaza.
'In my judgment, it presents an unacceptable risk to our nation's security for an academic institution to refuse to provide sufficient information, when asked, about known instances of misconduct and criminality committed by its students,' he wrote, claiming that crime rates at the Massachusetts campus have 'drastically risen.'
'When a university refuses to uphold its legal obligations, including its recordkeeping and reporting obligations, the consequences ripple far beyond the campus,' the executive order continues.
'They jeopardize the integrity of the entire United States student and exchange visa system , compromise national security and embolden other institutions to similarly disregard the rule of law.'
The president then reasserted that Harvard is working with the CCP, claiming that it received more than $150 million from the country over the past decade.
In return, Trump writes that the Ivy League has 'repeatedly hosted and trained members of a Chinese Communist Party paramilitary organization,' citing a probe by the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
That same probe also claims Harvard has partnered with the Chinese 'on research that could advance China's military modernization.'
The president concluded the executive order by saying that rather than admit 'hardworking Americans,' the school is enrolling 'students from non-egalitarian nations, including nations that seek the destruction of the United States and its allies or the extermination of entire peoples.
'It is not in the interest of the United States to further compound Harvard's discrimination against nonpreferred races, national origins, shared ancestries or religions by further reducing opportunities for American students through excessive foreign student enrollment,' Trump writes.
He adds that the ban will remain in effect 'until such time as the university shares the information that the federal government requires to safeguard national security and the American public.'
Trump has spoken about limiting Harvard's foreign students for weeks, suggesting last month that the school should cap its international student population at 15 percent.
He even tried to revoke current students' visas, but a judge last month ordered the university and Justice Department attorneys to work out an agreement that would stop prevent the students' visas from being revoked.
Lawyers for the Ivy League institution have argued that revoking student visas is a part of an 'unprecedented and retaliatory attack on academic freedom at Harvard,' which is pursuing a separate lawsuit challenging the administration's decision to terminate nearly $3 billion in federal research funding.
They claim the Trump administration is retaliating against it for refusing to cede to its demands to control the school's governance, curriculum and the 'ideology' of its faculty and students.
But Harvard has denied accusations of bias against conservatives, fostering antisemitism on campus and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party.
It has said losing that right would affect about one quarter of its student body and devastate the school, as it would prevent Harvard from not only enrolling new international students but also require existing ones to transfer to other schools.
Many students at the Ivy League have since protested against a ban on international students - and the school even had a Chinese student give a commencement speech.
University President Alan Garber also taunted the president in his own commencement speech as he congratulated students from 'around the world' graduating from the prestigious university.
'From around the world,' he repeated for emphasis. 'Just as it should be.'
DailyMail.com has reached out to Harvard for comment.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Donald Trump has announced widespread bans and restrictions for visitors from 19 countries while simultaneously issuing a chilling warning that Egypt could be next.
Wouldn’t that be a well-deserved kick in the pants, given Egypt’s sub rosa support of Hamas’s war against Israel in the years since President Al Sisi was elected.
Nationals of Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be barred from entering the United States under the new order, which goes into effect on June 9.
Citizens of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted from traveling, removing access to all immigrant visas and several non-immigrant travel options.
The list and the concept are fascinating. I greatly look forward to seeing how it plays out, at home as well as abroad. Does this mean people here from those countries are about to endure extra scrutiny?
Trump also issued a warning that Egypt could soon join the no-fly list in the wake of the Colorado terror attack in which an Egyptian national who overstayed his visa allegedly set fire to pro-Israel demonstrators.
'We don't want 'em,' Trump said bluntly in a video released shortly after the ban was announced.
'Very simply, we cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen.'
Mohamed Soliman, the Egyptian national suspect charged with firebombing pro-Israel demonstrators, was residing in the US illegally with his wife and five children.
The president has directed several of his top national security chiefs to investigate whether Egypt should also be added to the list of restricted nations.
'In light of recent events, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide me an update to the review of the practices and procedures of Egypt,' he wrote in a Wednesday proclamation.
Trump said he hopes their efforts will 'confirm the adequacy of its current screening and vetting capabilities.'
He said the tragedy in Boulder 'underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted.
'We've seen one terror attack after another from foreign visa overstayers... thanks to Biden's open door policies today there are millions and millions of these illegals who should not be in our country.'
Several of the nations facing bans have been targeted because their screening and vetting capabilities are not up to the president's standards, putting Egypt on high alert.
Afghanistan, Eritrea, Libya, Sudan and Yemen were all placed on the banned list in part due to limited screening and vetting measures, Trump noted.
During his first term in office, Trump announced a ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations, a policy that went through several iterations before it was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.
Former President Joe Biden, a Democrat who succeeded Trump, repealed the ban in 2021, calling it 'a stain on our national conscience.'
But Trump touted the successes of his initial 2017 travel bans in his proclamation.
'During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States, which successfully prevented national security threats from reaching our borders and which the Supreme Court upheld,' the president wrote.
'It is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes.
'The United States must be vigilant during the visa-issuance process to ensure that those aliens approved for admission into the United States do not intend to harm Americans or our national interests.
'More importantly, the United States must identify such aliens before their admission or entry into the United States.
'The United States must ensure that admitted aliens and aliens otherwise already present in the United States do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists or other threats to our national security.'
Trump said the list is 'subject to revision' if nations work toward improving the vetting system of their nationals.
Similarly, other nations can be added to the list if Trump later believes they pose a risk to national security.
But as it stands, the nations included on the list have disappointed Trump in various ways, either by having a high rate of nationals who overstay their visas or by limiting the United States' access to security data.
The primary concern for Iranian nationals is that the government 'is a state sponsor of terrorism.'
In that instance, Trump argued 'Iran regularly fails to cooperate with the United States Government in identifying security risks, is the source of significant terrorism around the world, and has historically failed to accept back its removable nationals.'
Similarly, the inclusion of Somalia comes after 'The United States Government identified Somalia as a terrorist safe haven.
'Terrorists use regions of Somalia as safe havens from which they plan, facilitate, and conduct their operations.'
Haitian nationals, Trump argued, have a higher likelihood of trying to overstay their visas.
'Additionally, hundreds of thousands of illegal Haitian aliens flooded into the United States during the Biden Administration,' the president said.
'This influx harms American communities by creating acute risks of increased overstay rates, establishment of criminal networks, and other national security threats.'
During the run-up to the election, thousands of Haitian migrants who had moved to Springfield, Ohio drew the ire of President Trump, who claimed that some of them were even eating pets.
Eritrea, for example, has been included on the list because 'the United States questions the competence of the central authority for issuance of passports or civil documents in Eritrea.'
Trump wrote: 'Criminal records are not available to the United States for Eritrean nationals. Eritrea has historically refused to accept back its removable nationals.'
Trump added that 'many of these countries have also taken advantage of the United States in their exploitation of our visa system and their historic failure to accept back their removable nationals.'
Trump said the decision was made in collaboration with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe.
For the seven nations who have had their access to the United States severely restricted, Trump has clarified that authorities will no longer accept any immigrant visa applications.
Additionally, a host of nonimmigrant visa options will be revoked, and those that remain will have 'reduced validity... to the extent permitted by law.'
Looking ahead to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, Trump has already added a clause in his proclamation which states: 'Any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for the World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event' will be exempt.
The US travel ban on Afghanistan exempts Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders, green card residents, dual nationals, and close family members.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... signed an executive order banning travel to the United States by citizens of Afghanistan and 11 other countries. The order restricts entry from these nations, citing security concerns. The list includes Iran, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... , Haiti, Myanmar, Libya, Somalia, Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... , and Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the executive order includes several important exceptions. Afghan nationals holding Special Immigrant Visas (SIV), legal permanent residents (green card holders), and dual nationals traveling with passports from other countries are exempted from this travel ban. Additionally, close family members of US citizens, such as spouses and young children with immigration visas, are allowed entry.
The order further permits Afghan athletes and coaches participating in international sporting events like the World Cup or the Olympics to enter the United States. These exceptions aim to accommodate specific humanitarian and diplomatic considerations amid the broader restrictions.
According to the executive order, Afghanistan is currently under Taliban ...Arabic for students... control, a group designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) organization by the US Treasury Department. This designation targets groups involved in terrorism with economic sanctions and asset freezes, justifying the ban on travel due to security risks.
The order also notes Afghanistan’s lack of a strong, cooperative central authority capable of issuing passports or civil documentation. Furthermore, the country is described as lacking adequate screening and background check systems to vet travelers, thereby increasing concerns about potential security threats entering the US.
The travel ban reflects the US government’s stance on mitigating risks associated with terrorism and national security. While it significantly restricts travel from Afghanistan and other nations, the exemptions aim to balance humanitarian considerations and bilateral relations.
This executive order may have considerable impacts on Afghanistan citizens seeking refuge or family reunification in the US. It remains crucial for policymakers and advocacy groups to monitor the humanitarian consequences and ensure that legitimate travelers are not unjustly hindered by these broad restrictions.
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It's sad that it took anti-semitic hate crimes to force this to finally happen. these people freely entered our country for years: nothing. Finally the utterly predictable outcome happened, Jews killed in terror attacks.
NOW the USA finally gets off its ass and does something about it.
It's just fucking sick and sad. That the Americans did nothing until they got a good kick in the pants to get their attention.
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It was clearly on President Trump’s ToDo list before he was even sworn in — he’d started the process during his first term, but was then blocked by hysterical Democrats and interventionist judges. Now he has better tools and is surrounded by stiffer spines.
I imagine he took the opportunity of the attack on Zionists to move it up a few steps, that’s all. No doubt he would have done the same had the illegal from Egypt attacked a church or a public school — any opportunity to stop the inflow of the definitely untrustworthy and to increase the outflow.
[JustTheNews] The pair indicted this week worked with a University of Michigan laboratory helmed and the FBI is calling the federal funding a possible bioterrorism security risk.
Two Chinese scientists charged in a shocking plot to smuggle a toxic pathogen into the United States worked at an American laboratory led by more senior Chinese scientists funded by the U.S. government, according to federal spending records and the researchers' own disclosures.
Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged Tuesday with smuggling a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the United States in 2024. The fungus is classified in the scientific literature as a “potential agroterrorism weapon” because it affects wheat, barley, maize, and rice by causing “head blight,” according to the Justice Department.
The incident is again raising concerns about the tendrils of Chinese Communist Party influence inside U.S. research institutions and broader society, just five years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed federal funding to a lab in Wuhan, China where the virus is believed to have escaped and where dangerous gain of function research was being conducted.
The Justice Department noted Yunqing Jian’s electronics contained evidence describing “her membership in and loyalty” to the Chinese Communist Party. The Trump administration, especially the FBI, have doubled down on efforts to root out Chinese Communist Party influence, especially in higher education, by revoking visas for Chinese students at American schools.
FUNDING FROM U.S. TAXPAYERS
Records reviewed by Just the News show that both China-born scientists charged this week were affiliated with a University of Michigan research laboratory led by two senior researchers who are also Chinese citizens and are receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health for studying plant immunity.
Ping He and Libo Shan, both of whom completed their undergraduate studies in China and doctoral and postdoctoral studies in the United States, are the senior faculty members at the Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction Working Groups housed at the University of Michigan’s Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. The laboratory conducts research on plant immunity, according to its website.
According to NIH records, Libo Shan and Ping He received more than $7.6 million in total funding between two sponsored projects, awarded one to each scientist. Both NIH projects (R35GM144275 and R35GM149197) were cited in at least two research papers involving both Jian and Liu, the indicted Chinese nationals.
Other research papers on which both Jian and Liu were authors cite awards from the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
The FBI told Just the News Wednesday night that it is aware of the federal funding trail and believes the entire case exposes a serious national security risk with U.S. scientific research relying on foreign scientists, particularly from commust China.
"The CCP’s quiet infiltration of our research ecosystem is a direct threat to our national security, biosecurity, and economic independence," Erica Knight, an adviser to FBI Director Kash Patel, told Just the News. "The Director understands these threats better than anyone, and under his leadership, we will aggressively root out every trace of corrupt foreign influence."
Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said the incident shows that the threat of Chinese involvement in dangerous research funded by the U.S. government, first exposed during investigations into COVID-19, is still ongoing.
“It has been obvious for years that Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins not only funded dangerous research, but directed funding to scientists loyal to China, not America,” Johnson told Just the News. “My hope is that we can uncover and expose the extent to which their blatant actions harmed our nation and the world.”
Both Jian and Liu worked with the University of Michigan laboratory led by Shan and He, according to current and archived versions of the laboratory’s webpage.
Niether Dr. Shan nor Dr. He immediately responded to requests for comment from Just the News.
The provided biography shows Yunqing Jian joined the laboratory in August 2022 as a postdoctoral fellow. She is originally from Sichuan, China and completed her doctoral studies at Zhejiang University in China in 2020 where she “studied the mechanisms of how fungi combat with plant-derived stresses,” the web page reads.
The indictment shows that Jian also received funding through China’s "Postdoctoral International Exchange Program and the Second Class of Grants from the 69th Batch of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation” from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024.
CHANGED HIS STORY AFTER QUESTIONING BY CBP
Zunyong Liu, who is reportedly in a relationship with Jian, was also affiliated with the laboratory before he returned to China in July 2024 after trying and failing to enter the United States with a red plant material in his backpack, according to the Justice Department indictment. Liu changed his story under interrogation about the biological material, prompting authorities to turn him back.
Liu was listed as a postdoctoral fellow at the Michigan laboratory until shortly before he was turned away at customs, according to an archived version of the website. He is also listed as an author on at least four scientific studies produced under the NIH grants associated with the University's laboratory, the records show.
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This sounds like many layers of REALLY BAD. Dear FBI, CIA, NSA, and any other fed group I have not named; PLEASE FIX THIS!
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Robert Conquest's Third law of Politics:
"The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies." Literally, it seems.
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[FoxNews] Republicans slam Democrats for putting 'illegals ahead of Americans'
In an emergency ruling, a Biden administration-appointed federal judge in Colorado halted the deportation of the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, the Egyptian national under federal investigation for the Boulder firebombing attack on Sunday.
The temporary restraining order (TRO), issued by U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher, prevents federal immigration authorities from removing Soliman's wife, Hayem El Gamal, and the couple's five children from the country — at least for now.
We now have the names of the wannabe murderer, his wife, and presumably eldest daughter, Habiba Soliman.
"Defendants are temporarily restrained and enjoined from removing Hayem El Gamal and her five minor children from the State of Colorado or the United States," Gallagher wrote in the order.
The ruling will remain in effect until a scheduled hearing on June 13.
The order came after El Gamal's friend, Susanna Dvortsin, sought emergency legal protection for the family. She argued that the family faced imminent deportation by the Trump administration without the opportunity to present their case in court.
Gallagher agreed, writing that the family's deportation would cause "irreparable harm."
The judge ruled that Dvortsin must submit a supporting legal brief by June 6, with government attorneys required to file a response by June 11. A hearing is set for June 13 at the Byron G. Rogers Courthouse in Denver.
According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, citing sources, El Gamal and her five children have all overstayed their visas. However, an asylum application had already been submitted on their behalf by Soliman.
The central question is whether deportation should move forward in spite of the family's pending asylum claim.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has publicly addressed the detention and potential deportation of El Gamal and her five children. In a social media video on Tuesday, Secretary Noem confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had taken Soliman's family into custody.
"Mohamed's despicable actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but we're also investigating to what extent his family knew about this horrific attack," Noem said in the X post. "If they had any knowledge of it or if they provided any support to it."
The Boulder attack triggered a political firestorm in Washington and Colorado, as Republican lawmakers have slammed it as a lack of immigration enforcement through sanctuary policies and poor management during the Biden administration.
"This is a direct result of failed sanctuary states like Colorado and California," Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., said in the aftermath of the attack. "For the sake of our state, Democrats MUST stop putting illegals ahead of Americans. There are lives on the line."
Meanwhile, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ office said they were never aware of any threat from the suspect.
"The reality is that Colorado is not a sanctuary state and state, federal and local law enforcement work together closely to apprehend criminals, whether they are from this country or not," a spokesperson for Polis’ office told Fox News Digital, adding that the governor "expects to see the suspect prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
"There were no requests from federal law enforcement agencies regarding this individual, and if there had been then the state would have eagerly cooperated. Reports indicate that this person’s legal presence ended in March, nearly three months ago, and we are not aware of any attempt by any federal agency to deport him," the spokesperson added.
In addition, some Democrats in Colorado also faced scrutiny for attending a fundraiser with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in nearby Denver roughly 30 minutes after the attack, as she has had a past history of anti-Semitic remarks and intense criticism of Israel.
Courtrsy of Frank G in comments yesterday:
Susanna Dvortsin, who petitioned the court to stay the deportation of the firebomber's wife and children--called the "Next Friend"--was barred from the practice of law owing to misconduct in an immigration matter in South Dakota in 2019. https://t.co/AddTjJfQMP
Soliman and his family came to America from Kuwait on tourist visas (they are originally from Egypt) but illegally overstayed them. Based on what we know at this point, none of them ever gained any permanent residency either. Soliman was then granted work authorization by the Biden administration in 2023, but that ran out in early 2025. That revelation led the Trump administration to arrest Soliman's family for deportation, given that they have no right to remain in the country.
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Powerline: The petition was brought, not by Soliman’s wife, but by one Susanna Dvortsin as “next friend” of the prospective deportees. So, who is Susanna Dvortsin? She is an immigration lawyer with a checkered history. I haven’t tried to untangle it in detail, but she was fired from the Department of Homeland Security for dishonesty:
[E]leven days before her one-year probationary employment period expired, the agency terminated Ms. Dvortsin for failing to provide accurate information on the SF-86 form. The agency listed four reasons for her removal including failure to list her daughter’s father Mr. Jaime Arias as an illegal alien, failure to list the psychiatric medication she had been prescribed during the last seven years, failure to list credit information, and failure to list foreign travel information.
Some years later, Dvortsin was suspended from practicing law by the Supreme Court of South Dakota for “misconduct concerning an immigration matter.” Nevertheless, Democratic Party judge Gordon Gallagher considered her a fine representative of the Soliman family’s interests.
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Interesting corner they painted themselves into.
On one hand, they can't not fight it, because to just let this go is to admit that yes this can be done as precedent.
On the other, they show that no matter how illegal the breach, how illegal the behavior, they will be championed. They will try and frame it as absolute morality, but the fact is if there are no boundaries to the behavior then they are without morals. Then the champion they pick is herself a convicted lawbreaker and disbarred.
[GEO.TV] The Gilgit-Baltistan region on Monday reported its first case of polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain... in 2025, marking a concerning emergence of the crippling disease in an area previously thought to be polio-free.
Officials confirmed today that a 23-month-old child in the Diamer district has been infected with the poliovirus.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad officially confirmed the presence of the virus in the child from Diamer, indicating that this is the first time the poliovirus has been revealed in Gilgit-Baltistan.
This new case brings the total number of polio cases reported across Pakistain so far in 2025 to 11, according to health officials.
The re-emergence in Gilgit-Baltistan underscores the ongoing challenges in eradicating polio nationwide and highlights the critical need for continued vigilance and robust vaccination campaigns, even in regions where the virus has not been detected for an extended period.
The latest polio case comes despite an ongoing campaign to immunise 45 million children under five years of age across different parts of the country.
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[Rudaw] The Iraqi government will hold a conference in Geneva in September to facilitate the repatriation of families with ties to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) from the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, Iraq’s national security advisor said on Tuesday.
Qasim al-Araji received Steve Fagin, the new charge d'affaires of the US Embassy in Baghdad, on Tuesday to discuss a range of issues, including the fate of thousands of families, almost half of whom are Iraqis, from the notorious al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava).
"Regarding the Syrian al-Hol camp file, Mr. al-Araji confirmed that the Iraqi government will hold a conference in Geneva next September for the repatriation of families from the camp to their countries," Araji’s office said in a statement.
About 10,000 Iraqis remain in the camp after the group of 832 people left on Saturday, Sheikhmous Ahmed, who oversees all internally displaced persons (IDP) and refugee camps in Rojava, told Rudaw English.
Thousands of individuals with suspected ISIS ties are being held in al-Hol and Roj camps, which are controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeast Syria’s (Rojava) Hasaka province. al-Hol is the larger of the two camps. As of April, it housed 34,927 people. Of these, 15,681 were Iraqis, 15,861 were Syrians, and 6,385 were foreigners, according to data obtained by Rudaw English from Ahmed.
Iraq has repatriated its nationals in groups, bringing them to al-Jada camp south of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , where they go through a rehabilitation program before reintegrating into the community. Baghdad has set a goal of repatriating all Iraqi citizens from camps in Rojava by 2027.
[GEO.TV] The United States vetoed Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , which Washington claimed undermined ongoing diplomacy to resolve the conflict.
A general view shows the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Security Council meeting on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2022. — Rooters
"This resolution would undermine diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire that reflects the realities on the ground and emboldens Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... . This resolution also draws false equivalence between Israel and Hamas," said Washington's United Nations envoy Dorothy Shea just ahead of the vote.
''United States opposition to this resolution should come as no surprise,'' said Shea.
''The United States has taken the very clear position since this conflict began that Israel has the right to defend itself, which includes defeating Hamas and ensuring they are never again in a position to threaten Israel. In this regard, any product that undermines our close ally Israel's security is a non-starter.''
“The United States has been clear we would not support any measure that fails to condemn Hamas and does not call for Hamas to disarm and leave Gaza,” Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea told the council before the vote.
“This resolution would undermine diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire that reflects the realities on the ground, and embolden Hamas,” she said of the text that was put forward by 10 countries on the 15-member council.
A similar humanitarian-focused draft resolution is now expected to be put to a vote in the 193-member UN General Assembly, where no countries have a veto power and it would likely pass, diplomats said.
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon warned: “Don’t waste more of your time, because no resolution, no vote, no moral failure, will stand in our way.”
Of course they are. As is Hamas at their end of Iran’s war against Israel.
[IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump says “Iran has been slow-walking” in the ongoing nuclear talks.
“Time is running out on Iran’s decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly!” Trump writes on Truth Social, saying he discussed the matter on a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier today.
The post was subsequently deleted.
“I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement,” Trump had written.
Trump said Putin offered to personally participate in the nuclear talks in order to help push them along.
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[Rudaw] Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> on Wednesday doubled down on rejecting the United States’ "no uranium enrichment" precondition for a nuclear deal, accusing Washington of trying to obstruct Tehran’s nuclear development and declaring, "They can't do a damn thing about it."
Speaking at the 36th anniversary of the passing of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Theocratic Republic, Khamenei said, "The first thing the US insists on is that Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... should not have a nuclear industry, so that we would be dependent on [the United States of] America."
"Our response to the US's nonsense is clear: they cannot do a damn thing about it," he stressed.
Khamenei further criticized Washington’s opposition to Tehran’s uranium enrichment capabilities, asserting that the issue is a sovereign right and not subject to foreign interference. "National independence means that the country should not wait for the green or red light from the United States and its ilk," he said, adding that "a key element of national independence is the principle of ’we can.’"
"In the nuclear dossier, the US’s plan is 100 percent contradictory to the ’we can' [principle]," he added.
Indirect, Oman-mediated talks between Tehran and Washington have been ongoing since April 12, with the fifth and most recent round held on May 23.
The talks mark the most significant engagement since 2018, when US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... , during his first term in office, withdrew Washington from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under the deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Following the US withdrawal and reimposition of sweeping sanctions, Tehran gradually reduced its compliance.
Importantly, a key roadblock in the revived talks has been the issue of uranium enrichment. While US negotiators are pushing for "zero enrichment" by Iran, Tehran maintains that this condition is a nonstarter.
US President Trump on Tuesday insisted that "Under our [new] potential Agreement - WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!" In a statement he posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump added that "the AUTOPEN should have stopped Iran a long time ago from ’enriching’."
Trump’s remarks notably contradicted media reports circulating in recent days that suggested the US might allow limited low-level uranium enrichment on Iranian soil for a to-be-determined period of time.
In a seeming response to the US president, Iran’s supreme leader reiterated on Wednesday that "uranium enrichment is the key to the nuclear issue, and the enemies have also put their fingers on enrichment."
Addressing Washington, Khamenei asked, "Whether Iran has enrichment or not, what does it matter to you? Who are you?" adding that Iran has achieved a complete nuclear fuel cycle with great efforts and that the nuclear industry is not just for energy.
Khamenei’s remarks also came shortly after the White House confirmed on Saturday that the US had sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said it was in Tehran’s "best interest to accept" the "detailed and acceptable" proposal, emphasizing that "President Trump has made it clear that Iran can never obtain a nuclear bomb."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday acknowledged that a US proposal for a new nuclear agreement had been delivered through Omani mediation. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... the Iranian diplomat criticized that the proposal contains "many ambiguities and questions" and that many parts of it "are unclear."
The developments also follow a recent report by the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... ’s nuclear watchdog, the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which noted that it is "of serious concern" that Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched up to 60 percent has reached an estimated 408.6 kilograms as of May 17 - an increase of 133.8 kilograms since February.
Iran on Saturday condemned the IAEA’s report as relying on "unreliable and misleading information" from Israel and repeating "biased and baseless accusations."
Tehran further warned that if certain countries exploit its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog or use the latest IAEA report to undermine its transparency, it will take "appropriate measures" to defend its legitimate rights and hold those countries "fully responsible for the consequences."
[IsraelTimes] Senior Iranian official say Iran-based enrichment consortium ‘may warrant consideration,’ but anything outside borders ‘doomed to fail’; report suggests more talks this weekend.
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Actually Ali, I think there's smokin' hole in the ground out there with your name on it.
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Sure we can.
It's called, "multiple aircraft carriers followed by ground invasion and regime change in Tehran.
Just like Iraq, but bigger.
destroy Iran and we've just pulled the rug out from under all of Isreal's (and our) problems in the middle East.
Get ready for Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy!
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Just knock out any military and energy producing facilities. And then lock down any boats in or out of Iran and any vehicle in or out. Pop the popcorn and watch the implosion.
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...mindless ferocity in a turban...
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...Arabic for 
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
