Iran Refuses Witkoff Channel as Three Carriers Converge and Pentagon Menu Targets Allies
Friday authorized the war; Saturday configured it with carriers, refused talks, allied coercion, China sanctions, and oil above $106.
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Pentagon Retaliation Menu Targets Spain and the Falklands as Allied Coercion Becomes Explicit
Washington is no longer merely disappointed in allies who refused the Iran war; it is drafting punishments for them.
Tehran Reframes the Epaminondas Seizure as Punishment for Calling at U.S. Ports
Iran's Tasnim news agency converted Wednesday's tanker seizure into anti-U.S. enforcement, mirroring Trump's shoot-to-kill order with a doctrine of its own.
Second French Peacekeeper Dies of Wounds as Bint Jbeil Firefight Tests Three-Week Truce
Corporal Anicet Girardin's death and a six-killed Hezbollah firefight at Bint Jbeil land inside a week of the ceasefire extension Trump announced at the Oval Office.
Sheinbaum Hands Chihuahua Off to Harfuch as the State Prosecutor Changes His Story
The Mexican president stopped speaking directly to a PAN governor, sent her secretary of security in her place, and named the state prosecutor's reversed declaration as evidence.
Araghchi Lands at Nur Khan as Pakistan-Channel Day Four Produces Its Only Image
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad late Friday with Tehran's response to U.S. messages — the only diplomatic image of Day Four after Iran publicly refused a direct meeting.
Khamenei and Mojtaba Hold Saturday Silence as the Family Voice Gap Hardens Into Structure
No fresh statement from the Supreme Leader's office, no Mojtaba audio, no Friday sermon — Day Two of the family-voice silence becomes the war's open-ended timeline made structural.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Demands Full Israeli Withdrawal as Bint Jbeil Firefight Tests the Truce
Cairo demanded Israel pull back from all seized areas one week into the three-week extension — the first Arab-state pressure on Israeli compliance since the Oval Office signing.