📣 CNN: Top U.S. Military Commander Privately Seeks a Way to End Conflict with Iran 🔸 CNN, citing informed sources, reported that Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is privately seeking a way to bring the conflict with Iran to an end. 🔸 According to the report, “air power has its limits,” while U.S. ammunition stocks are also declining. 🔸 Caine is reportedly trying to persuade Donald Trump to find a way out of the war and end it with a symbolic victory, such as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 11 U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution to End War Against Iran 🔸 Eleven Democratic U.S. senators have introduced a resolution in Congress calling for the withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from any military operations against Iran. 🔸 U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper wrote on X: “Americans have lost their lives. Gasoline and fertilizer prices have surged, and our military’s weapons stocks have been depleted.” 🔸 He concluded: “End this war. Right now.” __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 Iran's Condition for Hormuz: U.S. Warships Cannot Pass Through 🔸 The Wall Street Journal: Iran has reportedly agreed, as part of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, to prevent U.S. Navy warships from passing through the strait. Iran's objective is to reduce the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 Trump's Lawyer in Hush-Money Case Becomes U.S. Attorney General 🔸 Four months and four days after Donald Trump dismissed the U.S. attorney general, the Senate finally voted on the president's nominee to replace him. 🔸 The U.S. Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general and head of the Justice Department by 50 votes to 49. 🔸 Blanche previously served as Trump's lawyer and was involved in the case concerning Trump's hush-money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. 🔸 At the height of the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump arranged a hush-money payment to Daniels through his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen, in an effort to conceal their alleged affair. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

🎥 Zelensky Turns to Israel for Air Defense Systems 🔸 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv is ready to purchase air-defense systems from Israel, with negotiations between the two sides currently underway. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 Araghchi: Understanding with Oman Does Not Mean the Strait of Hormuz Is Reopening 🔸 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking about the Oman talks on arrangements for maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, said negotiations are ongoing and that, given the technical complexities, work is underway to determine a temporary route. He added that he believes the sides are very close to a final agreement. 🔸 However, he stressed that this does not signify the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Reopening the strait remains conditional on other requirements, including the U.S. remedying its violations of the understanding. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 Baghdad Friday Prayers Imam Warns of U.S. Plans to Divide Iraq's Armed Forces Ayatollah Sayyid Yasin al-Mousawi, Imam of Friday Prayers in Baghdad: 🔸 Plans are reportedly underway through which Tom Barrack, a U.S. official, is seeking to provoke internal conflict, undermine the unity of Iraq's armed forces, and push them toward confrontation with resistance groups and the Kurdistan Region. 🔸 All efforts to drag Iraqi forces into conflicts aimed at weakening the government and the country's military structure must be prevented. 🔸 Religious and political differences must not undermine unity in confronting the “common enemy” — the United States and the Israeli regime. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 Hemmati Takes a Jab at U.S. Treasury Secretary: “Our Money Is in Our Own Hands” 🔸 Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said today that U.S. claims about shutting down Iranian crypto exchanges or financial entities are merely “American propaganda fodder” and have no connection to Iran's actual financial operations. 🔸 He added: “The money we have transferred is in our own hands, and we are using it.” 🔸 Two months ago, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges, alleging that they had ties to Iran's central bank and helped circumvent sanctions. 🔸 The U.S. Treasury Department also sanctioned another Iranian crypto exchange today. 🔸 Nevertheless, Hemmati said Iran has provided even more foreign currency this year than during the same period last year. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

🎥 Pro-Palestinian Supporters Hold Silent Sit-In at Utrecht Central Station 🔸 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators held a silent sit-in at Utrecht Central Station in the Netherlands to honor the memory of Palestinians killed in the conflict. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG

📣 Dawn: A Deeper Quagmire Awaits Trump at the End of His Threats 🔸 The Pakistani newspaper Dawn wrote that Trump previously threatened to destroy Iran's civilization, while more recently claiming that the United States is prepared to resume assassinations against the Islamic Republic. In his latest remarks, the U.S. president gave Iran what he described as a final choice between a deal or surrender. 🔸 The war against Iran has shown that the Iranian people have largely paid little attention to Trump's threats. If Washington chooses to continue issuing further threats, it will only sink deeper into the Iranian quagmire, as the leaders of the Islamic Republic appear determined to continue the struggle. __________________________________ 📣 Beyond Headlines , Inside Iran 🔗 IRAN TIMES | @JAARCHI_ENG