Image is of Ansarallah military spokesman Yahya Saree delivering a statement/speech.
The ceasefire appears to be at least temporarily over, with an exchange of fire between (what appears to be) predominantly Iran and the entity, though as always I expect we’ll find increasing evidence of direct US involvement.
The chain of events was as follows, in spoilers below for those who haven’t been keeping up:
chain of events summary
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A while ago, Iran warned the occupation entity that if they strike Beirut (with particular emphasis on its southern suburbs, which is an area where Hezbollah officials/structures are concentrated as I understand it) then they will directly strike the north of Occupied Palestine, turning the area into a military zone, and encouraged settlers to leave to avoid civilian casualties.
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This warning was grudging accepted by the entity, who ordinarily has a policy called the Daniyeh Doctrine, in which they murder civilians en masse by bombing apartment buildings and houses in enemy cities in order to pressure the military forces they are battling to give into conditions they ordinarily would not be obliged to accept, because the Zionist ground campaigns are usually fairly ineffective at achieving goals on medium to long timescales. While removing their ability to bomb Beirut didn’t halt the Daniyeh Doctrine entirely (they could and did hit other places), their distinct inability to strike the capital when they ordinarily could do that freely was a big source of discontentment in both the civilian population and the military.
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As Hezbollah increasingly attrited the Zionist offensive forces, the attractiveness of bombing Beirut in retaliation increased regardless of the consequences, and of course the Zionists do still want to do anything they can to attack and weaken Iran directly and are much worse at hiding this than even the US. This resentment culminated on June 7th, where the Zionists conducted an airstrike on Beirut on a Hezbollah HQ.
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Iran immediately said that this constituted a break in the ceasefire, and Khamenei put Iran back on a full war footing. Within 6 hours of the strike on Beirut, Iranian missiles were flying towards the northern occupied territories, in what they regarded as merely a warning shot. Western media was obviously fairly dismissive of this; 182% interception rates and all that jazz, but we have several videos of missiles hitting targets.
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Trump publicly warned the Zionists to not respond, which many sensible people immediately diagnosed as kayfabe, and Iran obviously remained on guard against a counterattack. This came a few hours later from Zionist drones and stand-off strikes from aircraft likely in Iraqi airspace, just like in the initial phase of the war months ago. These hit sites in western and central Iran, including a petrochemical facility, but also with some interceptions.
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Iran then responded to this counterattack with a yet bigger warning shot into the occupied territories. Ansarallah also joined in with strikes on the Zionists, and they additionally announced that the Red Sea is now closed to all vessels linked directly to the entity. Certain accounts have said that the Bab el Mandab is now actually under full blockade, but this is not clearly substantiated as of me writing this at about 2pm BST, June 8th. There’s been a lot of “considering closing” and “threatening to close” and “moving to close” the Red Sea over the ceasefire period that hasn’t materialized, so I don’t want to get out over my skis.
Worth noting that according to Yves over at Naked Capitalism (a fairly reliable and left-leaning, but not communist, website), we’re now about a month or so away from reaching “tank bottom”. This is largely because commercial demand destruction has not sufficiently occurred due to oil price market manipulations keeping it low, and also because there have been basically no government policies in the US like widespread work-from-home orders. So, soon the shortages will be of the literal oil molecules not being available and not just the price signal. So there’s an increasing anxiety in the US to get this conflict over before the economy really starts to crash in the latter half of the year, one way or another. As a deal seems only increasingly unlikely given US stubborness and inability to accept battlefield realities, a return to military strikes as we’ve seen appears the only way forward, despite almost catastrophic munitions shortages.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on the Zionists’ destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
new Tasnim article (link) titled “The challenge over the first clause and the Strait of Hormuz continued until the final minutes before the agreement was announced.” (AI translation, i checked it for inaccuracy):
[The source] outlined the key changes made in the last day or two and the hours leading up to the announcement of the memorandum as follows:
- Adding the phrase “guaranteeing the sovereignty and respecting the territorial integrity of Lebanon” to the first clause of the memorandum (Trump had previously refused to accept the addition of this phrase in earlier drafts);
- Adding the phrase “management of maritime navigation services in the Strait of Hormuz” by Iran and Oman to clause 5 of the memorandum;
- Exempting ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz from being charged fees for a period of 60 days (Iran intends to collect service fees from ships after that period).
full text
The challenge over the first clause and the Strait of Hormuz continued until the final minutes before the agreement was announced.
An informed source told a Tasnim News Agency correspondent that various challenges between Iran and the United States over different clauses of the memorandum continued until the final moments leading up to the announcement.
He outlined the key changes made in the last day or two and the hours leading up to the announcement of the memorandum as follows:
- Adding the phrase “guaranteeing the sovereignty and respecting the territorial integrity of Lebanon” to the first clause of the memorandum (Trump had previously refused to accept the addition of this phrase in earlier drafts);
- Adding the phrase “management of maritime navigation services in the Strait of Hormuz” by Iran and Oman to clause 5 of the memorandum;
- Exempting ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz from being charged fees for a period of 60 days (Iran intends to collect service fees from ships after that period).
He also emphasized: “Trump insisted that the Strait of Hormuz and the blockade be reopened simultaneously and immediately after the announcement of the agreement; however, Iran did not accept this, and it was decided that the process of reopening the Strait of Hormuz would begin after the signing of the agreement on Friday.” In his social media post, Trump initially announced that the strait and the blockade had been reopened simultaneously, but after Iran pointed this out to the Pakistani mediator, Trump corrected his post and wrote that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened after Friday.
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https://www.mehrnews.com/x3cjcs
This is from Firefox’s translate:
According to Mehr News Agency, the new details of the draft memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States were published by a source close to the Iranian negotiating team.
The details of this draft are as follows:
۱- Permanent and immediate stoppage of war on all fronts, including Lebanon
۲- The US commitment to non-interference in Iran’s internal affairs and respect for the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
۳- Complete lifting of the sea blockade within thirty days
۴- US commitment to withdraw its forces from Iran
۵- Opening the Strait of Hormuz within thirty days with Iranian arrangements
۶- Suspension of sanctions on the sale of oil, petrochemical products and derivatives and Iran’s full access to its financial resources.
۷- The need to present Iran’s reconstruction plans for at least $300 billion by the United States and its allies
۸٫ ۶۰ Days of negotiations to reach a final agreement based on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of the initial, secondary U.S. and UN Security Council resolutions and the IAEA Board of Governors
۹- Repeating Iran’s commitment to the NPT to not produce nuclear weapons
۱۰- During the period of negotiations, the United States has pledged not to add to its forces in the region and will not impose new sanctions.
۱۱- The release of ۲۴ billion dollars of Iran’s frozen money in the sixty-day period of final negotiations. Half of this amount must be made available to Iran before the negotiations begin.
۱۲- Formation of a monitoring mechanism to implement the agreement.
۱۳- The final agreement is approved by the UN Security Council resolution.
۱۴- Final negotiations will not begin before the release of half of Iran’s frozen money, the suspension of Iran’s oil sanctions and the lifting of the maritime blockade, and the final agreement is only on the issue of the fate of enriched materials and enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, the reconstruction of the Iranian economy, and the discussion about Iran’s missile program and the support of resistance groups has been definitively removed from the agenda.
As the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, this text still needs to be reviewed and finalized in the relevant institutions in Iran.
The Guardian has a ~1,000 word explainer article titled “What do we know about the US-Iran peace deal – and what questions remain?” tl;dr
In the hours that followed the announcements, exactly what had been agreed remained unclear, with the final text of their memorandum of understanding unpublished and details scant about key issues including access to the strait of Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear program and Lebanon.
So…
- The strait of Hormuz: unclear and vague.
- Lebanon: unclear and vague.
- Iran’s nuclear program: unclear and vague.
At least the article was clear. But to the American media this unclear and vague memorandum of understanding is some kind of “deal”.
Full text
What do we know about the US-Iran peace deal – and what questions remain?
Donald Trump and officials in Tehran have hailed an immediate end to the war on Iran, with the US president claiming that “oil will flow on both ends again for the region, and the world”.
However, in the hours that followed the announcements, exactly what had been agreed remained unclear, with the final text of their memorandum of understanding unpublished and details scant about key issues including access to the strait of Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear program and Lebanon.
Trump later told the New York Times that he would restart military attacks if Tehran failed to reach a nuclear agreement with the US during broader negotiations set to begin on Friday.
Here’s what we know, and what we don’t know, in the hours immediately after the latest announcements:
1. The strait of Hormuz
On Sunday evening, Donald Trump appeared unequivocal about the status of the strait of Hormuz, declaring: “I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”
An hour later, the US president said the opening of the key waterway through which about a fifth of the world’s oil flows was contingent upon the signing of a deal, scheduled for Friday, and would be “for purposes of mine removal”.
Crucially, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, the peace deal mediator, made no mention of the strait in his opening announcement. Iran’s Mehr state news reported that the agreed memorandum of understanding calls for the reopening of the strait within 30 days under “Iranian arrangements”.
The US has long been adamant that any tolling arrangements on shipping – such as those reportedly discussed with Oman – would be unacceptable. The US president said last month: “The strait is going to be open to everybody. Nobody’s going to control it.”
The leaders of the UK, France, Germany and Italy – a grouping called the E4 – were also quick to emphasise that the reopening of the strait must be unconditional and with unrestricted freedom of navigation.
Regardless of the uncertainty, global oil prices tumbled in the hours following the news, with prices falling to their lowest levels since early March, shortly after the Iran war began. Prices plunged despite warnings that it could take months or years to restore the Gulf’s energy production. Reopening oil and gas sites is a complex process, and some of the region’s infrastructure has been damaged by drone attacks. There is also the question of whether shipping companies and insurers will feel the strait is safe enough for passage.
2. Lebanon
A key point of disagreement during early ceasefire talks was whether Lebanon would be included in any deal.
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi was unequivocal about the scope of Sunday’s agreement, saying: “A permanent and immediate end to the war has been declared on all fronts, including Lebanon.”
Mediator Sharif was clear, too, saying in a social media post: “Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
But Trump made no mention of Lebanon in his initial announcements on Truth Social, focusing almost exclusively on the strait of Hormuz.
This could be difficult to accept for Israel, which has not been included in the Iran peace negotiations and did not immediately respond to news of the deal. Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, arguably has his own domestic political reasons to continue pursuing the conflict with Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah in Lebanon. Further military action could conceivably torpedo any agreement between the US and Iran.
Earlier plans to unveil a deal with Iran on Sunday were upset by an Israeli attack on Beirut, which destroyed a building in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, killing three and injuring six. Trump told the Axios news site that the strike had “delayed the signing by a few hours”.
Trump and Netanyahu have repeatedly clashed over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, which continued as part of a separate and frequently ignored ceasefire deal. Two weeks ago, Trump reportedly called him “fucking crazy” after a launching a strike on Beirut, adding: “You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me.” After the latest strike the weekend, he said Netanyahu had “no fucking judgment”.
3. Iran’s nuclear program
By any assessment, the fate of the Iran’s nuclear program – a key rationale given by Trump for the war on Iran – has not been resolved in the latest agreement.
The president repeated on Sunday his promise that “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon” but senior Pakistani officials told the Associated Press that nuclear talks would continue over the next 60 days. Trump himself told the New York Times that if Tehran failed to reach a nuclear deal, it could come under fresh attack by the US military.
In a joint statement with the E4 grouping of the UK, France, Germany and Italy, echoed Trump’s comments on Sunday night, adding: “We are prepared to lift relevant sanctions in response to clear, verifiable steps by Iran on its nuclear program.”
Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is peaceful and has not publicly committed to giving up the enriched uranium, which is believed to be buried under three nuclear sites that were badly damaged by US strikes last year.
Trump faces significant political pressure to secure a better deal on this issue than the one he scuppered during his first term. He withdrew the US from a 2015 multilateral Iran deal, negotiated by Barack Obama, that lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, including international inspections.
Iran responded by ramping up its enrichment of uranium, producing more than 400kg of material at close to bomb-grade purity. The eventual fate of that uranium is likely to be a key negotiating point during the upcoming broader talks.
Republican senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday he would be “watching closely” the coming nuclear negotiations.
World Cup status update for the 13th and today:
The great satan had its first match on the 13th vs Paraguay winning 4-1 showing the world they are an ok 5/10 at the sport, then in the other 2 matches it was both draws with the arab countries of Brazil vs Morroco and The battle of the slave states in Swiss vs Qatar, both the swiss and brazillians did bad because they are supposed to be good at ball game, in my opinion at least
then today we had most of the burning-flag countries matches, first was Haiti vs Scotland with the scots winning 1-0 (btw haiti was forced once again to changed their uniform in an international sport because it made the
angry), Then it was Germany vs Curazao with the 
showing us their deep evil and winning 7-1 vs a country that entered their first world cup.Then it was Japan vs Netherlands (the loser pays Indonesia reparations) but it was a draw 2-2, it was good game tho. Also
beat Turkey 2-0.the marches for the 15th started too, with Ecuador vs Ivory coast (Ivory coast won 1-0) and ring now is Sweden vs Tunesia, the swedes look like their are going to win since they are 2-0 with 38 minutes right now
The Protests against Sheinbaum still continue, but they havent disrupted the games yet, the oppositions still tries and fails to co op them. and Mexican fans are teaching Koreans swear words in spanish so they scream them at the referees during their matches
oh yea i lost the tweet but there was a mexican fan that did a racist gesture to a korean fan and he was doxxed and fired from his job by mexican fans so that was cool
BREAKING: Iran says the US has agreed to pay $300 billion in reconstruction funds directly to Iran as part of the deal Pakistan announced, alongside the release of $24 billion in frozen funds with $12 billion released before negotiations even start, per Mehr News.
This directly contradicts Trump’s & Vance’s claim that no funds will be transferred to Iran at all.
If Trump denies this is true, there never was a deal. If Trump confirms, the US has fully capitulated to Iran’s demands.
Looks like my prediction that Trump and JD were willing to pay Iran but dont want to publicly admit to it may be correct
Some Zionist regime officials are upset:
“Trump screwed us,” one Israeli official told Ynet. A second official called the deal “very bad.” “From our perspective, it is a catastrophe, because it does not meet any of the principles we spoke about when the war began,” he said.
A third official warned the deal would be widely interpreted as a setback for America. “The regional working assumption is that it was signed under Iranian pressure and an American climbdown, not the other way around,” the official said, adding that the agreement “will be considered a failure,” at least in the short term.
https://www.rt.com/news/641523-trump-screwed-israel-iran-peace-deal/
Netanyahu directly rejects the Lebanon clause of the US-Iran agreement announced by Pakistan, telling Trump the IDF will not withdraw from Lebanon and that Israel does not consider itself bound by the clause, per Maariv.
Official Release: Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
"In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
To the noble people of Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran, under the leadership of its martyred leader, has completed its victory over the American-Zionist enemy.
Through the guidance of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei (may God protect him), the support of the free people, and the devoted efforts of the fighters of Islam, and following a difficult and intensive period of negotiations spanning several months, a memorandum of understanding regarding the end of the war (the Islamabad negotiations) between Iran and the United States was finalized on 24 Khordad.
According to the agreements reached, the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently. In addition, the maritime blockade imposed against Iran will be lifted completely and without delay.
The signing of this memorandum of understanding will take place officially on Friday, 29 Khordad (19 June). Negotiations toward a final agreement will be entrusted to the implementation by the opposing side of the commitments stipulated in the memorandum of understanding.
The Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its appreciation for the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the State of Qatar.
Peace, God’s mercy, and His blessings be upon you."
A recent video of a Lebanese resistance missile being launched at a Zionist occupation troop concentration in southern Lebanon:
https://s1.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/jehad.mp4
A Syrian advisor to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (Jolani) said that the United States offered Syria to join the fight against Hezbollah, but the offer was declined.
- Slava Intel
Siargao cafe Instagram account deleted after hate crime exposé
Instagram has deleted the account of Cartoon Cafe in Siargao, Philippines after they posted a video of the brutal assault of them in their home/restaurant in the middle of the night by “Israelis” (May 11). The cafe has made statements and done events in support of Palestine, including display a Palestine flag outside their restaurant, which was stolen by an “Israeli” couple the week prior to this vicious attack.
They posted their statement and a video of the attack on their website. It’s a tough watch and shows the hatefulness of the spawn of the entity. [CW: Violence]
Please boost this if you can on socials, as they have not gotten justice yet.
Local Telegram channels report 140,000 residents in northern Kyiv left without electricity following airstrikes, with power transmission lines reported damaged. Fire reported in Kyiv following arrivals, local sources report.
Missile strike on Kharkiv reported. Strikes reported simultaneously across Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kharkiv, and Shostka in Sumy region. Russian Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles have once again been launched and are flying towards Kyiv.
- Slava Intel
A little more info, Iran is confirming it, but it’s tentative and not final.
They are not releasing the details yet, it seems like sanctions are not included and Iran is not releasing the text of the deal yet. That makes me a little nervous, we will see.
So what exactly is different from the previous ceasefire agreement?
