Classified senate briefing on US attack on Iran canceled – Reuters
A classified briefing for US senators on the recent American attack on Iran has been canceled, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
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Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday responded to the ceasefire with Israel by threatening to expel UN nuclear watchdog inspectors and declaring the Islamic Republic's rising global power.
“The West must soon get used to ambiguity over Iran’s nuclear program,” MP Amir Hossein Sabeti said, adding, “Not only have Iran’s nuclear facilities not been destroyed, but Israel will soon receive a more decisive blow—when, with a majority vote in parliament, the spy inspectors from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors are expelled.”
Separately, MP Mohammad Nabavian said the ceasefire marked the beginning of “a new phase of the war,” adding, “The Islamic Republic empire is emerging…we were a regional power, but now the Iranian nation is a global power…the enemy has asked us for a ceasefire.”
US president Donald Trump praised Iranians' trading skills, predicting the nation to do more business with the world.
“They are not going to have enrichment and they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. They're going to get on to being a great trading nation," Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One.
"They've got a lot of oil. They're going to do well," he added. "The last thing on Iran's mind right now is nuclear weapons."
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday said Tehran would not violate the ceasefire unless Israel did so first, according to state-affiliated Nour News. “Tehran is ready for dialogue and to defend the rights of the Iranian people at the negotiating table,” Pezeshkian added.
Iran's state broadcaster says WhatsApp will remain blocked in the country because it served "the Zionist enemy.”
Telegram - believed to be the messaging application with most users in Iran - will be unblocked, however, because "it was neutral and stood on the right side," according to the report.
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Tuesday morning to declare that China can now resume purchasing oil from Iran, adding that he hopes Beijing will also buy "plenty" from the US.
“China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the US, also. It was my Great Honor to make this happen!” Trump wrote.
The post comes as a fragile ceasefire holds between Iran and Israel, following weeks of escalating military conflict.
