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Summary
• Iran’s authorities have ordered the seizure of assets belonging to 75 people on accusations of working with “hostile media,” judiciary-affiliated Mizan News reported on Sunday.
• US President Donald Trump said Iran had agreed to refrain from developing a nuclear weapon or acquiring one by other means.
• Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that no agreement with US would be approved unless Tehran was certain it had secured its rights.
• US and Iranian accounts about a possible agreement diverged sharply, with IRGC-linked outlets saying no final text exists and rejecting Trump’s claims on Hormuz, uranium and frozen funds.
• Two people were arrested in Iran’s northwestern city of Urmia on accusations of aiding Israel, IRGC-linked media reported on Sunday.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said on Sunday that 28 vessels, including oil tankers, container ships and other commercial vessels, crossed the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours after receiving permits.
• Police in Iran sealed a cafe over accusations that it promoted what authorities called “satanic activities,” state media reported on Sunday.
• US President Donald Trump left a roughly two-hour Situation Room meeting without deciding on an Iran deal, NYT reported, though US officials still believe an agreement may be close.
12 minutes ago
Workers, retirees protest in southwest Iran over wages
Municipal workers and Social Security retirees held protests in Shush, in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province, on Sunday over unpaid wages and worsening living conditions.
Municipal workers said they were owed two months of wages and several months of insurance contributions, while retirees protested poverty, inflation, low pensions and lack of medical and welfare services.
The protests took place amid intense heat in Khuzestan.
27 minutes ago
Iranian political prisoner sentenced to death again, rights group says
An Iranian political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in the northern city of Rasht has been sentenced to death again after the Supreme Court overturned her previous death sentence, US-based rights group HRANA said on Sunday.
Zahra Shahbaz Tabari was convicted by a Revolutionary Court on accusations of armed rebellion against the state, through alleged membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), HRANA said.
Tabari had previously been sentenced to death in 2025, but the Supreme Court later overturned the ruling and sent the case to another branch for retrial.
1 hour ago
Iran will not approve US deal until rights secured, parliament speaker says
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that no agreement with US would be approved unless Tehran was certain it had secured its rights.
“We will not approve any agreement until we are certain that we have secured the rights of the Iranian people,” Ghalibaf said. (How about the Iranians people right to live in freedom?)
He said those working on diplomacy had no trust in the US words or promises.
Ghalibaf also said revisions to Iran’s seventh development planwould be reviewed by specialized parliamentary committees with a focus on reconstruction after war damage.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202605308417
Iranian leaders are expert whiners on everything!