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- Trump: "I have ordered the Ministry of Defense to postpone strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days."
- Iran rejects Trump's claim, confirms no talks held with US amid ongoing war.
- The Bushehr nuclear power plant was reportedly bombed earlier today.
- The approximate scale of radioactive contamination during the destruction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.
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- "It is not the Supreme Leader; nobody has heard from him, and we don’t know if he is living”.
- Traders placed about $580 million in oil bets about 15 minutes before Trump announced "productive" talks with Iran (c) Financial Times.
- 14 minutes before Trump's announcement of negotiations with Iran, futures contracts for the S&P 500 index (US Stock Exchange) worth $1.5 billion were purchased.
- Khamenei's adviser: The war will continue until the US accepts Iran's conditions.
- Trump backed down after Iran threatened to retaliate, no talks underway: Report.
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I am pleased to inform you that over the past two days, very successful and productive negotiations have taken place between the United States and Iran, — Donald Trump
SOURCE: https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/03/23/2174370.html
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Iran rejects Trump's claim, confirms no talks held with US amid ongoing war
The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims of talks with Iran, saying Tehran has had no negotiations with Washington over the past 24 days of the unprovoked US-Israel war against the Islamic Republic.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s position regarding the Strait of Hormuz and conditions to end the imposed war has not changed,” Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
Trump had earlier set a 48-hour deadline for Iran to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz or face US strikes on Iranian power plants. However, the US president backed down on Monday, saying he had ordered the Pentagon to suspend all plans for attacks, and claiming that talks were underway with Iran.
In response to Trump’s threat, the Islamic Republic vowed to target energy infrastructure of the Israeli regime and any regional country from which anti-Iran military action might originate.
Arab officials said their efforts to broker an understanding between Tehran and Washington have so far failed to yield results.
Baghaei confirmed that Iran has received messages through some friendly countries over the past few days regarding the US request for negotiations to end the ongoing war. He said Iran has responded appropriately and based on the Islamic Republic’s principled positions.
In its response, he said, Iran gave necessary warnings about the severe consequences of any attack on the country’s vital infrastructure and emphasized that the Iranian armed forces would give a “decisive, immediate, and effective” response to any potential action in this regard.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also denied any talks have been held with the United States during the war.
“No talks have been held with the US. Such fake news is aimed at manipulating the financial and oil markets and find a way out of the quagmire that has entangled America and Israel,” he wrote on X.
“Our people want the complete and regret-inducing punishment of the aggressors. All officials stand firmly behind the Leader and people until this goal is achieved,” Qalibaf added.
Iran has said it would halt its reprisal operations against the United States and the Israeli regime if there is a guarantee that war would never take place again, US military bases are closed in the region, and compensations are paid for damages inflicted on Iranian military and civilian structures.
The US and Israel initiated an unprovoked military offensive against Iran, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with several high-ranking military commanders and civilians on February 28.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have launched a series of counterattacks, directing missile and drone strikes at American bases across the region and the Israeli-occupied territories.
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The Bushehr nuclear power plant was reportedly bombed earlier today
The Bushehr nuclear power plant was reportedly bombed earlier today.
This is the second time it has been targeted, but this is by far the largest strike on it.
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The approximate scale of radioactive contamination during the destruction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran
The approximate scale of radioactive contamination during the destruction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.
The station built by Russia is still functioning, but the recent arrival of a missile (or missile fragments) within 350 meters of the reactor compartment, which is enclosed by a hermetic shell, suggests that its destruction was at least considered and allowed by the attacking side. If the protective shell of the VVER-1000 reactor is breached, a unique in scale and danger nuclear catastrophe will occur.
There are about 72 tons of nuclear fuel in the reactor's active zone, and more than 200 tons of spent elements in the spent fuel pools. The destruction of the cooling systems will lead to a meltdown of the active zone and a massive release of radionuclides (Cs-137, I-131, Sr-90). Although the protective shell of the VVER-1000 reactor is capable of localizing part of the release, the prevailing wind direction will direct the radioactive cloud to the southeast - directly towards the UAE.
In the conditions of the desert, where there are no natural precipitations to "wash" the soils and rivers to carry away the suspended matter, cesium-137 will settle in the salt flats and coastal zone forever. For the UAE, this means not just an economic downturn, but the physical end of the state.
And then the radiation will go to Oman, across the ocean to reach the southern part of India, possibly affecting Sri Lanka and quite possibly reaching Indonesia, Malaysia, and the southern part of Thailand.
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Lies, lies, lies... to make money:
Traders placed about $580 million in oil bets about 15 minutes before Trump announced "productive" talks with Iran (c) Financial Times
Updates on the Peace Talks With Iran, They Agreed to Handing Over Their Enriched Uranium
Date: Monday, 23-Mar-2026 11:22:40
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Trump on Iran:
“We are dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader.
It is not the Supreme Leader; nobody has heard from him, and we don’t know if he is living”
https://twitter.com/MegaGeopolitics/status/2036088407575679131
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️Traders placed about $580 million in oil bets about 15 minutes before Trump announced "productive" talks with Iran (c) Financial Times
14 minutes before Trump's announcement of negotiations with Iran, futures contracts for the S&P 500 index (US Stock Exchange) worth $1.5 billion were purchased
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Khamenei's adviser: The war will continue until the US accepts Iran's conditions
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