Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said any attack by the US or Israel would be met with “a firm retaliatory strike” after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran unless it signs a deal renouncing nuclear weapons trib.al/aMwRkPd

A first step toward breaking the deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear program and easing tensions with the US spurred a rebound in Iran’s currency and stock markets. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The US will focus on restricting Iran’s missile capability and uranium enrichment rather than dismantling its entire nuclear program, according to Donald Trump’s top Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Arsalan Shahla @VirtualNomad

A mistake by #Witkoff or the White House having to change its negotiating stance with #Iran in the face of domestic criticism? The WH backs away from comments suggesting it'd allow some uranium #enrichment by Iran. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Arsalan Shahla JONATHAN TIRONE

Iran’s foreign minister said his country has a “better understanding” with the US on a range of principles after talks Saturday on Tehran’s nuclear program, with negotiations to continue next week.

My first in-depth #Syria piece since the toppling of Bashar Al-Assad in December is out in Bloomberg's Weekend Edition: I look at what may come next for the country and the main challenges facing the new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa who is now focused on getting US sanctions eased or

یه رفتار تکراری تو برنامه‌های خبری اینه که یه خبرنگار داخلی، حادثه‌ای مثل انفجار بندرعباس رو به یه «مقام مسئول» مثل سخنگوی وزارتخونه تسلیت میگه. خب چرا؟ مگه مقام مسئول، صاحب عزاست یا از بقیه داغدار‌تره؟ یا مگه دیگران نیاز دارند اظهار تسلیت شما رو بشنوند؟ #ChillOut #EasyTiger

A must-read — via Golnar Motevalli

De pie señores, es Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique perdeu a filha vítima de um tumor ósseo. Dez anos depois da final de Berlim, quando o treinador comemorou o título em campo com a filha, chegou o momento de recriar parte daquele momento: uma camisa eternizando a bandeira que Xana carregou naquela conquista do

Iran slammed a new UN nuclear watchdog report accusing it of violations, calling the claims politically motivated. Tehran insists it has no intention of pursuing atomic weapons. #Iran #IAEA #NuclearDeal bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Iran’s state television said on Saturday the country obtained a large trove of sensitive Israeli nuclear information bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Arsalan Shahla

None of this is surprising. Bibi bombed away Trump’s only chance at a diplomatic win!

Iran parliament member sums up the value of Iranian lives during war, with a bonus tip, in 30 seconds: "At the end of the day, we all come and go. When and how is up to God. What really matters is how we live. God, teach me how to live, I’ll learn how to die myself."

To Iran watchers, especially colleagues covering Iran: DO NOT quote this as "Iran's state TV" without context, even if it technically is. But if you do and leave it at that, you're misleading your audience. And if you don't see the problem, or just don't care, that's telling.

So did you have on your 2025 Bingo card: "Israel bombs Iran for a week; Iran fires back; then the US bombs Natanz with multiple B-2; Iran fires missiles on US air base in Qatar -- and after all of that, WTI is down 5% fighting to keep above $70 a barrel on the day" #OOTT

President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire in their conflict bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @Catherine_Lucey Kate Sullivan Fiona MacDonald Arsalan Shahla

عجب. خوب شد جنگ شد تو یکی آرزو به دل نموندی برادر.

“The situation in terms in aid in Gaza is catastrophic. What we see is an orchestrated disaster,” says MSF International secretary-general Christopher Lockyear. “It really is a complete and utter catastrophe.” A must-watch interview with Paula Newton, worth watching in full.

In 25 years covering the oil market, I have never seen anything like this: OPEC has widened its media ban, this time excluding the WSJ, NYT, FT, Reuters and Bloomberg (including myself) from attending its biennial industry conference in Vienna. #OOTT bloomberg.com/news/articles/…