TRUMP TELLS IRAN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS NO DEAL

Trump told reporters Monday that the US could destroy Iran's power grid, bridges, and energy infrastructure "in the small part of an afternoon" 1JPO Trump warns US can wipe out Iran's power grid in 'small part of an afternoon' if deal not reached. He then volunteered that the Navy ran more than 100 tankers through Hormuz at night, lights off, over six weeks after destroying Iran's radar, which is why oil never hit $300 1JPO Trump warns US can wipe out Iran's power grid in 'small part of an afternoon' if deal not reached. Presidents who think negotiations are going well do not narrate the operational details of their military options in public. The 60-day MoU window is a third spent, last week's indirect talks produced nothing visible 6AAM Trump says US prefers nuclear deal with Iran but warns military action remains an option, and Trump just described infrastructure deletion on the record the day after millions of Iranians marched for revenge.

Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a direct warning that any Iranian leader who "tries to push plans to destroy Israel again will also be thwarted" 5AJE Khamenei family mourns, but Mojtaba’s absence fuels public insecurity, days after more explicit threats that Mojtaba is on Israel's target list. Israeli security officials believe the new supreme leader is "filled with an intense desire for revenge," with IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi actively stoking it 13JPO As the IRGC, Mojtaba Khamenei seek revenge, Israeli officials fear renewed Iran fighting - analysis. The IDF is reviewing offensive and defensive plans weekly 13JPO As the IRGC, Mojtaba Khamenei seek revenge, Israeli officials fear renewed Iran fighting - analysis. Mojtaba has not appeared publicly since March, which is a rational response to being the named target of a state that has already killed his father.

Rosatom confirmed its staff return to Iran's Bushehr plant from mid-July 9CRD Rosatom staff set to resume work at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant: Report, and CEO Likhachev said resolving the nuclear issue "will not be done without us" 11SPK Rosatom Likely to Play Pivotal Role in Resolving Iran Nuclear Issue, CEO. That is Russia inserting itself as an indispensable party to any final arrangement, at exactly the moment Trump is demanding Iran surrender enriched material. Rosatom was mid-construction on two new reactors when the war started. Their return normalises Iran's civilian nuclear programme in the eyes of markets and regional governments, which is not nothing, and it is almost certainly not a coincidence in timing.

Hamas Emergency Committee head Mohammed al-Farra resigned and invited the US-backed NCAG to assume governing authority in Gaza 4GDN Hamas offers to hand over authority in Gaza to US-backed administration 8CRD Hamas dissolves Gaza govt, urges 'swift entry' of US-backed technocrats. The problem: Israel has not allowed the NCAG to enter Gaza, has not seen a disarmament commitment, and called the move "spin" 12TOI Hamas dissolves Gaza government ahead of eventual transfer of power to technocrats. Hamas has never before formally surrendered governing authority, so this is a real political shift in the narrow sense. It is not a real political shift in the sense that the body being handed authority cannot enter the territory, cannot govern it, and cannot consolidate weapons it does not hold. Watch whether Israel uses the disarmament gap to block NCAG entry indefinitely.

Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei as chief justice via text message 3AJE Iran reappoints a familiar face to powerful post during Khamenei funeral, a man who has overseen near-daily executions of dissidents at a pace human rights groups say is the highest since the late 1980s 3AJE Iran reappoints a familiar face to powerful post during Khamenei funeral. He has publicly called for revenge and pledged to pursue "arrogant powers" through judicial channels. The governing coalition taking shape around Mojtaba from his undisclosed location is hard-line judiciary, IRGC commanders, and a street that just spent four days marching for revenge. That is not a coalition configured to negotiate from softness.