'We blow them up or make a deal': Trump says US war with Iran will end 'very soon'
Iran leadership fractures as hardline MP jailed over Ghalibaf article Hardline Iranian lawmaker Hamid Rasaei has become the first sitting MP to be imprisoned during his term, sparking a fierce backlash from ultraconservatives against Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei. The 10-month sentence, handed down by the Special Clerical Court over a…
Iranian hardliner Hamid Rasaei became the first sitting MP to be jailed during his term, prompting backlash from ultraconservatives over a 2024 article accusing Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf of manipulating parliamentary documents. This intensified divisions within Iran’s ruling conservative faction as negotiations with the US loomed.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expelled Iran’s delegation from New York after talks stalled. Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi complied, though Axios reported he had been scheduled to leave earlier. The US, seeking progress, faced an impasse as Qatar mediated between Washington and Tehran.
US President Donald Trump stated late on Wednesday that Washington had to choose between military escalation with Iran or making a deal. Trump described the choice as "blow them up or make a deal," suggesting that "it's gonna end very soon, one way or the other."
Iran’s Deputy Communications Minister Mohammad Hafez Hakami said that the growing use of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-internet service could cripple Iran’s control over cyberspace by operating outside Iran’s state-controlled infrastructure. He also warned that this could render measures like device registration and user-identity verification ineffective, potentially leading to the cutting of electricity during future crises.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sent a letter addressed to “the American people” urging them to pressure Washington to end the war, but US officials dismissed it as a “propaganda smoke screen.” Iran’s government confirmed receiving a US proposal to end the war, though hardliners and state media continued portraying the conflict as a US failure, mocking US economic pressure claims.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told troops that American forces had destroyed major parts of Iran’s military, including its navy, air force, and nuclear ambitions, crediting the troops for preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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