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Tehran Says It Is Playing For November

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #172 · Day 235 · Wednesday 21 October 2026 Tehran Says It Is Playing For November Iran's Revolutionary Guards say their mines set two tankers ablaze on Tuesday on the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz, and three senior Iranian officials told Reuters that Tehran is drawing out the talks so as not to hand Donald Trump a political win before the American midterms of 3 November. A week after other officials said Tehran aimed to keep oil prices high through the vote, American pump prices stand below their September high: petrol has fallen four weeks running, and diesel's rise last week was its first in four. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 14 Oct · 15 Oct · 16 Oct · 17 Oct · 18 Oct · 19 Oct · 20 Oct The ledger The Revolutionary Guards say their mines stopped two more tankers on the strait's southern route. The Guards' navy said on Tuesday that two oil tankers struck mines it had...

The War Waits For Two Ballots

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #171 · Day 234 · Tuesday 20 October 2026 The War Waits For Two Ballots Pete Hegseth flew to an Israeli air base on Monday to meet Benjamin Netanyahu, eight days before Israelis vote and fifteen before Americans do, as both governments discuss resuming the war on Iran. Each leader has said in public that the next round waits for an election, after discussing in private, by one Israeli account, a round before both. Tehran says the next round will not follow the old rules, and Israel's own officials say it has nearly all its launchers back. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 13 Oct · 14 Oct · 15 Oct · 16 Oct · 17 Oct · 18 Oct · 19 Oct The ledger The American defence secretary met Netanyahu at Ovda Air Base on Monday evening, unannounced. Pete Hegseth's meeting with Israel's prime minister was first reported by Axios, citing two sources; Defence Minister Israel Katz also attended, The National ...

An Arrest Is Not A Charge

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #170 · Day 233 · Monday 19 October 2026 An Arrest Is Not A Charge Israel's police arrested ten settler suspects before dawn on Monday, hours after Donald Trump endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for the vote of 27 October. Washington had asked for arrests. What it has not yet got, and what Israel's own record says rarely comes, is a charge. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 12 Oct · 13 Oct · 14 Oct · 15 Oct · 16 Oct · 17 Oct · 18 Oct The ledger Trump endorsed Netanyahu on Sunday, nine days before Israel votes. In a post addressed to Israelis, he gave the prime minister his “Complete and Total Endorsement”. The work he meant was Iran: he wrote that Iran could carry out its threats unless it was destroyed militarily and financially, and that unless it changed its ways, “we will soon finish the job”, but only with Netanyahu in charge. With any other leader, he wrote, “America will h...