IRAN DAILY NEWS

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 Journalists traveling with Trump from Türkiye to Britain were kept unaware that he secretly switched planes because of a perceived Iranian threat. The journalists said they felt deceived and potentially endangered, arguing that although they accept risks when covering the president, they had not consented to being unknowingly used in a security operation. Some questioned whether the White House had adequately considered their safety and said the episode undermined their trust in the administration. - WaPo

#️⃣ 🇶🇦 Qatar has denied claims it detained three Iranian pilots, after Tehran called for their release. A foreign ministry spokesperson described the claims as “misleading” amid ongoing diplomatic efforts.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump: Despite the unfriendly look on this particular picture, there are many where we’re smiling, Kim Jong Un and I get along GREAT!

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Iran sent a formal complaint to the Red Cross that Qatar is holding three Iranian pilots whose Su-24s were shot down at the start of the war. Six months later, Qatar still won't allow any contact with them. Iran cited Geneva Convention articles requiring POWs be allowed to notify their families and file complaints.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson quoted Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov to criticize U.S. foreign policy: The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 The U.S. is pressuring Apple not to use Chinese memory chips, even as an AI-driven memory shortage pushes prices higher.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDS TO TRUMP'S PLAN TO DECLARE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ U.S. TERRITORY: «"The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by a tweet, an aircraft carrier, a decree, or an election speech. Accept reality once and for all: the Strait of Hormuz was, is, and will remain Iranian. This strait will be closed and opened only by order of Iran."»