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Jun 13
Exclusive: In recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels & booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, per 5 sources familiar w/ US intel.
@KatieBoLillis, @davis_winkie, me & @NatashaBertrand
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I wouldn't discount the significance of both sides framing this as the "end of the war."
Yes, the US and Iran will remain hostile toward one another. There won't be true peace.
But it will be very difficult for either to willfully return to active, intense hostilities for some time after the MOU is signed.
This is especially true of Trump, imo.
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The CIA provided the intelligence for the operation, per a senior administration official.
A US military strike has killed one of the top leaders of the Tren de Aragua cartel in Venezuela, President Trump says. cnn.it/3QEemcI
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Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material, sources familiar with US intelligence tell @KatieBoLillis @ZcohenCNN @NatashaBertrand @davis_winkie
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Jun 12
Exclusive: US military rushed to prepare ground mission to capture Iran’s uranium, but Trump paused it, sources say cnn.com/2026/06/12/politics/…
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“The Iranians commit to destroying and removing the enriched material, but how do you do that? Is going to take a little bit of time to figure it out,” the official said.
“This is very combustible stuff, very volatile stuff. We’re not just going to, like, go down there with a backhoe & a guy with a backpack & start taking it out.”
Jun 12
The MOU being negotiated between the US & Iran states that, if signed, it would trigger a 60-day period for "technical" negotiations to take place, a senior Trump administration official said Friday
While the MOU outlines a series of topline commitments that Iran must agree to — including the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program, reopening the Strait of Hormuz & the US destroying Iran's enriched material — the highly technical talks will focus on how to specifically implement and carry out the deal
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Jun 12
RT @NatashaBertrand: New: The US’ top general made a secret, rushed visit to CENTCOM hq in Florida late last month to be briefed in person…
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Exclusive: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Caine, made a secret, rushed visit to US Central Command headquarters in Florida late last month to be briefed in person on plans for the military to send ground troops into Iran to forcibly seize its highly enriched uranium, sources tell @NatashaBertrand & me.
Caine then briefed President Trump on the options for such an operation, one of the sources said.
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Jun 12
Trump hit pause after being warned it would likely prompt severe Iranian retaliation, extending the war and plunging the global economy into further turmoil, the sources said.
But the high-level and pressing nature of the briefings underscores how close the Trump administration came to greenlighting the high-risk ground operation, sources said.
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Jun 11
CENTCOM posted a whole infographic earlier today saying this too … does not make it true. (Trump, himself, said during same press avail a MOU w/ Iran would, first and foremost, reopen the strait.)
In reality neither Trump nor the U.S. military really ‘decides’ if the strait is fully open or closed at this point — even though the U.S. Navy has helped some ships transit in recent weeks.
The shipping industry, ultimately, decides.
Trump: The strait has been open for months and you didn’t know about it. Reporters weren’t able to get it.
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And for those wondering how we got here. Reporting from mid-March: cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/…
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Jun 11
It is worth - given the many false starts and reversals - waiting to see the fine print, or any print at all.
Jun 11
Trump also described the same Memorandum of Understanding as “a little conceptual” ..
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Trump also described the same Memorandum of Understanding as “a little conceptual” ..
Jun 11
President Trump said Iran has agreed to a "detailed" Memorandum of Understanding and they won't have any nuclear weapons. He said the promise of a deal is different now because Iran has "taken a pounding" and "we told them exactly what we were going to do" should they not agree.
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“I want to read this document.”
Republican Sen. John Kennedy to @kasie about a memorandum of understanding between the U.S & Iran.
I wager there are a lot of people across the political spectrum who feel similarly.
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Sen. Kennedy also told @kasie he trusts the leadership in Iran as much as he trusts “a rest stop bathroom.”
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Zachary Cohen retweeted
Jun 11
President Trump says Vice President JD Vance will potentially be at an agreement signing with Iran as soon as this weekend:
"The strait (of Hormuz) will officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon -- very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe. I won’t be able to be there, but JD will be there."
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Jun 11
Trump’s Truth Social suggesting an imminent agreement with Tehran surprised Netanyahu — who was in the midst of a security discussion about Iran, an Israeli source tells @talshalev1
Israel was not aware of any impending agreement with Iran, the source said, or of any approval to an agreement
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Jun 11
RT @NatashaBertrand: Clayton got into it just the other day with CNBC hosts, after saying there is "a deep problem with voting in America"…
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