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Sam Dagher

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Bloomberg News Senior Middle East Reporter @business. Journalist, author & researcher in the region for 20+ years. Book: rb.gy/m6sp3j Views are mine

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HQ for #Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was among targets struck by #Israel and several commanders killed, قناة Ų§Ł„Ų¬Ų²ŁŠŲ±Ų© reporting citing Iranian sources who spoke to its correspondent in #Tehran

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Israel’sĀ Big Gamble to Knock OutĀ #Iran: We are at a moment potentially akin to 1979 and much depends on how far the central players, Khamenei & Netanyahu (Trump behind him), are willing to go bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

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Must read: #Iran’s Leaders Face a Reckoning as Israeli Strikes Intensify, Big Take by ⁦Golnar Motevalli⁩ & ⁦Dina Esfandiary⁩ bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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The Israeli Air Force has bombed the offices of Iran's state broadcaster IRIB in Tehran a short while ago. Footage shows the moment of the attack.

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President Trump has decided not to sign onto a statement calling for de-escalation between #Iran and #Israel that is being prepared by the Group of 7 industrialized nations, according to a White House official nytimes.com/2025/06/16/wor… via @NYTimes

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Iran has long wanted to be the Japan of the Middle East. Instead, current trajectory suggests that it's moving towards the "Pakistan with oil" scenario in medium term.

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In #Gaza: ā€œIsraeli soldiers killed 59 Palestinians who had gathered in hope of receiving aid at two locations, according to local health ministry, in latest in string of shootings of people seeking food amid starvation conditionsā€ reports ⁦Heba Saleh⁩ on.ft.com/4kM6X4V

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NEW: Gulf Arab states, especially #SaudiArabia, have been telling #Iran for months that #Israel is plotting to attack it, and that Tehran should cut a nuclear deal with President Donald #Trump fast. This warning was repeated again at a meeting in #Norway between Saudi FM Prince

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Full Story: Gulf states spent years working toward a detente with Iran, their historical enemy. Now they’re contemplating a potential conflict that could jeopardize their oil infrastructure, hamper their ambitious economic plans & destabilize the region bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Wary of assassination, Iran’s supreme leader mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications to make it harder to find him, reports ⁦⁦Farnaz Fassihi⁩ nytimes.com/2025/06/21/wor… via @NYTimes

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This ⁦Esfandyar Batmanghelidj⁩ quote is from a story I wrote last week, very relevant now: ā€œIf the fighting stops, Gulf states will be even more instrumental. A lot of trust will need to be rebuilt & Iran will need to save face and the Gulf can help with thatā€ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…