The United States and Iran have agreed to extend the 60-day ceasefire that expires today, Al Arabiya reported on Monday, citing sources briefed on the matter, without unveiling further details. The news comes after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei claimed that the 60-day negotiations that Tehran and Washington agreed upon as a preliminary step to implementing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) never began before expiring today. Neither the US nor Iran has confirmed the news so far.

NN: How long do you tnink that bullshit will last?

NN: i again repeat my urgent warning:

THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF OIL

NN: Well when you are out of balls, bucks and ammo all that is left is economic pressure which has been tried for 40 years. And it does not work. Besides weapons exports of 10 billion dollars a year in drones and rockets.  Iran has got a LOT of oil and it has a fully operational pipeline  called Kirkuk  to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean sea . Besides oil smuggled overland to its allies in Iraq!! With a   capacity  to export over 2 million barrels per day. Generating  $80 billion a year. With other smuggling operations including people, drugs and conventual guns at present Iran generates  over $100 billion a year that the US cannot stop.  That’s a lot of Kebabs. 

Iran and Oman have indeed reached the framework of a deal on the status of the Strait of Hormuz, MS NOW reported Thursday night, citing two Middle Eastern diplomats.  But does the deal mean that the Strait of Hormuz is now “open,” as it was before the war in Iran began? That does not appear to be the case. The framework between Iran and Oman, per the MS NOW report, matches what has been reported in recent days: That new shipping routes will be established, with Iran controlling incoming shipping traffic and Oman controlling outgoing traffic. Tolls will not be collected. Also, it is a “temporary” agreement, to be followed by later talks between Washington and Tehran, aimed at resuming discussions on the status of Iran’s nuclear program and settling other disputed matters from the war.  There has been no official announcement of a deal yet, but when it comes, an Iranian official told MS NOW, the United Nations International Maritime Organization and the U.S. will both participate. A Washington Post report on Thursday stated that while Iran and Oman are close to an agreement on Strait of Hormuz traffic, officials from Iran are “warning that the deal will not fully reopen the crucial waterway.”  “This understanding does not mean the complete opening of the Strait of Hormuz, but rather a new and different model,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said this week, as reported by Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. The deputy foreign minister also said that Iran and Oman had discussed establishing a “joint coordination center” to direct ship traffic.  The Post characterized this as Iran “using its hold to extract further concessions.”  Tehran’s comments, the Post said, caused oil prices to jump on Thursday, with Brent Crude rising 4 percent to $82 per barrel. It had risen to $83 as of Friday morning.  The deal may hinge on the semantic question of whether or not the Strait of Hormuz is “open.” But that distinction certainly mattered in June, when vague wording in the “Memorandum of Understanding” deal imposing a ceasefire led the sides to have different understandings of exactly what they had agreed to.  “Any temporary routes will be without any impediments — meaning no approvals or permissions and no tolls or charges,” a U.S. official told the press. “The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and no party controls the lanes or the ability to transit through them.”

The president, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, said the Strait is “sort of open right now.” He also told reporters that he had been “personally” involved in the talks.( HAHAHAHA The Straights are not open to the free flow of traffic)

“Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate,” Ghalibaf wrote on the social media platform, going on to rip the U.S. president for engaging in “theater diplomacy on loop.” Trump had indeed threatened to launch the largest military attack since World War II, before backing down, and announcing, last weekend, that a deal was close to reopening the Strait of Hormuz. It’s a deal that, nearly a week later, remains close.  The speaker is certainly not the first person to direct that charge at Trump. Even the usually Trump-friendly New York Post, earlier this week, noted that Trump had given Iran a “last chance” at least 13 times since the start of the war, often threatening to launch a specific attack or bomb a specific location, before backing down.  “Using bullying + broken promises + fake news as leverage is a failed strategy,” Speaker Ghalibaf added in the social media message. “Acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments. We don’t need more theater.”

NN:  Their is a little problem with launching the biggest attack since WWII on Iran. The US LACKS THE BOMBS ESPECIALLY THE SMART ONES AND THE WILL TO LAND 100,000 TROUPS ON THE GROUND. 

The biggest attack in WWII  was the Normandy invasion. It involved 15,000 bombs dropped by air. The rocket attack and conventual artillery bombardment involved 250,000 projectiles. Troops were 160,000 boots on the ground and 45,000 killed and wounded. To put it mildly the US ain’t the man it use to be. And Iran damn well knows it.

US President Donald Trump emphasized on Thursday that even if his nation has an “unlimited supply” of ammunition, “we can never have too many” when asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea that his country desperately needs Patriot missile batteries and long-range missiles. “Well, I mean, we want missiles, too. You know, when Biden gave him so much, Biden gave $300 billion worth of ammunition,” Trump elaborated. “We need more ammunition all the time.” Earlier, Trump refuted claims that the US was experiencing a munitions shortage and threatened in a Truth Social post to seek “long-term jail sentences” for those suspected of leaking information.

NN: The sad truth is the fact the recent massive attack on Iran was called off because of lack of smart weapons. And Iran knows it. They have no lack of drones and misssles hidden deep underground

Crude oil prices surged over 3.5% on Wednesday, after the United States and Iran resumed hostilities, exchanging attacks across the Middle East overnight, and renewing concerns over supply disruptions. The US military reported earlier that Tehran launched several ballistic missiles at US troops in the region, after which the US Central Command (CENTCOM), together with Saudi Arabia, jointly targeted “Iran-aligned terrorists” in Iraq. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for deliveries in September jumped 3.78% to sell for $82.23 per barrel at 2:23 am ET. At the same time, Brent for the same month’s settlements increased by 3.82%, going for $87.30 per barrel.