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Iran Rejects Trump’s Negotiation Claims, Slams “Cowardly” Threats

Iran’s Mission to the UN rejects US President Donald Trump’s assertion that Tehran has offered to come to the White House for negotiations to resolve the ongoing conflict with Israel. An official statement reads: “No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House. The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to “take out” Iran’s Supreme Leader. Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance. Iran shall respond to any threat with a counter-threat, and to any action with reciprocal measures.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

NEGOTIATIONS OR ESCAPE? Three Iranian Government Aircraft Head To Oman

A short while ago, YWN reported on our live blog that three Iranian government aircraft were being tracked heading from Iran to Oman. One had already landed in Oman, and the other two were a short while from landing. YWN notes that previous negotiations between U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff  and Iranian officials took place in Oman. Trump said on Monday that he might send U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff or Vice President JD Vance to meet Iranian officials. This morning President Trump was asked by a reporter “if it’s too late” for negotiations, to which he responded “nothing is too late”. Are Iran’s genocidal leaders fleeing the country, or are they rushing there in a last-ditch attempt to revive negotiations with the US? Time will tell. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

BREAKING: New York Court Of Appeals Decides Yeshiva Case

Says SED Is Not Authorized to Close Yeshivas or Require Parents to Unenroll Their Children from Yeshivas of Their Choice The New York Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in the litigation challenging the State Education Department regulations. While the court disappointingly upheld the lower court decision in form, it did so in practice by limiting the State Education Department’s authority over yeshivas and yeshiva parents. Specifically, the Court of Appeals instructed that SED is not authorized to close yeshivas and is not authorized to direct parents to unenroll their children from the yeshiva they chose for them. This is very significant, because SED and the New York City Department of Education had directed six yeshivas to close, and had advised dozens of parents that their children cannot receive crucial special education services there this coming year. YWN expects the Adams Administration to now notify those parents that their children can remain in their chosen yeshivas and receive their services. Indeed, the final sentence of the Court of Appeals decision declares that “parents . . . must determine how then to ensure their compliance with the Education Law.” That’s what YWN has been saying all along: it is parents and not the State or City that control how their children are educated. The decision also undercut another recent claim made by the State Education Department: that the six yeshivas deemed non-equivalent by SED cannot become equivalent using the new pathways created by the recent amendments to the Education Law. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL COURT DECISION (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Defense Minister Katz: “This Is How Dictatorships Fall”

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz on Wednesday morning issued a sharp threat to the Islamic Republic ahead of further IDF attacks in Iran. He wrote on X: “A tornado is sweeping through Tehran. Symbols of government are bombed and collapsing—from the broadcasting authority and soon more targets—and masses of residents are fleeing. This is how dictatorships collapse,” he said. The statement came after dozens of air force fighter jets bombed a centrifuge production site and a number of weapons production sites of the Iranian regime in the Tehran area overnight Tuesday. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

IDF Admits: We Weren’t Ready For War Against Iran Until February

Dramatic details are now being revealed behind the scenes of the preparations for Israel’s war against Iran, with Ynet reporting that only a few months ago, Israel’s preparations for a conflict with Iran were partial—and in fact almost nonexistent. Sources in the IDF said that until February, “the target bank was almost empty,” and the assumption in the defense establishment was that the operation would be carried out mainly in covert missions and not through a large-scale military campaign. Serious preparations began in October—amid the war with Hezbollah. The IDF then decided to launch operational preparations for a campaign against Iran. The battle procedure began to unfold, but then it became clear that the military intelligence lacked a concrete target bank—even at the tactical level. “We found an empty cup,” one of the officers said. In November, hundreds of officers convened at a closed strategic conference, while the war with Hezbollah was still raging, in an attempt to understand Iran’s centers of gravity [COG]—where to strike to achieve strategic gains. The conclusion that was reached: air superiority is the key; that is, Iran’s air defense systems must first be destroyed in order for the IDF to achieve freedom of action in the skies above Iran. The IDF established a dedicated joint team of military intelligence and Air Force personnel—120–130 officers—to try to crack the air superiority challenge. However, until January, no sufficient progress was made. “We started to get stressed. We were on a path to failure,” a senior military intelligence officer official said. The breakthrough came in February–March: with a dedicated intelligence protocol for each air defense system. At the same time, a real target bank was formulated for the first time: separate teams dealt with each area—missiles, command and control, nuclear, and economic. The progress was “daily—every day was better than the previous one,” IDF officials said. The operation itself was launched the moment several elements converged: the Iranian nuclear program reached a peak, Iran recovered from the damage to its missile production capabilities in November, and Tehran’s plans to attack Israel via its proxies matured. At that point, the decision to launch a war against Iran was made. According to a New York Times report, Israel began planning for the war in December after Hezbollah was subdued and the Assad regime in Syria fell, opening up an air corridor. The report added that during Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House in February, he delivered a presentation on Iran’s nuclear program to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

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