AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoStrait of Hormuz Diplomacy: Iran says its Oman talks are in “final stages” but won’t discuss transit fees yet, while insisting the waterway won’t be declared safe until U.S. violations end and Tehran’s conditions are met. Security Leadership: Iran’s supreme leader appoints hardline IRGC veteran Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr—seen as a tighter grip as Hormuz talks stall. Regional Alliances: Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismisses the idea that security can be “bought,” reacting to the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Mecca Joint Defence Agreement and urging endogenous regional cooperation. Markets & Lifestyle Spillover: Oil prices rise on Hormuz uncertainty as Gulf stocks trade cautiously. Culture & Society: IranWire reports the body of a missing Azerbaijani activist found buried in West Azerbaijan, while Iran’s internal repression and executions continue to shape daily life. Human Rights Abroad: A Kurdish filmmaker and hunger striker describes ICE force-feeding in U.S. detention, and a DHS statistics chief resigns over blocked immigration data.
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