Tim Mak

Good morning to readers; #Oil #prices are at $93 per #barrel (+28.3% compared to pre-war).

As #Iran disappeared behind an #internet #blackout, one #bus station in #Armenia became one of the few #windows into life in Iran. Alessandra spent the last 3 months #reporting from the bus station.

https://www.iranwar.news/p/bus-station-stakeouts-how-we-find

Bus Station Stakeouts: How we find voices from Iran

Three months into Iran War Dispatches, we take you behind the scenes to show how we're reporting on a highly surveilled authoritarian state during an internet blackout.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
Jun 6 at 2:20pmWeb
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To the #southwest of #Yerevan, the city’s tall buildings fall away abruptly at the #cliff edge of the #Hrazdan Gorge — like stage curtains parting to reveal an open #sky and a clear, unobstructed view of #Mount Ararat’s snow-capped peak, the enduring symbol of #Armenia
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On the other side of the #gorge, #Yerevan splits open to the #world. The city's bustle compresses into a noisy three-lane #highway which eventually branches out, sprawling in all directions...
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...#Turkey, #Georgia, #Iran, and a place where I spent the majority of the last three months: #Kilikia #station, Yerevan’s main #international bus #terminal, where at least once a day a bus from #Tehran will arrive.
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When the #bus station, named after the #brewery next door, was built in 1959, it was a daring #modernist piece of #Soviet #architecture with an A-frame #structure and a glass front wall, which throws geometric shadows onto its granite floor when the sun sets behind Mount #ararat
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Bus Station Stakeouts: How we find voices from Iran

Three months into Iran War Dispatches, we take you behind the scenes to show how we're reporting on a highly surveilled authoritarian state during an internet blackout.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
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THE LATEST #NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

#us TARGETS #IRANIAN #PROJECTILES AND #AIR #DEFENSE: On June 6, #CENTCOM announced that U.S. forces intercepted a wave of Iranian #missiles and drones launched towards the #StraitOfHormuz and the #Persian #Gulf region.

https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-irgc-claims-airbase-attack-after?id=133475855&entryId=133634025

Iran live updates: US strikes Iranian radar sites after drones fired toward strait, CENTCOM says

CENTCOM said its forces shot down four Iranian drones.

ABC News
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#LEBANESE #PRESIDENT: #IRAN IS USING #LEBANON AS A PAWN: Lebanese President Joseph #Aoun, in a rare #interview with #CNN, accused Iran of unjustly using Lebanon as a pawn in #negotiations with the U.S. and #israel "This is not your country, this is our country," he declared.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/05/middleeast/iran-supreme-leader-adviser-mohsen-rezaei-interview-intl

Exclusive: Iran supreme leader’s adviser says talks deadlocked over $24 billion and warns of wider war

A potential peace deal between the United States and Iran hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, a top Iranian official told CNN on Friday, warning that the US would “enter into a dark corridor” should it resume fighting.

CNN
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#IRAN #WAR PUTS 45 #MILLION PEOPLE IN #FOOD #CRISIS: A #UN #World Food Programme report released in March warned that 45 million people could face acute food #insecurity, if the regional #conflict continued and if the #price of #oil remained at $100 per #barrel

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-us-war-israel-hezbollah-fighting-ceasefire-efforts/#post-update-75f9cbfb

Live Updates: Iran accuses U.S. of violating ceasefire after both sides exchange strikes as stalemate continues in peace talks

The U.S. military reported that it has shot down six Iranian one-way attack drones headed toward the Strait of Hormuz, while seven ballistic missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain were largely intercepted as well.

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