Tim Mak1d ago

Good morning to #readers. #Oil #prices are at $79.2 per #barrel (+8.7% compared to pre-war levels).

The U.S. banned #Iran's #team from training on its #soil, so they set up base in #Mexico instead. But for Art, an Iranian-Mexican #superfan it was a dream come true.

https://www.iranwar.news/p/tijuana-embraces-iran-world-cup-team

Tijuana embraces Iran World Cup team

In Tijuana, Iran’s national team found an unlikely home. For one Iranian-Mexican superfan, it became a place where soccer, family history, and cultural belonging converged.

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Art Eftekhari remembers being woken by his #father one memorable #sunrise when he was a #boy. The two drove together through the dark, empty streets of Anaheim, #California, the engine’s hum the only sound cutting through the early-morning #silence, to a crowded #cafe
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Inside, the #smell of #coffee wafted through the cramped #cafe, #father and #son squeezed in alongside dozens of #fans packed around a giant rear-projection #television, watching Iran’s #national #team play its first #FIFA #World_cup matches, broadcast by satellite from #Argentina in 1978.
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On #Monday, Art joined thousands of #Iranian supporters in #Los Angeles as Team #Melli opened its 2026 #World_cup campaign with a 2-2 draw against New Zealand
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Tijuana embraces Iran World Cup team

In Tijuana, Iran’s national team found an unlikely home. For one Iranian-Mexican superfan, it became a place where soccer, family history, and cultural belonging converged.

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THE LATEST #NEWS AT THIS HOUR:

#HORMUZ #BLOCKADE LOST 1.15 BILLION #BARRELS OF #OIL: The #analytics firm #Kpler estimated that since the #war started at the end of February oil #supply losses totaled 1.15 #billion barrels.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/19/business/oil-price-supply-inventories

More than 1 billion barrels of oil have gone missing

The good news: The Strait of Hormuz is open again, after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding this week.

CNN
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U.S.-IRAN TALKS IN #SWITZERLAND POSTPONED: The U.S.-Iran talks, which aim to devise a more concrete #agreement, have been postponed, with the #WhiteHouse citing #logistics #complications Talks were scheduled for June 19.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r2eme2n5do

US-Iran talks postponed as Israel launches deadly strikes in Lebanon

JD Vance has not travelled to Switzerland as the Israeli military said it was targeting Hezbollah and that four of its own soldiers had been killed.

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#ISRAEL-#LEBANON #CEASEFIRE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY #BREACH ACCUSATIONS: Despite the announced ceasefire that was established at 4:00 p.m. on #June 19, #Israeli #forces continued their #strikes on Lebanon in the very first hours after it took effect.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260620-in-trump-heights-israelis-not-abandoned-us-president-despite-iran-deal

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Netanyahu is competing with Putin for the title of War Criminal of the Decade.