Middle East

The third round of US-Iran nuclear talks got underway in Geneva Thursday as America's largest aircraft carrier headed toward Israel.

The terrorist organization has sent calming messages to the Lebanese government, saying it will maintain “neutrality on the ground.” Sources added that if Hezbollah comes under a full-scale Israeli attack, the organization will act “in self-defense.”

The aircraft carrier left a NATO naval base in Crete after four days, during which its roughly 4,600 crew members took on supplies and equipment. In recent days, reports have circulated about problems with the ship’s sewage system.

Deep gaps remained at the end of the latest round of talks between Iran and the United States in Geneva. According to American officials, the question is not whether to strike, but which targets to choose.

Trump reportedly calls regime “bluffers” as a senior Israeli official asseses that a US strike could lead to the fall of the ayatollahs.

Opposition outlet Iran International reports Iran’s supreme leader is hiding in an underground bunker in Tehran. Senior officials, including Ali Larijani, were allegedly blindfolded en route to meetings.

Turkey’s presidential office denied a Bloomberg report that Ankara is planning to enter Iranian territory if the regime collapses. However, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters that “all scenarios are being reviewed”. Among the options reportedly under consideration: setting up refugee camps along the border.

According to the report, the Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq planned to infiltrate sensitive sites such as the presidential palace complex, the headquarters of the Supreme National Security Council and the compound housing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office. Sources further claimed that the organization had “received assistance from foreign intelligence agencies.”