A kilo of meat that costs a quarter of a monthly salary, grandmothers becoming TikTok stars and one persistent rumor driving an entire country mad. Social media researcher Effi Banay presents life in Iran through social networks and is convinced: “This regime will not last much longer.”
A day after SpaceX completed the largest IPO ever recorded, raising $75 billion, its shares surged by tens of percentage points in their first day of trading on Wall Street. The rally pushed the company’s valuation above $2 trillion.
In stark contrast to Israel’s achievements since Oct. 7, the US president is handing the Iranians control over Lebanon, breathing room for Hezbollah, cash and legitimacy for the regime. Apart from the immediate act of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, all other Iranian promises are future commitments and will be discussed in future negotiations, in which they will undoubtedly wear down Trump and his team, just as they have done so far.
Iran has agreed to hand over its enriched uranium, forgo enrichment in the long term and open the Strait of Hormuz without restrictions. The clause that paved the way for understandings: the release of up to $15 billion for humanitarian needs, under Qatari supervision. Should the final details be concluded and agreed, the emerging expectation is that the deal will be signed early next week, most likely in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) entrenched its pro-“Taiwan independence” stance and colluded with external forces to pursue separatist provocations after it came to power in 2000, which has become the greatest threat to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Such attempts to reverse the course of history are doomed to fail.
