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  1. Video of US Boarding Iranian Ship - and the Question of What Might Have Been on It https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/20/more-on-the-iranian-ship-fired-on-by-us-navy-n2201471
    ;has been accused in the past of procuring material for Tehran’s ballistic missile program.It is part of the Islamic Republic of Iran … IRGC naval units intervened, apparently contradicting remarks by President Trump earlier about the seizure of an Iranian vessel.— Iran … forces attacked some US military vessels with drones after American forces fired on an Iranian commercial ship in the Sea of Oman.— Iran
  2. Don't Trust *And* Verify: US Amb. Waltz Says Iran Can Be Assured of 1 Thing Ahead of Any Nukes Agreement https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/04/19/us-ambassador-to…are-certain-ahead-of-newest-iran-talks-in-islamabad-n2201457
    wrote, our negotiating team (possibly without VP Vance in tow) is returning to Pakistan for the next round of nuclear talks with Iran … and in Trouble as Trump Holds Its Feet to the Fire - VIPIn the middle of trying to make a deal of a different kind on nukes with Iran … -Iran ceasefire “a decision for the president,” but adds that President Trump is “prepared to escalate [in order] to de-escalate."…
  3. Iranian Cargo Ship Tries to Get Past the U.S. Blockade - Trump: It 'Did Not Go Well for Them' https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/19/us-fires-on-iranian-ship-and-seizes-it-n2201463
    A cargo ship isn't going to be able to take on a destroyer.But Iran doesn't seem to learn that lesson. …  Then, too, while Iran was throwing its weight around in the Strait and warning everyone that they couldn't come through except …  READ MORE: Iran Regime Miscalculates Again - Now Another Country Is Furious With ThemMore Brave Cruise Ships Just Thumbed Their…
  4. US Negotiators Head Back to Islamabad, but the Iranians May Not Be There https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/19/us-negotiators-head-back-to-islamabad-but-the-iranians-may-not-be-there-n2201454
     Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! … Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it. … IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END! President DONALD J.…
  5. Stefanik Shreds Liberal Media Host in Heated Exchange Over 'Genocide' in Iran and Viral Trump Post https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/19/stefanik-remarks-to-jake-tapper-n2201468
    by talking about the regime's "47 years of extortion, corruption, and death will finally end," and "God bless the Great People of Iran … the people in so doing, just as Stefanik said.Trump had also spent much of the day before talking passionately about the people of Iran …  READ MORE: Here We Go: Iran Cuts Off Direct Communication With US, Report of Iranians at BridgeTrump Wrecks a PBS Reporter…
  6. VIDEO: USS Spruance Lights Up Iranian Blockade Runner in a Formidable Demonstration of FAFO https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/19/video-uss-spruance-lights-up-iranian-blockade-runner-n2201465
    The Touska was en route from Port Klang, Malaysia, destined for Chabahar, Iran. The ship encountered the U.S. … Islamic Revolution masters with his contempt for the kufar navy that, according to leftists in the West, is illegally blockading Iran … Waltz Says Iran Can Be Assured of 1 Thing Ahead of Any Nukes Agreement).…
  7. FBI Intercepts Chinese National at JFK After Air Base Incident https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/fbi-nabs-chinese-m…illegally-shooting-photos-of-aircraft-at-offutt-afb-n2201544
    think that the FBI scooped up young Liang as he was headed back to China.Read More: New Report: Beijing Satellite Intel Helped Iran
  8. Morning Minute: Follow the Money https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/23/morning-minute-n2201560
    That ranges from the SAVE America Act to money for the war in Iran to suspending the gas tax or addressing health care.…
  9. RedState Weekly Briefing: Media Myth Busted, ICE Fight Ignites, Swalwell Falls Apart https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/19/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2201449
    Pelosi (CA-11) calling on the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment because of Trump's "civilization will die" comment about Iran … That's still a question, since Iran isn't an honest actor. …  If Iran is expecting any money back from the oil sales they've made, they may be out of luck there as well.…
  10. Trump Convenes Rare Saturday Situation Room Meeting As Uncertainty Swirls About Iran Negotiations https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/18/trump-convenes-rare…eting-as-uncertainty-swirls-about-iran-negotiations-n2201440
    Quite honestly, I imagine one key subject of discussion was "who the hell is calling the shots in Iran?" … Saturday, The Times reported that Iran had put the kibosh on Trump's statement that Iran had agreed to give up its enriched uranium.Right … A lot of your fellow soldiers have been killed over the years by Iran. The roadside bombs. Soleimani.…
  11. Busted: Iranian Businesswoman Now Accused of $70M Drone Deal for Mullahs https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/19/busted-iranian-bus…nesswoman-now-accused-of-70m-drone-deal-for-mullahs-n2201451
    The latest of these was just busted at Los Angeles International Airport, for allegedly trafficking weapons to Iran, and get this: … These women are clearly living a lifestyle in the United States that they would be denied in Iran; not only the opulence of their lives … any of the generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as much as any of the mullahs that maintain the vicious theocracy in Iran
  12. Iran's Supreme Leader Saber-Rattles As Iran's Navy Is Feeding Fishes https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/18/irans-supreme-leader-saber-rattles-as-irans-navy-is-feeding-fishes-n2201442
    It's a day ending in "Y," so Iran must once more have its mouth writing checks its butt can't cash. … In fact, nobody outside Iran is even sure if he's alive, or what he's doing. He's said not to be in charge of Iran. … ShipsThe more Iran issues these threats, the sillier they look.…
  13. Vance Delivers Perfect Response After Pope Calls Out ‘Narrative’ About Him and Trump https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/19/vance-remarks-about-the-pope-n2201441
    about President Donald Trump being critical of Pope Leo for being weak on crime and his remarks about the U.S. military action in Iran …  The pope had made prior comments about immigration and the military action against Iran that were critical of the Trump administration's … The pope doesn't have the intel that Trump has on threats from Iran, and as the Border Czar Tom Homan said, may not even understand…
  14. Report: Trump Planning to Drop Another Hammer on Iran and Their Ships https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/18/us-to-seize-iranian-ships-n2201429
     This is likely to make China start leaning on Iran to make a deal because some of these ships are likely meant for them. … Seems the neighbors are much more likely to be transparent about Iranian regime accounts after Iran started bombing them. … But another example of how Iran keeps miscalculating.…
  15. Iran Regime Miscalculates Again - Now Another Country Is Furious With Them https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/18/india-lets-iran-have-it-after-they-fire-on-their-ships-in-strait-n2201435
    serious incident of firing on merchant ships, Foreign Secretary urged the Ambassador to convey India’s views to the authorities in Iran … So just like when Iran fired on their Gulf neighbors, they have just ticked off another country. …  READ MORE: Report: Trump Planning to Drop Another Hammer on Iran and Their ShipsBessent Delivers Another Powerful Blow to Iran
  16. Here's More Evidence the Iranian Regime Is Fracturing and in Trouble As Trump Holds Its Feet to the Fire https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/18/trump-win-win-and-the-iranian-leaders-are-fracturing-n2201426
    On Friday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi announced Iran was opening the Strait of Hormuz. …  Then, Iran being Iran, the Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf pulled it back later in the day, saying that if the U.S. continued …  READ MORE: Bessent Delivers Another Powerful Blow to Iran - Reveals What May Be Their 'Fatal Mistake'Trump Has Iran Over a Barrel…
  17. Israel Blindsided by Trump 'Prohibiting' Attacks in Lebanon on Truth Social https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/18/israel-blindsided-by…rump-prohibiting-attacks-in-lebanon-on-truth-social-n2201445
    One of the conditions imposed by Iran for its return to the bargaining table was that any ceasefire agreed to be regional. … ceasefire between the parties, or, more accurately, Israel's agreement to not strike targets in Lebanon, gave hope that trouncing Iran … After Rubio-Led Negotiations – RedState.Trump's announcement, however, made it appear that the entire process was merely to give Iran
  18. New: Why Alan Dershowitz Is Becoming a Republican After 67 Years As a Democrat https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/21/new-why-alan-dersh…becoming-a-republican-after-67-years-as-a-democrat-n2201521
    vote Republican for representative, senator and president.He's correct.Read More: The Most Insanely Idiotic Criticisms of the Iran
  19. The Iran War’s Impact on the Battle for the U.S. House https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2026/04/19/the-iran-wars-impact-on-the-battle-for-the-us-house-n2201444
    GOP will boost its spending as we get closer to the election.The issues most important to the voters now all relate to the war in Iran …  This will leave the issue environment similar to what we had before the Iran war.…
  20. More Brave Cruise Ships Just Thumbed Their Noses at the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/19/brave-cruise-ships-run-the-strait-of-hormuz-n2201448
     While Iran was saying that the Strait was open and then reneging on that on Saturday, those four cruise ships that had been stuck … Marsec pic.twitter.com/YusvXzSJTh— UKMTO Operations Centre (@UK_MTO) April 18, 2026That came after two other ships were fired on by Iran
  21. Is Trump Playing Iran Like a Fiddle in Nuclear Talks Right Now? https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/18/is-trump-playing-iran-like-a-fiddle-in-nuclear-talks-right-now-n2201425
    Which presents the really big question:Who's really in charge in Iran? … Iran does have a president, currently a supposedly reform-minded guy named Masoud Pezeshkian, but the president in Iran is under the … are probably looking with some apprehension at all the lampposts in Tehran.If this is what the Trump administration is doing, if Iran
  22. Trump: I Will End Ceasefire Wednesday Unless Deal Done — but Xi's 'Very Happy' As Hormuz Reopens https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/18/trump-i-will-end-cea…less-deal-done-but-xis-very-happy-as-hormuz-reopens-n2201418
    Iran ceasefire is in effect for the moment (depending on who you ask), President Donald Trump signaled that things could change very … In the meantime, the blockade will stay in force:President Donald Trump said late Friday he may end the ceasefire with Iran unless … “We had some pretty good news 20 minutes ago, but it seems to be going very well in the Middle East with Iran,” he said.…
  23. Pope Leo Responds to President Trump: ‘Not Interested in Debate’ https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/18/trump-blasts-pope-leo-leo-responds-not-interested-in-debate-n2201439
    ’s judgment, neutrality, and standing to weigh in on global affairs.Read More: Trump Blasts Pope Leo As ‘Weak on Crime,’ Expands Iran … Trump has maintained that Iran left him no choice, arguing that without military pressure, the regime would obtain a nuclear weapon…
  24. Iran’s Face-Saving Strait Spin Gets Upstaged by a Cruise Ship https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/17/iran-hilarious-attempt-to-save-face-gets-shown-up-by-a-cruise-ship-n2201404
     Of course, the Strait had already been effectively open for everyone but Iran-connected vehicles under the U.S. blockade. …  The funny thing was that while Iran was spinning to save face, their agreement helped the markets and further dropped the oil … So, please, Iran, do go on.…
  25. Trump Cheers Strait of Hormuz Reopening During Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire — but There’s a Big Catch https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/17/trump-truth-on-strait-being-open-n2201383
    to Truth Social on Friday morning with some good news for enthusiasts of the Strait of Hormuz being fully open and operational: “IRAN … HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE.” … , ONLY, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR TRANSACTION WITH IRAN IS 100% COMPLETE.…