Beyond the border: While Trump deliberates, Iran continues to harden its positions

Mohsen Rezaei, a senior figure in Iran's security establishment, ruled out the possibility of exporting enriched nuclear material from Iran as part of a future agreement, and rejected a Russian proposal. Meanwhile, Iran's economic crisis worsens with a severe gas shortage. Egypt's foreign minister revealed an Egyptian military presence in Saudi Arabia for months. In Gaza, about 40,000 tents were flooded by rains, and Hamas is accused of preventing the distribution of quality tents.

While the US deliberates whether to renew military operations in Iran, Tehran is hardening its positions. Mohsen Rezaei, a senior Iranian security official, declared that Iran will not allow any particle of enriched nuclear material to leave the country, and rejected a Russian proposal to take in the uranium. This involves about 440 kg of uranium enriched to 60%, according to an IAEA assessment from before the June 2025 strikes. Rezaei threatened that any new American attack would be met with strikes on distant US bases. Meanwhile, Iran's economic crisis is worsening: the American embargo prevents oil sales, and war damage to gas facilities has left a severe deficit. The first vice president estimated that in winter, between 100 and 250 million cubic meters of gas per day would be lacking. On another front, Egypt's foreign minister revealed that Egypt has had a military presence in Saudi Arabia for several months, at Riyadh's request, following Houthi attacks. The article also reports on flooding in Gaza: about 40,000 tents were flooded, and Palestinian activists claim that Hamas prevented the distribution of quality tents. Israel is blocking attempts to bring an alternative leadership into Gaza.