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Iran doubles down on refusal to end nuclear program, ready for war with Israel
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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday doubled down on Tehran’s refusal to abandon its nuclear program and said Iran is «fully prepared» for a renewed fight with Israel.
The Iranian president’s comments came just two days after Tehran’s foreign minister confirmed to Fox News that Iran will not give up its enrichment program, but continues to claim Tehran is not interested in developing a nuclear weapon.
«[US President Donald] Trump says that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon and we accept this because we reject nuclear weapons and this is our political, religious, humanitarian and strategic position,» Pezeshkian said in an interview with Al Jazeera.
President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran remains «prepared» for renewed conflict with Israel. (Iranian Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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«We believe in diplomacy, so any future negotiations must be according to a win-win logic, and we will not accept threats and dictates,» he added.
Pezeshkian also said Trump’s repeated claims that the U.S. «obliterated» Iran’s nuclear program is «just an illusion.»
«Our nuclear capabilities are in the minds of our scientists and not in the facilities,» he said.
The U.S. strikes – which came just days after Israel targeted top military figures and nuclear scientists – are believed to have set back Iran’s nuclear program by up to two years.
But security experts have told Fox News Digital that Iran continues to possess significant military strike capabilities, and questions remain over whether Iran was able to successfully move any enriched uranium off site prior to Washington’s strikes.
Pezeshkian acknowledged the blow that Israel levied against its top officials, but said it «completely failed» to «eliminate» the hierarchy of Iran’s nuclear program.
He further warned that Iran is ready to take on Jerusalem should another conflict break out.
«We are fully prepared for any new Israeli military move, and our armed forces are ready to strike deep inside Israel again,» Pezeshkian said.
Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer/Getty Images)
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Iran and Israel are still operating under a ceasefire brokered by the U.S. and Qatar following last month’s 12-Day War, but the Iranian president said he is not confident this truce will hold.
«We are not very optimistic about it,» Pezeshkian said.
«That is why we have prepared ourselves for any possible scenario and any potential response. Israel has harmed us, and we have also harmed it,» he added. «It has dealt us powerful blows, and we have struck it hard in its depths, but it is concealing its losses.»
Delegations from France, Germany and the U.K. (E3) are set to travel to Tehran on Friday to discuss nuclear negotiations.
The E3 visit will come just three days after officials from Russia and China, who are also signatories of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPAO), visited on Tuesday to discuss negotiations and how Iran can avoid sanctions, though details of the talks remain unknown.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stands with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, before a meeting on March 14, 2025, in Beijing. (Pool via Reuters)
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Iran began initiating international talks after the E3 last week threatened to employ snapback sanctions – which would see the entire 15-member U.N. Security Council enforce strict economic ramifications – should Iran not enter into a nuclear agreement by the end of August.
The timeframe is consistent with the time needed for the JCPOA signatories to recall snapback sanctions prior to the Oct. 18 expiration date when the economic tool can no longer be employed en masse per the 2015 terms of the agreement.
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China is reportedly working to cognitively merge humans with machines as part of its ongoing efforts to compete in the artificial intelligence race.
The communist country is using brain-computer interface (BCI) technology — systems that allow for communication between the brain and an external device — to «augment human cognition and human-machine teaming,» The Washington Times reported, citing a presentation from Georgetown experts delivered to U.S. officials.
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These include invasive, minimally-invasive and non-invasive BCIs, according to The Washington Times.
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The U.S. has primarily focused on building up language models to develop AI technology. However, China is going against traditional thinking about how to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) — a type of AI that has the ability to perform as well as or better than a human being in cognitive tasks, according to William Hannas, lead analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
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«There are all kinds of possibilities out there, but if you want human equivalent AI, you’re not going to get it just by increasing the parameters [of models],» Hannas told The Washington Times.
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Hannas, who formerly worked for the CIA, collected Chinese government documents that contained information about the country’s AI funding plans for this year and last year. The plans include several brain-inspired AI approaches, The Washington Times reported.
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Mendicidad en las calles y basura como sustento: el rostro de una Cuba en crisis que la dictadura se niega a admitir
En las calles de La Habana, la imagen de personas rebuscando entre la basura para alimentarse se ha vuelto cotidiana. William Abel, de 62 años, es uno de ellos. Desde que su vivienda colapsó hace dos años, duerme al aire libre y sobrevive hurgando en contenedores. “He estado hurgando en los basureros por dos años para comer”, declaró.
Abel no es un caso aislado. La visibilidad cada vez más común de personas sin hogar refleja el deterioro profundo de la economía cubana, considerada por analistas como la peor crisis en más de tres décadas. La escasez de alimentos, la inflación descontrolada y el colapso de servicios sociales han expulsado a miles de cubanos a la indigencia.
En una isla donde el régimen evita reconocer la existencia de pobreza con cifras o términos precisos, el fenómeno se agrava mientras las autoridades insisten en utilizar eufemismos como “personas vulnerables”.
Oficialmente, 350.000 personas reciben ayuda social en Cuba, según datos de la propia dictadura. No obstante, especialistas aseguran que esa cifra está lejos de reflejar la magnitud real de la crisis.
La reciente renuncia de la ministra de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Marta Elena Feito, dejó en evidencia la desconexión entre el discurso oficial y la realidad en las calles. Feito provocó una ola de indignación al declarar que “en Cuba no hay mendigos”. Las críticas obligaron al dictador Miguel Díaz-Canel a intervenir públicamente: “Son expresiones concretas de desigualdades sociales que debemos atender”, dijo ante la Asamblea Nacional, distanciándose del discurso de su ex ministra.
La reacción del régimen fue inusual, ya que históricamente ha minimizado cualquier señal de desigualdad social. El primer ministro, Manuel Marrero, también reconoció la gravedad de la situación: “Tenemos un problema real”, afirmó.
Para los cubanos afectados, como Juan de la Cruz, de 63 años, el problema es más que evidente. Tras perder una pierna por diabetes, recibe una pensión estatal equivalente a menos de tres dólares mensuales al cambio informal. “No me alcanza ni para un kilo de pollo”, comentó mientras pedía comida en una calle del centro habanero. Su vivienda, aunque “muy pequeña”, está vacía.
El país enfrenta una inflación acumulada que ha hecho subir los precios de los alimentos hasta un 500% en los últimos cuatro años. La libreta de racionamiento, históricamente utilizada para distribuir productos subsidiados, ya no garantiza ni lo básico. Mientras tanto, el la dictadura reconoce que no tiene divisas suficientes para mantener los programas sociales que fueron emblema de la llamada “revolución”.
El colapso económico tiene múltiples causas. Entre ellas, los analistas destacan el impacto prolongado de la pandemia sobre el turismo, la ineficiencia estructural de la economía centralizada y las sanciones de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, muchos expertos señalan que las decisiones internas del régimen han tenido un peso determinante en la actual crisis.
La socióloga cubana Mayra Espina Prieto ha estimado recientemente que “entre el 40 y el 45 por ciento de los cubanos vive en condiciones de pobreza”. La cifra contrasta con el silencio oficial sobre estos indicadores, ya que Cuba no publica datos de pobreza ni permite estudios independientes sistemáticos sobre desigualdad social.
El deterioro también golpea a los más jóvenes. UNICEF informó en 2023 que casi uno de cada diez niños cubanos vive en condiciones de “pobreza alimentaria severa”, lo que significa que sólo acceden a uno o dos grupos de alimentos al día, en ocasiones menos.
En las afueras de La Habana, Arnaldo Victores, de 65 años y con discapacidad visual, duerme en un taller de motos sobre bolsas plásticas. Al no tener dirección fija, no puede acceder a los beneficios sociales. “Mi sueño es un cuartico con baño”, afirmó a la prensa internacional. Frente al lugar donde pide limosna cada día se levanta un hotel estatal de 42 pisos, el más alto de la capital. Para muchos, es un símbolo de prioridades distorsionadas.
En un país donde durante décadas se presumió de haber eliminado la indigencia, la realidad diaria desmiente el discurso. Las imágenes de ancianos durmiendo en portales y buscando sobras entre desechos evidencian una fractura social que el régimen ya no puede ocultar.
(Con información de AFP)
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