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BREAKING: Strikes Paused as Mediation Intensifies, Khamenei Buried, Iran Plot Intel | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Friday, the tenth of July, 2026, the one hundred and thirty-third day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * THE PAUSE: US Central Command has NOT conducted further strikes on Iranian territory since Wednesday's second wave. Per CNN, Axios, and Fox News, the pause is DELIBERATE * US official to CNN: US is "deliberately striking and then pausing to avoid escalation and let diplomacy work." Maintaining "target list as leverage" * US official to Fox News: US "still committed to finding a resolution, and technical talks continue" * MULTILATERAL MEDIATION: Per Axios, senior representatives from Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia have held a series of phone calls with US and Iranian counterparts since Wednesday * ASSASSINATION PLOT INTEL: Per CNN and Wall Street Journal citing multiple sources, Israel has shared with the US intelligence that Iran has "devised a new plan to assassinate" President Trump * Report follows Mashhad funeral, mourners photographed with "We will kill Trump" banner (Times of Israel) * TRUMP-NETANYAHU CALL Thursday. Agreed to continue coordination "on the various fronts." Netanyahu raised Erdogan statements and buffer zones * ARAGHCHI PHONE CALLS Thursday with Pakistan army chief Munir, and Turkish and Omani foreign ministers. Warned against "American adventurism" * USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN in Arabian Sea: jets armed, night mission over Hormuz. Prepared to strike per CNN Pamela Brown aboard * KHAMENEI BURIED at Imam Reza shrine early Friday. Private ceremony, close family only. Mojtaba absent for entire 6 days. Has not appeared publicly since March * PAKISTAN TALKS TOMORROW: Al Arabiya had reported July 11 in Pakistan. Neither party has publicly confirmed. Three days of exchanges have interrupted momentum * Pakistan MoFA Wed night: "no alternative to continued engagement, dialogue and diplomacy" * OIL: Brent $79.80. WTI $76.20. Both below prewar levels. Three major US stock indices closed higher Friday * HEAT West/Great Plains. Kansas City 101°F. Denver 99°F. Phoenix 114°F * TEXAS HILL COUNTRY floods: confirmed Kerr County death toll rises to 129. 22 persons still unaccounted for Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on her mother's method for writing a letter to somebody serving overseas. Once a week, same day if you can. Ordinary things only. Never write about the war. Sign with love. Send a snapshot, a page from the local paper, a church bulletin. Address carefully through the military postal system. And if you don't have somebody serving but want to write to somebody who does not have anyone writing to them, the Red Cross, VFW, and USO all have programs. "It costs the price of a stamp. And it is one of the very few things I know of that can, in a small measurable way, make the world a little less lonely tonight." This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES:CNN: Deliberate US pause, target list as leverage, Israel Trump assassination plot intel, Khamenei burial, USS Abraham Lincoln reporting, Araghchi calls: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/10/world/live-news/iran-war-trump [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/10/world/live-news/iran-war-trump]Axios via Fox News Digital: Multilateral mediation with Qatar/Pakistan/Turkey/Egypt/Saudi Arabia, US "still committed to finding a resolution": https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-us-iran-war-strikes-strait-hormuz-july-9 [https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-us-iran-war-strikes-strait-hormuz-july-9]Times of Israel: Trump-Netanyahu Thursday call readout, Araghchi warning of US "adventurism," "We will kill Trump" banner at Mashhad: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-09-2026/ [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-09-2026/]Wall Street Journal via CNN: Israel intelligence share on Iranian assassination plot: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-trump-plot-israel-intelligence [https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-trump-plot-israel-intelligence]

BREAKING: US Hits 90 Iran Targets, Iran Retaliates in 3 Gulf States, Khamenei Buried | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Thursday, the ninth of July, 2026, the one hundred and thirty-second day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * SECOND NIGHT OF US STRIKES on Iran overnight. US CENTCOM: struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets along the coast * Cities struck per Iranian state media: Iranshahr, Bandar Abbas, Konarak, Chabahar, Bushehr * Iranian Health Ministry: 14 killed, 78 wounded in the two nights of US attacks. First comprehensive count * Iran FM: strikes were "criminal attacks" and "a gross war crime." Alleges US struck "two bridges on the railway route to Mashhad" (site of burial). CENTCOM has not addressed * IRAN RETALIATED in three Gulf states. IRGC struck US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. Iranian Army struck US installation in QATAR (first time) * Ghalibaf on X: "The Strait of Hormuz will only open with 'Iranian arrangements,' not American threats. America still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free. If you strike, you'll get hit" * Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ: "the origin of any support for the aggressor U.S. military would be a legitimate target." Warning to Gulf host states * TRUMP ON AIR FORCE ONE returning from Ankara: "We just hit them very hard, and I say we hit them 20 to 1. Every time they hit us, we're going to hit them 20" * Trump: "We can play games, but I'm not sure I want to make a deal. Let's just finish the job" * Trump did NOT rescind the Islamabad MOU. Said war would be "over very quickly" * Trump Wed listed options: naval blockade, strikes on Iranian civilian electricity/water (which experts say would be war crimes) * NATO SUMMIT DECLARATION adopted. Article 5 "an attack on one is an attack on all." Iran must never have a nuclear weapon. €70B Ukraine 2026 * UK PM Starmer urged both parties to respect ceasefire * SYRIA REMOVED FROM STATE SPONSORS list. Trump signed determination Wednesday. Congress has 45 days to review * KHAMENEI BURIED at Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad. Coffin lowered at 4 PM local time. Mojtaba Khamenei absent for 6th consecutive day. Pezeshkian and Araghchi presided at grave * OIL: Brent $80.10. WTI $76.80. US stocks modestly higher Thursday * HEAT West/Great Plains. Kansas City 102°F. Denver 100°F. Phoenix 113°F * TEXAS HILL COUNTRY floods: Kerr County confirmed death toll rises to 119. 30 still unaccounted for Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on her mother's homemade lemonade. Six lemons rolled under the palm before squeezing (the step almost nobody does). Sunshine syrup of sugar and water. Cold water. Mint sprig or mashed strawberries at the bottom of each glass. "One of the small perfect things in this world. Especially tonight." This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES:CNN: Second night strikes, 90 targets, Iran retaliation on 3 Gulf states, Iranian casualties, bridge claim, Ghalibaf, burial in Mashhad: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/world/live-news/iran-war-trump [https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/world/live-news/iran-war-trump]NBC News: Trump Air Force One quotes, "20 to 1," Syria removed from state sponsors, Iran ministry "gross war crime": https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/us-iran-new-attacks-trump-ceasefire-over-gulf-hormuz-rcna353615 [https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/us-iran-new-attacks-trump-ceasefire-over-gulf-hormuz-rcna353615]Al Jazeera: Six Iranian cities struck, Trump's options including naval blockade and civilian infrastructure, firefighter killed: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/8/us-says-conducting-new-wave-of-strikes-on-iran-as-ceasefire-falters-2 [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/8/us-says-conducting-new-wave-of-strikes-on-iran-as-ceasefire-falters-2]Washington Times: Trump "cuckoo" and "waste of time" quotes, Starmer at NATO, Iran shot down MQ-9 Reaper, Iran FM on US violating MOU: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/8/us-iran-ceasefire-collapses-amid-new-strikes-trump-mulls-restarting/ [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/8/us-iran-ceasefire-collapses-amid-new-strikes-trump-mulls-restarting/]

BREAKING: Trump Says Islamabad Memorandum Over as US Strikes Iran, Iran Retaliates | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Wednesday, the eighth of July, 2026, the one hundred and thirty-first day since the war with Iran began.Today's report:TRUMP DECLARES ISLAMABAD MOU "OVER" at NATO news conference in Ankara Wednesday morning. "For me, I think it's over. It's just a waste of time dealing with them"TUESDAY: Iran fires on THREE COMMERCIAL VESSELS in Omani territorial waters near Strait of Hormuz per UKMTO. Fires reported. US officials attribute the attacks to the IRGC Navy. Iran has neither claimed nor deniedUS calls the attacks a "gross violation" of the Islamabad MemorandumOIL SANCTIONS REIMPOSED on Iranian sales, reversing one of the central concessions of the June 14 framework. Brent crude rose 5%+ to $82.40. WTI to $79.10OVERNIGHT: US Central Command carried out "series of powerful strikes" against Iran per official statement. Targets, weapons, damage not publicly disclosed by DoDTrump approved the strike plan from NATO summit with Rubio, Hegseth, Bessent, and Gen. Dan Caine, per Fox and CNNIRAN RETALIATES: IRGC announces missile and drone attacks on 85 US military installations across Bahrain and KuwaitKUWAIT DEFENSE MINISTRY confirms air defenses intercepted 15 projectiles in Kuwaiti airspace Wednesday morningIranian foreign ministry: strikes are just "the beginning" of a "crushing response"HEGSETH CANCELS ISRAEL VISIT scheduled Wednesday to meet Netanyahu/Katz over F-35 to TurkeyNATO SUMMIT: Trump in "open frustration" per CNN over Iran, Spain (refused bases), Denmark/Greenland, Germany defense spending. Rutte: Canadian/European spending rose $258B in 2025-26Netanyahu to CNN: Erdogan "not exactly a model ally" and "threatens to destroy my country"KHAMENEI FUNERAL continues on schedule. Wednesday: procession in Najaf, Iraq. Iraqi President Amedi received cortège. Delegation led by Pezeshkian and Araghchi. Coffin to Imam Ali shrine, then Karbala, then Mashhad for burial ThursdayHEAT RIDGE over West/Great Plains. Kansas City 101°F Wednesday. Denver 99°FTEXAS HILL COUNTRY floods: confirmed death toll rises to 109. 41 persons still unaccounted for. NWS forecast: further isolated thunderstorms this weekFollowed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on old-fashioned homemade tomato soup from garden tomatoes, with a proper grilled cheese sandwich on the side. Forty minutes from start to finish. Two pounds of ripe garden tomatoes, an onion, garlic, tomato paste, chicken broth, cream, fresh basil at the very last moment. "It will fix, if not the world, then at least the evening."This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated.SOURCES:CNN: Trump "over" quote, strikes overnight, Iran 85 targets response, Netanyahu on Erdogan, Hegseth Israel visit cancelled: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/08/world/live-news/iran-war-nato-summit-ukraine-trumpABC News: Trump Ankara press conference, Central Command statement, Kuwait 15 intercepts confirmed: https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-thousands-throng-tehran-streets-khamenei/?id=134509610Fox News Digital: Trump approved strike plan from Ankara with Rubio, Hegseth, Bessent, Caine; F-35 sale to Turkey: https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-khamenei-funeral-july-7-2026NPR: Trump "scum" quote, MOU "over" not ruling out further talks, ceasefire status: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/nx-s1-5883929/trump-nato-iran-strikes-press-conferenceWashington Post: Funeral in Najaf, Pezeshkian and Araghchi with delegation, Iraqi President Amedi receiving: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/08/iraq-iran-khamenei-najaf-funeral/cc947064-7a93-11f1-b194-f872dd4ec5aa_story.html

BREAKING: Katz Warns Iran, Netanyahu WH Meeting Pending, Talks Resume July 11 | 1930s Radio

📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is the Winrad Radio daily news bulletin for Monday, the sixth of July, 2026, the one hundred and twenty-ninth day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * KATZ WRITTEN STATEMENT Monday: "Any Iranian leader who attempts to advance plans to destroy Israel will be thwarted" * Katz called anti-American chants at the Iranian funeral "disgraceful" * Second time in five days that the Israeli Defense Minister has publicly threatened Iranian leadership. On Thursday he said Mojtaba Khamenei was "marked for death" * NETANYAHU WHITE HOUSE VISIT still not publicly scheduled. Per Axios and Al Jazeera, Israeli official says the visit could take place this week (before Trump's NATO Turkey trip July 7-8) or the following week * First face-to-face since the February Situation Room meeting where Netanyahu presented the war plan * Trump to Axios: "We get along very good. Netanyahu knows who the boss is" * TALKS RESUME JULY 11 IN PAKISTAN per Al Arabiya citing unnamed sources * Neither White House nor Iranian foreign ministry has publicly confirmed * Qatari and Pakistani foreign ministries serving as joint mediators have not commented * IAF STRIKE Sunday between Kfar Tebnit and Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon near the Ali Taher ridge * IDF Commando Brigade struck a Hezbollah cell on motorcycles at al-Aaqaide near the security zone * OPEC-PLUS RAISED PRODUCTION targets over the weekend. Oil futures fell Monday. Brent opened $81.90, WTI $78.40. Both below prewar levels * Saudi Arabia reportedly led the argument for the production increase * THIRD DAY OF IRAN FUNERAL. Procession through Tehran along a route lined with concrete walls installed to prevent a repeat of the 1989 Khomeini funeral (crowd surges killed 10+, injured 10,000+) * Effigy of the American President hanged in Imam Hussein Square per Iranian state media and France 24 * Mojtaba Khamenei absent. Per France 24 citing Iranian officials, he was wounded in the Feb 28 US-Israeli strikes. Severity undisclosed * Procession continues: Qom Tuesday, Najaf and Karbala Wednesday, burial in Mashhad Thursday * HEAT DOME RELIEF East. NYC 84°F (16° below Thursday), DC 90°F, Philadelphia 88°F. Ridge shifted West. Kansas City forecast 100°F Wednesday, Denver 98°F Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy's old-fashioned Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy over mashed potatoes. Named for Dr. James Salisbury, who invented it after the Civil War. The classic 1940s American Monday supper. A pound of ground beef stretched to feed a family of five. "It is warm. It is comforting. And it makes its own gravy in the pan." This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Radio" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES:CNN: Katz "thwarted" statement, "death to Trump" chants condemned, Tehran procession, concrete walls, OPEC+ oil decline: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/06/world/live-news/iran-khamenei-funeral-war-trump [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/06/world/live-news/iran-khamenei-funeral-war-trump]Axios: Netanyahu WH meeting timing, Trump "knows who the boss is," 7th visit under second term: https://www.axios.com/2026/07/04/trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran [https://www.axios.com/2026/07/04/trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran]Al Jazeera: Netanyahu meeting timing, IAF strikes Nabatieh: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/6/iran-war-live-tehran-set-for-khameneis-procession-israel-bombs-lebanon [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/6/iran-war-live-tehran-set-for-khameneis-procession-israel-bombs-lebanon]France 24: Mojtaba Khamenei wounded per Iranian officials, 1989 crowd disaster context, effigy of Trump: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260706-khamenei-funeral-procession-begins-in-tehran-draws-massive-crowds-of-mourners [https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260706-khamenei-funeral-procession-begins-in-tehran-draws-massive-crowds-of-mourners]Times of Israel: IAF strike near Kfar Tebnit and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Commando Brigade at al-Aaqaide: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-5-2026/ [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-5-2026/]

BREAKING: US-Iran Talks Resume July 11 in Pakistan as Iran Funeral Day Two Ends | 1930s Radio

This is the Winrad Broadcasting Service daily news bulletin for Sunday, the fifth of July, 2026, the one hundred and twenty-eighth day since the war with Iran began. Today's report: * SECOND DAY of the six-day state funeral for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran * Iranian President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf (Iran's chief negotiator) prayed over the coffins * Three of Khamenei's other sons attended: Mostafa, Meysam, and Masoud * Current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei will NOT attend the funeral proceedings at all (per Al Jazeera) * A poet at the ceremony read verse targeting the President of the United States * Saeed Jalili, member of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Iranian state media that "blood vengeance" for the former Supreme Leader is the duty of Iranian officials * Iranian Army Chief Amir Hatami said Sunday, that he told current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei those behind his father's death "would not be left alone" * Die Welt reports Iranian authorities have prepared for the possibility of 1,500 to 3,000 deaths in the crowds during the six days * COFFIN CARRIED OUT of Grand Mosalla this afternoon. Procession: Monday Tehran, Tuesday Qom, Wednesday Najaf and Karbala (Iraq), Thursday burial in Mashhad * AL ARABIYA REPORTS: US-Iran technical talks set to RESUME SATURDAY JULY 11 IN PAKISTAN (venue changed from Doha), two days after Mashhad burial * Neither White House nor Iranian foreign ministry has publicly confirmed the July 11 schedule * NETANYAHU REQUESTS WH MEETING. Israeli PM's office confirms Netanyahu called Trump Friday to congratulate on 250th and requested a Washington meeting * Trump to Axios: "We get along very good. [Netanyahu] knows who the boss is" * Israeli official to Axios: meeting could take place this coming week or the following week. Trump's NATO Turkey trip July 7-8 may push visit * CARGO VESSEL DISTRESS SIGNAL Sunday 30 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's Hodeidah per UKMTO. Vessel under attack by "unknown armed assailants." Location is southern approach to Bab-el-Mandeb * QATAR'S AL RUWAIS PORT REOPENS to Iranian commercial goods after ~5-month suspension, per IRNA * HEAT DOME BREAKS in the East. Boston 87°F Sunday, 7° below Saturday. Per Bloomberg data, 300+ daily temperature records broken across US Wed-Sat * Central Park hit 100°F Thursday (first triple-digit since 2012, tied 1966 daily record). Washington DC 100°F Friday. Newark 105°F, highest since 2001 * NWS forecasts Mid-Atlantic relief by Tuesday morning Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy on her mother's Sunday supper. Not a recipe, a habit. The Sunday-after-the-holiday method of using every leftover in the icebox to lay out a picnic on a platter, at the good table, in the cool of the evening. 📰 THE DAILY DISPATCH: Get this bulletin in your inbox every morning, free: https://winradradio.substack.com/ [https://winradradio.substack.com/] This is a news presentation, not opinion or editorial. All facts sourced from verified journalism. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. SOURCES:CNN: Second day of funeral, Pezeshkian and Ghalibaf, three sons attend, Mojtaba absent, poet, "blood vengeance": https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/world/live-news/iran-khamenei-funeral-war-trump [https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/world/live-news/iran-khamenei-funeral-war-trump]Al Jazeera: Mojtaba won't attend, procession route Tehran to Mashhad: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/4/iran-promotes-message-of-continuity-and-revenge-at-khamenei-commemoration [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/4/iran-promotes-message-of-continuity-and-revenge-at-khamenei-commemoration]Iran International: July 11 Pakistan talks, Jalili and Hatami quotes, Die Welt preparedness, cargo distress, Al Ruwais port: https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607049017 [https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202607049017]Axios: Trump-Netanyahu call, "knows who the boss is," WH meeting request: https://www.axios.com/2026/07/04/trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran [https://www.axios.com/2026/07/04/trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran]Mappr: Heat dome breaking, Central Park record, Washington 100°F, Newark 105°F, ridge shifting: https://www.mappr.co/us-heat-dome-map/ [https://www.mappr.co/us-heat-dome-map/]