Goldtent TA Paradise

The IRGC Navy is publicly calling Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi an “idiot” on international maritime Channel 16, broadcasting that the Strait of Hormuz “is still closed” and “we will open it by the order of our leader Imam Khamenei, not by the tweets of some idiot.”

He added “All vessels that have a connection with our enemies will be targeted if they try to pass.”

“Iran will fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz and succeed. If the U.S. escalates, the Gulf states will cease to exist. If I were living there now, I would leave. These countries are not going to be livable.”

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2045594508734161382

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Trump sets an end-of-day deadline on Iran following his Situation Room meeting, saying “I will know by the end of today if a deal is going to happen.”

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2045597233240756496

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Trump gave the others a chance to show they could lead Iran.

Seems they’ve failed the test.

I will be patient before overstating.

But there is very little right now that is pointing towards a deal.

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Turns out it wasn’t Israel that tanked the agreement.

It was the IRGC.

If that surprises you then you’re following the wrong pundits.

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It’s clear what’s happening.

The “pragmatists” (Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Araghchi, Masoud Pezeshkian) are locked in a tug-of-war with hardline ideologues in Tehran (Ahmad Vahidi).

Reformists are pushing for a deal.

Hardliners are blocking—posturing “tough” and stalling progress.

And nothing shifts while the power balance stays ~40–60, with hardliners still controlling 60% of the government.

The hardliner ideologues controlled 80–90% of the system just months ago—do you really think Khamenei would’ve let Ghalibaf and Araghchi negotiate during a war?

The question now is, will Trump kill the remaining hardliners to force a deal?

Or will he up the pressure and wait for them to capitulate.

https://x.com/IranSpec/status/2045543748336263197

WE LEARN MORE ABOUT IRANS POWER STRUCTURE AND THE PRESENT POWER PLAY FROM AN X SITE CALED

IRAN SPECTATOR …..IN THE COMMENTS SECTION

Summary

• US President Donald Trump convened a White House Situation Room meeting on Saturday morning to discuss the renewed crisis around the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations with Tehran, Axios reported citing two US officials.
• India summoned Iran’s ambassador over attacks on two of its vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. A cruise ship also reported an incident in the vital waterway, according to the UKMTO.
• Some merchant vessels received radio messages saying the Strait of Hormuz was shut again and that no ships were allowed to pass, Reuters reported on Saturday.
• US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that talks with Iran were progressing, while rejecting what he described as pressure from Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran cannot blackmail the US over Hormuz.
• Iran’s internet blackout entered its 50th day on Saturday, in a shutdown “unprecedented for a connected society,” according to NetBlocks.
• Iran said on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz had returned to tight military control and would remain under strict oversight unless the United States ensured full freedom of navigation for vessels traveling to and from Iran.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202604159162

He will work out of the Fort Pierce, FLA courthouse; a grand jury has been empaneled there since January.

This is the home of Judge Aileen Cannon, who presided over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s documents case against the president until she determined in July 2024 that his appointment violated the Constitution and tossed the indictment.

https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/2045526152060498228

Remains a rumour until addressed next week………..

JEFF CHILDERS

Call it the Chokepoint Strategy. In the same 30-day period, the US has moved on three global arteries: the straits of Hormuz, Malacca (Indonesia), and now Gibraltar ( MOROCCO)
. It can’t possibly be a coincidence. It’s not luck.

SEE THE COMMENTS

The license, issued to try and buoy global oil supply amid the war with Iran, had briefly expired on April 11.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a White House briefing Wednesday that the U.S. would not be reviewing a set of sanctions that allowed the sale of some Russian and Iranian oil.

“We will not be renewing the general license on Russian oil, and we will not be renewing the general license on Iranian oil. That was oil that was on the water prior to March 11,” Bessent said. “So, all that has been used.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-trump-iran-talks-hormuz-summit-rcna332294#rcrd108278

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-treasury-extends-russian-crude-waiver-amid-supply-disruptions

HISTORICALLY, EVERY DUMP FROM CHINA HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A 15%+ DUMP IN $BTC

https://x.com/DeFiTracer/status/2045278825567707527

there is a video but I couldn’t hear anything

No new direction, no break, just a fresh coat of paint on old power. Same machine, different driver. Orbán logic with a new name.

https://x.com/Georg_Pazderski/status/2045418363707437314

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The biggest gap between perception and reality in energy markets — ever.

Who’s controlling the narrative?

https://x.com/AlaliQasem/status/2045158848462250151

1 minute

FROM COMMENT SECTION – The IEA independently confirmed the gap this month: physical crude oil prices reached near $150/bbl, far above futures markets, with middle distillates in Singapore above $290/bbl. the IEA itself named the disconnect “increasingly acute.” Dated Brent hit $141 on April 6. screen prices don’t clear actual barrels at the terminal.  https://x.com/InfraThesis/status/2045434945032839339

Who is “massaging the message” to the world populace?

His microphone left open by accident for 17 minutes, picking up disparaging remarks. Among the remarks picked up:

“She’s stubborn, impossible to discuss with someone like that,” “We’ll go around her, we’ll go through Germany,” or even, describing the Italian leader as “marginal” and judging her attitude as “high school level.”

https://x.com/Resistance_SM/status/2045430537251144175

Good morning Tenters.

Well, your news today is that metals are about to get torched. I remarked on this in one of my comments earlier this week where I noted Silver must fall harder before the bottom can be called. The correction will begin as early as Monday April 20th if I am reading my ruins right. But Tuesday will be just fine as well. For that matter a general market correction is imminent and impending. It too looks primed to begin early next week. We are sitting on the very edge of a drop that will wake everybody up and indeed that is going to be the reason gold and silver fall lower since metals generally thaw out and flop off the counter when equities tumble.

My best estimate right now is we see a 20 percent decline in the S&P then right back up again we go. I am using proprietary charts for this analysis and I am sorry but I can’t post those here. What I can offer instead is a silver chart using Bollingers and stochastics and they will still make my point. Tomorrow silver will likely get sacked and taken to the woodshed as usual but the bottom it eventually finds during this corrective period will be solid and lasting. You can get back into the water as soon as this is all over. So this is actually a good news posting this morning!

Anyway I could not let the weekend fly away without getting these warnings out. I could also be wrong by the way. So it happens in the forecasting game. My numbers lead to probabilities, not guarantees. But in this case even if I am wrong its not going to be on price levels or direction, its going to be on timing.

Stay on your toes Soldiers!

A regime-affiliated cleric made a startling claim, saying that after Khamenei’s residence was struck, killing Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba was injured, and both the ambulance carrying him and the hospital he was taken to were also targeted.

This comes as regime supporters increasingly demand to see or hear from him.

The regime now appears to be facing a full-blown leadership crisis, brought to the surface amid negotiations over a ceasefire deal. Mojtaba has not been seen or heard from publicly, with only written statements attributed to him, even as officials portray him as Supreme Leader and alive and well.

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2045495545121099933

Pakistan FM Ishaq Dar said the U.S. and Iran “were very close” to a full agreement. The past tense is telling as momentum appears to be collapsing.

Since then:

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2045509724024549484

“It is for parents to raise their children, and not the platforms.”

Those were the words of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday as she announced the readiness of the EU’s online age verification, ahem, platform. As we’ve been warning since November 2024, these platforms are ultimately a Trojan Horse for digital identity systems, which are in turn intended to serve as the cornerstone for the digital gulags being quickly assembled around the world.

What gets rarely mentioned in the public debate, including in Von der Leyen’s 11-minute speech below, is the fact that online age verification inevitable traps everyone, not just minors, in its web. “Protecting the children”, however, is always a seductive pretext for launching otherwise socially unacceptable policies. And there are few more socially unacceptable policies than the controlled death of online privacy and anonymity.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eus-digital-gulag-apparently-ready-roll

Article posted yesterday says Mexico is implementing mandatory digital registration in order to access the internet in June 2026. This is a worldwide globalist push – part of the control grid!

Back in 2024, Hindenburg Research alleged that the artificial intelligence company had “artificial partners and artificial revenue”. They appear to have been right.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/former-ai-spac-executives-indicted-fabricating-virtually-all-revenue-and-customers

Street violence flares just days after Spain’s socialist government fast-tracked residency for half a million migrants…

Violence broke out in the Spanish city of Granada when roughly 40 left-wing Antifa extremists tried to shut down a pre-election rally held by the nationalist party Vox in Plaza de las Pasiegas. Police had to form a cordon between the rival groups as fights broke out, delaying the event by around 30 minutes.

Vox leader Santiago Abascal refused to start the rally until the disruptors were removed. He stepped down from the platform, walked toward the rival group with supporters, and crowds chanted “Out, out!” as tensions spilled over. Abascal directly accused authorities of failing to protect free speech, stating: “They are preventing us from carrying out this act freely.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/spain-erupts-patriots-attacked-socialist-mob-over-mass-illegal-migrant-amnesty

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DJT

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116425653087220924

WOW….THIS PIECE EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT WHO IS FINANCING AND CONTROLING THE ANTI TRUMP MOVEMENT FROM THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT .I BELIEVE THIS TO BE ACCURATE ANALYSIS AS TO WHO IS SPONSORING THE LIKES OF TUCKER CARLSON . MEGAN KELLY .CANDICE OWENS .ALEX JONES. JOE KENT. MARJORIE GREEN . AND MORE (RICH BARIS , ROBERT BARNES )

HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE FOR THESE INFLUENCERS TO TURN ON TRUMP….ALL AT ONCE
HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO TURN IF YOU WERE AN INFLUENCER? THEY SAY EVERY ONE HAS A PRICE
WHAT’S YOURS ? …CHECK THIS OUT …WATCH THE 5 MINUTE UNBELIEVABLE VID THE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE SHORT SHARP NARRATIVE
IF TRUE ALL OF THE ABOVE NEED TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON AND HUNG IMO

https://forbiddennews.substack.com/p/panican-propaganda?

TOM LUONGO WITH ACE …”CLEARLY THE FAGA “INFLUENCERS” ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

The City of London is LOSING to Trump… and America’s Best Days are Ahead

Trump is winning the war against the City of London — and the evidence is undeniable if you know what to look for. Tom Luongo of the Gold, Goats and Guns podcast has his finger on the pulse of this conflict better than almost anyone outside the inner circle, and in this conversation we lay out exactly where things stand, why the City of London is losing, and what America looks like on the other side of this fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKX3wehwNM

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GREAT NEWS: Tankers are SURGING through the Strait of Hormuz in recent hours because of President Trump’s strength

The “experts” said this would never happen again, but things will be FULLY flowing soon!

ERIC DAUGHERTY

https://x.com/teslatalk42069/status/2045472160907423917

GROC IS THIS TRUE?

Yes, the Marine Traffic video accurately shows real-time tanker activity in/near the Strait of Hormuz today. Reuters and other sources confirm a convoy of 8+ tankers (oil, LPG, chemicals) transiting Iranian waters—the first major movement since the conflict began ~7 weeks ago.

This follows Iran’s April 17 announcement that the strait is “completely open” during the Lebanon ceasefire window, after U.S. pressure/blockade. Trump credited U.S. strength for the shift.

That said, Iran has since signaled it may reimpose controls, the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports continues, and full pre-war volumes (100+ ships/day) aren’t back yet. Traffic is resuming, not yet surging unrestricted.

Israeli spy (against the US) Jonathan Pollard – ‘X’ 04/16/2026

Pollard recounted how, in October 1973, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger halted arms resupply mid-war to extract concessions from Israel. In response, Israel parked an A-4 Skyhawk fighter jet loaded with “unconventional weapons” under its wings at Tel Nof Airbase — in plain view of American intelligence — and essentially told Washington to take a look.

Pollard, convicted in 1987 of espionage — passing over 800 highly classified documents to Israel, some of which reportedly aided Soviet interests — is now publicly advocating nuclear blackmail against the country that imprisoned him.

Critics ask pointedly: how does a convicted spy openly calling for Israel to threaten America with nukes square with the narrative of Israel as Washington’s “greatest ally”?”

Pollard recounted how, in October 1973, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger halted arms resupply mid-war to extract concessions from Israel. In response, Israel parked an A-4 Skyhawk fighter jet loaded with “unconventional weapons” under its wings at Tel Nof Airbase — in plain view of American intelligence — and essentially told Washington to take a look.

How is Pollard a free man?

In 1987, he was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act.

The Israeli government acknowledged a portion of its role in Pollard’s espionage in 1987, and issued a formal apology to the US,^[3] but did not admit to paying him until 1998.^[4] Over the course of his imprisonment, Israeli officials, US-Israeli activist groups and some American politicians continually lobbied for a reduction or commutation of his sentence.^[5] In defense of his actions, Pollard said the American intelligence establishment collectively endangered Israel’s security by withholding crucial information.

In 1995, while imprisoned, he was granted Israeli citizenship.^[8]

Pollard was released from prison on November 20, 2015.^[9] On November 20, 2020, his parole expired and all restrictions were eliminated.^[10] On December 30, 2020, Pollard and his second wife relocated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem.^[11][12]

My $0.02  – It’ll be interesting to see how Trump deals with this threat so Israel can proceed with their own goals in the ME.

You will never see any other president say this EVER.

https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/2045274435611971685

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The Islamic Republic has devoted its resources to putting women, children, and foreign men in the streets with machine guns and DShK-armed technicals to terrorize Iranians and crush future protests.

It is sending a clear message that resistance will once again be met with a massacre of historic proportions that may exceed even the 45,000+ killed in the January protests.

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2045163049783369933

On Friday, CNN reported that the DOJ abruptly removed the lead ‘career’ Miami prosecutor who was stonewalling and slow-walking charges against Brennan.

“The Justice Department has removed the career Miami federal prosecutor leading the investigation into John Brennan, after she resisted pressure to quickly bring charges against the former CIA director and prominent critic of President Donald Trump, according to people briefed on the matter,”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/breaking-doj-abruptly-removes-lead-career-miami-prosecutor/

“There’s a lot of people in this country who… are not going to vaccinate…I believe that we need to treat them with COMPASSION and UNDERSTANDING — and empathy, and get them the treatments that they would get anywhere else in the world!”

Masterclass. How could anyone oppose this?

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2045182375164809378

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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Friday all seven recent claims by the US President are lies, and the us will fail in both war and negotiations.

Ghalibaf warned that with continued blockade, the strait of Hormuz will not remain open; shipping will follow only designated routes with Iran’s permission, decided by field conditions not social media.

“The President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false. They did not win the war with these lies, and they will certainly not get anywhere in negotiations either. With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open,” he posted on X.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604171981

LOL – FOG OF WAR is quite overwhelming!! These days are like the Abbott and Costello skit — who’s on first …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlllabwmWcc

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AxmX1u25r/?mibextid=wwXIfr

7 1/2 minutes

Quite educational video on the roadblocks the governments erected to enable this theft of property rights — it’s also occurring in Ontario and other provinces across Canada. 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1319650016712071

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AND

Mexico’s biometric CURP implementation under way as OECD DGI score dips

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/mexicos-biometric-curp-implementation-under-way-as-oecd-dgi-score-dips

Iran just got EMBARRASSED on the world stage, they were BLUFFING all this time and even some of our own Fake News FELL for it

“China just watched billions of infrastructure go up in smoke and Russia watched all the defenses that they sold not even work once!”

Now Iran has a QUARTER TRILLION dollar rebuild

“We sailed two destroyers straight up the gap under zero enemy fire. NATO navies could have joined in, they didn’t!”

“Remember all the talk about Iranians collecting TOLLS? More BLUFFING. Apparently they weren’t able to collect a single toll.”

“They couldn’t pull off the processing because they have no banking, internet, or comms! It was just a couple of Iranian sailors sitting on a dock with their hands out.” ?

“The Iranians strapped for cash, not just to pay for their salaries, but it’s gonna cost them a quarter trillion to rebuild.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2045300690365370702

“The position of the European Parliament and mandate of the Hungarian Parliament are incompatible.”

https://x.com/HungaryBased/status/2045208169769521445

UPDATE (I don’t know if this is true but it was posted as a comment)

Clarification: Péter Magyar MUST vacate his EP seat to become Hungary’s PM. EU law (the EU Electoral Act) strictly forbids holding a government office and an MEP mandate simultaneously to ensure the separation of powers.

THIS GUY IS A US NATIONAL TREASURE. WE RARELY HEAR FROM HIM . JEFF CHILDERS HAS THE WHOLE STORY

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/otto-von-poopy-head-friday-april?

THIS IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO BELIEVE …EVEN FOR ME..A TRUE BELIEVER !

. This base will be used by the U.S. military to deploy forces, as well as military and engineering equipment, in order to dig at a site near Isfahan and retrieve Iran’s 60% enriched uranium stockpile.

The United States also intends to pay no money to the Islamic regime of Iran. If the regime refuses to agree to this deal, they are going to kill some of its officials, including Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is said to have been working with Western intelligence agencies for many years.

https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2045171760551641381

HE’S GOING TO NEED AN ARMY TO BACK HIM. THE IRGC BACKS THE MULLAHS …BUT THERE IS ANOTHER ARMY …THE “REGULAR” ARMY CALLED THE ARTESH …DOES THIS GUY HAVE THEM ? DOES THE CIA AND MOSSAD HAVE THEM ? PAY THEM IN US DOLLARS WHILE THE IRGC GET 10 BILLION A DAY IN (UN)REALS

I’m hearing from U.S. government sources close to the Trump administration that they are very pleased with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and believe he can be their preferred leader within the Islamic regime of Iran. He is cooperating and collaborating closely. He has not only opened the Strait of Hormuz, but is also expected to hand over the regime’s shipment of 60% enriched uranium to the United States. He is loyal to the U.S. government—they support him.

The 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army will go to Iran to retrieve the shipment.

https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2045191190576877595

First cruise ship transits Strait of Hormuz since conflict began

The cruise ship Celestyal Discovery has become the first passenger vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the conflict. The Malta-flagged vessel departed Dubai on 17 April after remaining docked for approximately 47 days, having first arrived in early March. According to #MarineTraffic data, the ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz at UTC today and is currently heading toward Muscat, Oman, with an estimated arrival on 18 April

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