Secret meetings between US government officials and Iranian officials took place last week at a hotel in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region in Iraq, sources informed i24NEWS, as the Iranian regime shows signs of a nascent upheaval.
The Iranian delegation, which has at times been at odds with government policy, was headed by the grandson of Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini, Hassan Khomeini, and also included two officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as well as Iraj Masjedi, Iran’s special envoy to Iraq.
Iran has reportedly been contacting Kurdish opposition parties based in Iraq, but the talks remained “useless,” according to internal Iranian sources.

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“Just a few weeks before her wedding day, 21-year-old Shoshi* got a call from a relative. In the middle of trying on a bridal gown, the young bride quickly asked if her aunt if she could call her back at a better time.
“No Shoshi,” said the voice on the other side of the phone. “I’m so sorry to tell you this. But something terrible has happened.”

The search is continuing Wednesday morning for Rabbi Reuven Tzvi ben Esther Baila Bauman, who went missing in the waters at a Virginian beach on Tuesday.
As YWN has been reporting, Rabbi Bauman, 25-years-old, was at the beach at False Cape State Park with around 20 campers from a local day camp when a 13-year-old student was caught in a sudden rip current.

Cheese lovers need no convincing to eat cheese, but what you may not have known is that Tnuva Edam cheese is an excellent, high-protein nutritional choice that’s rich in calcium, hard-to-get vitamin B12, and low in lactose.
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Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to soon be formally nominated to lead the Pentagon, setting off a complicated leadership replacement shuffle at the highest levels of the Pentagon and the military services.
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A garbage truck overturned and destroyed multiple parked cars early Wednesday morning. It happened on Flushing Ave between Lee Ave & Nostrand Ave.
Miraculously, despite multiple vehicles totally destroyed, only minor injuries were reported.

An Israeli city has named a traffic circle after President Donald Trump, just weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government renamed a Golan Heights settlement after the president.
Rami Greenberg, mayor of Petah Tikva, a city 6 miles (10 kilometers) east of Tel Aviv, said Tuesday the naming aims to show “gratitude to President Donald Trump, the U.S.

US president says Tehran has long been enriching uranium 'in total violation' of nuclear deal, as IAEA meets to discuss Iran breaching the pact's limits