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⚡ Last 8 Hours — May 23, 2026
Iran Warns "Crushing Consequences" if War Restarts — US THAAD Half Depleted, Hajj Breaks All Records & Trump Says Conflict "Ends Soon"
Iran's top negotiator delivers the war's starkest threat yet to Pakistan's mediating army chief. A bombshell report exposes America's depleted missile shield. A record 1.5 million Hajj pilgrims defy the war. And Trump says it ends soon — but uranium is the wall nobody can move. EarthNews247 has every development live.
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Saturday, May 23, 2026
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Saturday, May 23 opened with a warning that stopped conversations in Washington, Jerusalem, and every Gulf capital simultaneously. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf — meeting Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir in Tehran — delivered the most explicit threat of the entire 85-day war: if the United States "foolishly" restarts military operations, the consequences would be "more crushing and more bitter" than anything Iran has delivered so far. That threat landed alongside a bombshell Washington Post report revealing that the US military has already depleted roughly half of its THAAD interceptor stockpile defending Israel — raising grave questions about whether America could survive another Iranian missile campaign without catastrophic gaps in its missile defence shield.
⚡ ALL KEY DEVELOPMENTS — MAY 23, 2026 (LAST 8 HOURS)
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🔴 IRAN WARNS
Iran: Restarting War Would Bring "Crushing, Bitter" Consequences — Iran's Parliament Speaker and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir in Tehran that Iran's armed forces have "rebuilt their capabilities during the ceasefire" and that if the US "foolishly restarts the war," the consequences would be "more crushing and more bitter." Munir also met President Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Araghchi. It is the strongest signal Tehran has sent that it is prepared — and willing — to fight again, and believes it would perform better in a second round.
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