Iran closed a strait pending talks about talks while Pakistan shut down wedding halls just in case.
Nothing says diplomatic preparedness like preemptively canceling every wedding in town because two other countries might have a meeting.
▸ Wikipedia — Rawalpindi shuts down cafés, restaurants, gyms, markets, and marriage halls in preparation of possible Iran–U.S. talks. (Daily Pakistan)Revolutionary Guards playing red-light-green-light with global shipping lanes as if maritime commerce were a privilege requiring their daily approval.
▸ Wikipedia — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed again until the blockade ends. (NBC News)The Strokes using Coachella to present a CIA documentary because apparently festival crowds now prefer their regime-change allegations served between DJ sets.
▸ Wikipedia — At the Coachella festival in Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, American rock band The Strokes shows videos accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of enforcing regime change th