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June 19 (CCTV International News) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement on Tuesday (June 19) confirming that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s stance on the Iran-U.S. forgiveness memorandum has further cemented the Iranian people’s united front, reinforced the nation’s armed forces’ resolve to safeguard the fruits of victory, and provided a valuable asset for Iranian policymakers advancing the country’s national interests. The statement noted that the "aggressor" referenced (widely understood in regional and international contexts to mean the United States) has suffered battlefield defeats after once threatening to "wipe Iran off the map" and "return Iran to the Stone Age." Now, the guard said, the foe has "desperately retreated to beg for reconciliation and negotiation," bowing to the will of the Iranian people. In a final warning, the Revolutionary Guards stated that if the enemy repeats past behavior by making unreasonable demands that violate Iran’s sovereig

On June 19, intense clashes erupted between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, per Middle Eastern news outlets including Al Jazeera and Today's Israel. The Israeli military reported four of its soldiers were killed in the fighting. Afterwards, GVIL, Israel’s far-right interior minister, stated: “For every Israeli mother in tears, a thousand Lebanese mothers should pay. After Hezbollah escalated the situation, the entire Lebanon should be destroyed.”

GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) — The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced Tuesday on its official website that U.S.-Iran talks originally scheduled near Switzerland’s central Mount Pilatus on the 19th have been canceled and postponed. In a statement, the department noted the talks involve the U.S., Iran, Qatar and Pakistan. It added that “Switzerland remains willing to facilitate these talks, and relevant preparations at Mount Pilatus will continue.” Earlier, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported the Mount Pilatus area was bustling on the planned talk day, with luxury cars displaying diplomatic license plates, on-duty police and visible military cordons in the vicinity. On June 17, Switzerland authorized troop deployments to provide security for the planned U.S.-Iran talks at Mount Pilatus on June 19, and also greenlighted the temporary closure of some airspace over the Mount Pilatus zone during the meeting.

June 19: Mempool data shows miners mined an empty Bitcoin block at height 954352—this block only contains the block reward’s Coinbase transaction, with just a 62-second gap between it and the prior block. Miners choose to mine empty blocks primarily for economic reasons, as it’s their most rational option. Given the extremely narrow time window between blocks, miners can’t fill the block with transactions without conflicting with transactions from the parent block, and they also need to maximize their own mining time. As a result, mining an empty block is the only feasible choice in this scenario.

June 19, Farside monitoring data shows that the U.S. stock market will be closed this Friday for the Juneteenth holiday. This week, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a total net outflow of $227.5 million, while U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $10 million.

On June 19, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that any action violating Iran’s rights will be met with a tougher military response.