🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The Financial Times says Strait of Hormuz tolls are legally defensible and that Iran could “Suezmax” the corridor.

➡️ Experts note other states like Turkey and Denmark impose similar transit fees within territorial waters.

➡️ The FT used an image portraying Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as “The Godfather.”

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🇮🇷❌🌞 — Heavy explosions heard in Erbil.

🇮🇷❌🌞 — Drone strike reported on Center of Erbil.

CORRECTION: Firework.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: Trump grows angry over reports on depleted munitions — believing it weakens him in Iran negotiations, CNN reports.

A string of reports on depleted Patriot and THAAD interceptors has angered Trump, who says the leaks project weakness while he threatens further action against Iran.

He publicly insists the US has “massive” munitions and expanding production, yet vows long jail terms for leakers—tasking DOJ to find “treasonous” officials.

CNN says roughly four-fifths of THAAD and about half of Patriot interceptors are gone versus pre-war levels; CSIS estimated 452 THAAD and ~2,200 modern Patriot missiles before the Iran war.

Gulf partners reliant on US air defenses worry shortages could blunt their ability to stop Iranian missiles or drones if the conflict escalates; Iran has warned of retaliation on energy and desalination sites.

Advisers have twice raised stockpile concerns in recent weeks as Trump weighed new strikes; he has blamed the prior administration’s Ukraine aid for strains. The White House has pushed industry to ramp up—meeting top defense CEOs and invoking the Defense Production Act—but meaningful output gains could take years.

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🇮🇷 — Preliminary: two blasts heard on Qeshm Island in Iran’s Hormozgan Province.

🇺🇸🇮🇶🌞⚡️ — The U.S. pulled air defense systems from Iraq’s Kurdish region amid talks with Iran

➡️ A senior Kurdish official told Kan News they urged a delay due to Iranian strikes, but Washington did not heed the request

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️ — BREAKING: US oil imports from Saudi Arabia fall to zero for the first time in 40 years.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Iranian state-owned Tasnim reported that the explosions on Qeshm Island were the result of Iran engaging hostile targets at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz.

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🇾🇪🇮🇶🇸🇦⚡️ — Earlier, Ansar Allah (Houthis) launched a missile toward positions of the Saudi-backed forces in Ma’rib Governorate.

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🇮🇷🇮🇶🇾🇪❌🇸🇦🇺🇸 — BREAKING: Iraqi pro-Iranian factions are teaming up with the Houthis to launch an imminent attack on Saudi Arabia very soon, according to Reuters citing Saudi security officials.

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🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰 — Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan are set to sign a joint defense agreement in Saudi Arabia today, Reuters report.

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🇮🇷🇮🇶🇾🇪❌🇸🇦🇺🇸 — NEW: Saudi Arabia warns of imminent coordinated attacks by Iran-backed Iraqi militias and Houthis

Saudi officials say intelligence from Saudi Arabia, the U.S., and regional partners indicates Iraqi militias, coordinating with the Houthis under IRGC guidance, are preparing attacks on Saudi Arabia in the near future.

The expected targets are civilian and economic infrastructure, including energy facilities, ports, and airports, with attacks potentially launched simultaneously from Iraq (north) and Yemen (south).

The warning follows recent Houthi attacks on Saudi interests, including an oil tanker and cross-border strikes. Saudi Arabia says it will continue pursuing de-escalation while taking all necessary measures to defend itself.

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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — A Palestinian screams in agony as he is subjected to torture while being arrested inside an Israeli military vehicle in Jenin.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Apti Aronovich Alauddinov proposed reinstating the death penalty in Russia during a tribunal for Ukrainian Armed Forces (ВСУ) prisoners after the completion of the special military operation (СВО).

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