—❗️🇰🇼/🇮🇶 UPDATE: The drones may have come from Iraq

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran struck a cargo vessel 20 nautical miles off the coast of Oman, per UKMTO

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Shahed-136 impacts in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Sulaymaniyah

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range ground to ground missiles, such as ATACMs and PrSMs, according to Reuters

These missiles, which allowed the U.S. Army to carry out precision strikes against targets in southern Iran from a safe distance, will take years to fully replenish.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: The Yemeni Armed Forces announce they struck a sensitive target at Najran International Airport, Saudi Arabia

The operation was carried out in response to an airspace violation in Hodeidah and Saadah provinces.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Under the current deal being discussed between Iran and Oman, Iran would control all inbound traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, using a corridor within Iranian waters, while charging for maritime service fees

Outbound traffic would use a route close to Oman, but Iran would still supervise the passage of vessels and retain the right to intervene if necessary. – New York Times

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— In Iran, resignation of the President is mostly a political pressure tool, not a real threat.

By threatening to resign, they aim to put pressure on the Supreme Leader or other branches of government to achieve the policies they want.

Basically, throwing a fit. The same thing Javad Zarif (FM) did when he felt he was being excluded from decision-making, but his resignation was rejected by Khamenei at the time.

However, in recent days, people close to the Supreme Leader have claimed that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei may actually accept Pezeshkian’s resignation, should he offer it. This has likely caused him to back down.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump has presented Iran with an ultimatum; reach a deal to fully open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday (today), or face ‘devastating strikes’ – Bloomberg

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪/🇮🇳 BREAKING: An Indian-flagged tanker, carrying oil from Saudi Arabia, was blown up with a Yemeni suicide boat 13 nautical miles off Hodeidah in Bab Al-Mandab

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— NOTE: Movements of the Syrian Armed Forces towards the Iraqi border area is related to taking full control of the border crossings and integrating former Kurdish-held areas into centralized government control.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran has made a few additional demands for opening the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian management in partnership with Oman

– An immediate end to the U.S. naval blockade.

– The lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, petrochemical products, and gas.

– An explicit acknowledgement of Iran’s right to collect maritime fees.

Besides all this, Iran will have full control over inbound traffic into the Strait of Hormuz, and supervision over outbound traffic through Omani waters.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran has struck at least 4 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz since Trump threatened to blow up ‘one bridge or power plant’ for each ship

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: The Yemeni drone strike on Najran International Airport in Saudi Arabia destroyed the main air traffic control radar – France24

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iranian ballistic missiles, for the first time, are proven to have advanced anti-jamming capabilities, and warheads being equipped with a 4-element GNSS/GPS module for improved accuracy

Equipping the missiles with CRPA (controlled reception pattern antennas) explains the increase in accuracy and lethality of Iran’s ballistic missiles in recent months.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The U.S. military has depleted nearly 80% of its THAAD missile interceptors in the war with Iran, sources tell CNN

The U.S. has also used up roughly half of its Patriot interceptor missiles, seriously limiting the capability to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Gulf states and Israel.

The Pentagon has warned President Trump repeatedly in recent weeks that the low stockpiles could carry serious consequences in any new round of prolonged fighting with Iran.

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‘They have no air defense, they have no radar, 90% of their missiles are gone, we totally control the Strait of Hormuz’

– Ayatollah Khamenei, 2026, talking about U.S. Central Command.

—❗️🇦🇪 BREAKING: Exclusive sources tell Middle East Spectator at least 3 explosions were heard in Dubai, and a column of smoke can be seen

The cause is currently unknown.

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