— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇹🇷 NEW: As part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of Treasury has imposed sanctions on the Turkey-based ‘Golden Global Bank’ and removed its access from the U.S. financial system

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) alleges that the bank and its subsidiaries have facilitated tens of millions of dollars’ worth of transactions for the IRGC.

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Possibly anti-ship ballistic missiles towards the Strait of Hormuz, targeting ship-to-ship oil transfers.

CONFIRMED: An anti-ship ballistic missile was launched at violating vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

This marks the third anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Iran today, and a clear change in strategy from only launching drones and cruise missiles.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump on Truth Social:

‘The Radical Left Lunatics, Dumocrats, and Communists would rather have us LOSE the War in Iran, than have President Donald J. Trump WIN the War for America.

In other words, they'd rather have us LOSE than have us WIN! These are very sick people who suffer from serious TDS, sometimes referred to as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. President DONALD J. TRUMP!’

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇯🇴/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Iran has carried out a surprise ballistic missile strike against U.S. bases in Jordan

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❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Cruise missiles towards U.S. Navy vessels in the Gulf of Oman

Likely to suppress the carrier strike group from launching a counterattack.

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— 🇮🇷 Iranian Army spokesman earlier today: ‘From now on, wherever or whenever we perceive a threat, the Armed Forces will take preemptive action to disrupt enemy operations’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇯🇴 NEW: A U.S. official tells Barak Ravid of Axios that no attack has taken place against U.S. bases in Jordan, contrary to several eyewitness reports and a claim by Al-Arabiya

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Fake statement

No statement was issued so far

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Contrary to premature claims by some Mexican-American channels that the Ansarallah offensive had stalled, the Houthis continue to engage with Saudi-backed PLC forces and advance in several areas towards Taizz and Mokha

Heavy fighting continues, with the battle over several strategic mountain ridges expected to last several days.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Navy struck three Iranian vessels, one near Kharg Island and two in the Gulf of Oman

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(NOTE: Iraqi channels are spamming ‘Allahu Akbar’, mistakingly thinking these are vessels struck by Iran)

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: We now know what the target of yesterday’s launches was; Iran targeted a U.S. aircraft carrier with anti-ship ballistic missiles for the first time

Until now, Iran had refrained from using this high-end weapon (likely the Khalij-e-Fars ASBM) due to fear it would provoke a massive American retaliation.

No hits on the carrier were recorded, but CENTCOM admitted that the USS George Washington was forced to perform evasive maneuvers.

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— NOTE: During the Red Sea crisis, in what the United States called ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’, several Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles managed to get so close to the USS Truman aircraft carrier that it was forced to perform sharp turns, resulting in an F/A-18 ‘Hornet’ falling overboard

Anti-ship ballistic missiles, contrary to ordinary anti-ship cruise missiles or drones, pose a real significant threat to U.S. Navy vessels, and their usage by Iran marks a significant escalation.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiyaa Central Command warns that if the U.S. naval blockade remains and the U.S. continues to target Iranian civilian ships, Iran will increase its targeting of U.S. Navy vessels and expand the scope of naval warfare

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