—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 BREAKING: In the past few hours, the IRGC Navy has begun substantially escalating its targeting of violating vessels in the Strait of Hormuz

Anti-ship cruise missiles and drones were launched at various vessels. Simultaneously, fast-attack boats of the IRGC Navy are engaging hostile tankers with guided rockets, Dushka machine guns, and small arms.

According to reliable reports, at least 3 vessels have been struck so far, and a fourth one has decided to turn around. Some reports even mention that up to 6 vessels were struck (unconfirmed).

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More than 10+ anti-ship cruise missiles have been launched so far tonight.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: At least some of the missiles fired tonight into the Strait of Hormuz carried naval mines

Iran is once again laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, this time apparently in the illegal Omani route.

It is unclear how many of such mines were launched by Iran, and if their deployment was successful.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran has seized another advanced American AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle), the REMUS 600, that was conducting surveillance in the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian engineers are currently working to recover its data and begin reverse engineering efforts.

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—❗️🇬🇧/🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Three vans in the town of Whelford, next to RAF Fairford, were found to have barrels full of improvised explosives

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I can smell this being used as a pretext for the UK or NATO to get involved against Iran somehow. Or for the U.S. to reignite the war. Very fishy.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: In accordance with the U.S. Treasury Department’s ‘Economic Outcast’, Google imposes sanctions against Iran, making it impossible for Iranians to create new Gmail accounts

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NOTE: Would Scott Bessent kindly like to explain how not making a Gmail account will prevent the IRGC from producing ballistic missiles?

These ‘sanctions’ are clearly just aimed at making ordinary Iranians’ lives as miserable as possible.

— 🇺🇸 President Trump: ‘We have the best poverty numbers in the history of our country’

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— 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 NEW: When a local civilian attempted to report three suspicious vans to RAF Fairford airbase police, ‘they didn’t answer the phone’

So the case was referred to the normal police instead.

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— 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 NEW: Aerial footage shows the proximity of the three explosive vans to the RAF Fairford airbase housing U.S. strategic bombers

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— 🇾🇪/🇺🇸 NOTE: Ansarallah previously captured a REMUS 600 AUV in the Red Sea back in 2018

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘There is a very reasonable offer on the table. If they reject it for no reason, that’s their own fault.

And although we heard from President Trump that he’s rejecting the deal, we are still waiting for an official response through the mediators.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘We don’t care about the U.S. midterm elections, we don’t care about anything except our national interests.

We are ready to negotiate—as much as we are ready to face any aggression.

We stand firm in the face of any aggression against us, even if it comes to a doomsday war.’

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