Barrels of crude oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz per day:

– 1st week of October: ~ 17 million b/pd

– 2nd week of October: ~ 9.1 b/pd

– 3rd week of October: ~ 6.5 b/pd

And it continues to decline. The short-lived era of U.S. Navy escorts has come to a pathetic and silent end.

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— 🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran has struck an oil tanker off the coast of Oman

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iran struck an oil tanker off the Al-Faw peninsula near Iraq in the Persian Gulf

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— 🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 NEW: During yesterday’s trip of Pakistani Field Marshal Assim Muneer to Tehran, a U.S. threat was issued that Iran must either make nuclear concessions or face an attack

Iran rejected the issuance of the threat, told the Pakistanis the U.S. must accept Iran’s 7 demands, and told Assim Muneer to get back on his plane.

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

– There is no reason to believe in progress in negotiations with the U.S. at this time.

– We have absolutely zero confidence in the U.S. government’s stated desire for peace with Iran.

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Absolutely delusional.

Kpler & WSJ claim 23 million barrels of crude oil are flowing though the Strait of Hormuz daily.

Does anyone believe this?

—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: IRIB announces that Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, met with the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, for the first time since his appointment

During this meeting, the latest developments regarding military, economic, and psychological warfare waged by the American-Zionist enemy were discussed.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution placed the emphasis on several key areas: Strengthening the nation’s military power, the effective role of Members of Parliament in preserving and consolidating social cohesion and national unity, the continuance of nightly pro-government gatherings, the commitment of the government and Parliament to collaborate in resolving the people’s economic and livelihood-related challenges, and advancing matters related to the country’s strategic partners.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇾🇪 BREAKING: U.S. Embassy personnel and their families have been told to immediately evacuate from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, UAE, and Qatar – AFP

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Two days before the last war btw.

How could they be so blind.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Various channels report that some explosions were heard in Sirik; this image has been circulating

The cause is currently unknown.

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: The U.S. State Department Spokesman has denied the AFP report, claiming the United States has only issued evacuation orders for personnel in Saudi Arabia, due to increasing attacks by Yemen

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Initial reports indicate that an anti-ship cruise missile launcher was targeted by a U.S. strike

Another possibility is that an American drone was downed by air defense missiles and crashed in Iranian territory.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israeli fighter jets have just taken off from Ovda Airbase and are now above the West Bank

Last Monday, several squadrons of Israeli fighter jets came dangerously close to Iranian airspace, in what Axios called a ‘mock attack’.

A similar thing may happen tonight.

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— 🇺🇸 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton:

‘Allah put the different people on the earth not that they might despise one another, but that they might come to know one another and learn from one another.’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: NBC News also confirms that U.S. troops and diplomats are evacuating across the Middle East, contradicting the State Department’s denial earlier tonight

The U.S. military has reportedly been ‘quietly scaling back’ its presence at military bases throughout the region in recent days, as President Trump weighs renewed military action.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇶/🇮🇷 NEW: The Israeli jets are currently flying above Iraq, trying to intimidate Iran

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇶🇦/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Aircraft stationed at Al-Udeid AB, Qatar, are being evacuated

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi Arabia’s Civil Aviation Authority announces the death of 1 person and the injury of 8 others in a ballistic missile attack on Dammam Airport

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