—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Moments ago, explosions were heard in Bandar Lengeh and Bandar Kong, southern Iran

Likely related to anti-ship cruise missile launches into the Strait of Hormuz. IRIAF jets were also heard airborne.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. intelligence confirms that Iran has significantly increased its efforts to target U.S. personnel, according to a declassified memo addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The memo says some of these efforts have reached ‘advanced stages’ in the Middle East and beyond.

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: The Head of the Judiciary, Mohseni Eje’ei, met with the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s Parliament has finally been reopened after months of being closed since the war

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf opened the first session today.

The order to reopen the parliament came from Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a recent meeting with Qalibaf.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to strike Iran before the Israeli election on Tuesday, but IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir objected to the plan, demanding official signed documents from the Prime Minister’s office detailing the necessity of a new attack – Channel 12

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Meanwhile Trump:

—❗️🇮🇷/🇸🇦/🇵🇰/🇹🇷 BREAKING: A Saudi C-130 ‘Hercules’ aircraft landed in Tehran, carrying Head of Turkish intelligence (MIT) Ibrahim Kalin, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, and Pakistani Field Marshal Assim Muneer

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the Mecca Pact delegation is visiting Tehran as part of an Iranian-led initiative aimed at ‘addressing Israeli expansionism’, the deteriorating situation in Lebanon and Palestine, and the consequences of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: The Israeli election has started, with a massive turnout

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— 🇮🇱 Netanyahu on X: ‘EMERGENCY: THEY ARE TRYING TO STEAL THE ELECTION FROM US!’

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: The Israeli election counts 44,9% turnout as of 14:00 (2 PM), 6 points higher than the previous election

A bad sign for Netanyahu and his allies.

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— 🇮🇱 Netanyahu: ‘Muslim brotherhood supporters are raiding polling stations and stealing the election!’

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NOTE: Our coverage of the election does not imply a recognition of the Israeli state or an acknowledgement of its so-called democratic process.

‘Israel’ is a Zionist occupation regime illegitimately in control of Palestine.

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: In the Bedouin community of Atawna, voter turnout in the previous election was 41% for the entire day

Now it’s at 64%, and the day has only halfway passed.

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Ethiopia has received its first batch of Su-35 fighter jets.

From the batch that was ordered years ago by Egypt & cancelled afterwards.

And yes, Iran was interested in acquiring these. In fact it was widely believed they were intended to be delivered to Iran, but Russia seems to have other priorities, as usual.