⚡️US Treasury Secretary

The United States Government will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz. Oman, in particular, should know that the U.S.

Treasury will aggressively target any actors involved - directly or indirectly - in facilitating tolls for the Strait and any willing partners will be penalized. All nations should reject outright any efforts by Iran to disrupt the free flow of commerce.

Tehran’s days of terrorizing the region and the world are over.

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⚡️According to a defense correspondent, Tasnim News Agency reported a few minutes ago that gunfire was heard in the Bandar Abbas area and the Strait of Hormuz, and that the Iranian Navy may have fired warning shots at some ships.

Initially, it was reported that some of these missiles were fired as a warning to hostile warships, but this has not yet been officially confirmed.

Local sources reported that the sounds heard originated from naval clashes.

A few minutes later, the Army Air Defense Command announced: "So far, no explosions have occurred in the Bandar Abbas area, and we have not received any reports of such an event."

According to the Ministry of Defense, the explosions originated at sea and were related to an exchange of fire to warn intruding vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

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The Intercept:

The Garden Grove, Calif., GKN Aerospace plant, whose 7,000-gallon chemical tank ruptured last week and threatened to explode, has brought in more than $13 million since 2017 in subcontracts with military manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin, according to an analysis of federal contract data conducted by the Palestinian Youth Movement.

[RT]