Saudi Arabia speaks publicly for first time about Iran's role in Houthi attacks on kingdom. "We think escalation by Houthis at this later stage of conflict is encouraged by Iran," says @Rayedkrimly, deputy minister for public diplomacy at MOFA

Trump: We will not use nuclear weapons against Iran

Trump rules out deploying ground troops in Iran

Female Basij commander and police officer killed in separate shootings in Mehrestan, Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran. Local outlet HalVash reports three additional police wounded. Suspects unidentified, Iran Intl reports.

Rubio spoke with Netanyahu today, according to a State Department source.

CENTCOM rejected three Iranian claims, accusing the IRGC of falsely asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz, misrepresenting a ship's sinking, and exaggerating U.S. casualties. The command said more than 40 vessels had transited the strait in the past 24 hours.

US Treasury: Sanctions imposed on the International Development Bank of Iraq due to its links with Iranian government entities

Western intelligence has detected "extreme" new military moves by Iran, according to Channel 12. Netanyahu briefed Trump on developments in Tehran, but the U.S. president has yet to decide whether or when to strike. Israeli officials believe any attack should target Iran's energy, missile and nuclear infrastructure, although U.S. and Israeli security officials see no immediate urgency.

Netanyahu warns: "If Iran attacks, it will make the biggest mistake of its life. We also have the ability to act independently, and I would advise our enemies not to test us. Under any circumstances"

The US Treasury announced new sanctions on Thursday, targeting a Iraqi bank, along with a network of currency exchange companies and Iranian banks operating in free trade zones.

CENTCOM confirms: USS George H.W. Bush returns to Arabian Sea after recent visit to Thailand

IRGC spokesperson Hussein Mohebi said the IRGC's attack on three ships in the Sirahchoh Strait following the Islamabad Memorandum ceasefire with the U.S. was not arbitrary but a deliberate operation authorized through Iran's government decision-making process and military chain of command, in response to the U.S. establishment of the southern corridor.

US Navy aircraft carrier strike group deploys with large drone ship for the first time. The Theodore Roosevelt CSG recently departed San Diego with a large USV and is expected to sail towards the Middle East.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is facing its toughest siege since the 1979 revolution, accusing Washington of trying to fuel public anger and protests by intensifying economic pressure.

Initial reports indicate that missiles targeted vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Rocket launch from Kermanshah province

A cleric in northern Iran was killed at his home in Sari, according to a report by the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency on Thursday. Tasnim identified him as Yasser Taheri, a member of the clerical association in Mazandaran province and prayer leader at the Hassan Askari mosque in Sari's Rahband neighborhood.

US officials believe Iran may have received intelligence from Russia and China. In addition, Iran relies upon networks of informants with access to sensitive sites to pass along photos and location information, according to three officials familiar with the issue – one from Iran and two in the Gulf.

A U.S. military official says American forces destroyed a dhow used by Iranian spotters to identify ships, including U.S. warships, for IRGC targeting last week. Crew members were ordered off before the strike

Trump has ordered the military to develop additional strike packages against Iranian targets that include "a lot of energy infrastructure" and the potential use of a MOAB, one of the sources told CNN. A second source told CNN that military plans for striking Iranian nuclear sites, including Pickaxe Mountain, also explicitly call for using the MOAB

Trump administration weighs easing sanctions on shadow fleet tankers that carried Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil — aiming to cut record-high freight rates, days after Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel to the dismay of Zelenskiy, Europe and Senate Republicans

Senior Iranian officials have told regional diplomats they are "100% certain" the United States will launch an attack, according to i24NEWS. The diplomats describe an atmosphere of impending war in Tehran

Reuters, citing naval sources: Cargo ship is the second commercial vessel to sink near the Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours

Explosions renewed in the Strait of Hormuz

New explosions rattle the Strait of Hormuz

CENTCOM says U.S. forces helped Gulf partners transport more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, despite several Iranian strikes on shipping throughout the day.

Two container ships were targeted in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday according to reporting and two releases from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre, with one vessel sinking after the crew evacuated the vessel.Yesterday, GFS PRIDE (9349045) and ALFONSO (9256298) were successfully targeted by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. GFS PRIDE was evacuated and the vessel sank in Omani waters, making this the second vessel to have sank following an Iranian attack in recent weeks after CAPE DAO

Images emerging on social media appear to show container ship GFS PRIDE partially submerged and smoking as a tugboat manoeuvrers it from the stern

Yesterday, GFS PRIDE (9349045) and ALFONSO (9256298) were successfully targeted by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. GFS PRIDE was evacuated and the vessel sank in Omani waters, making this the second vessel to have sank following an Iranian attack in recent weeks after CAPE DAO

Unverified footage of a container ship sinking and containers floating afterward