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According to a release from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has directed 29 vessels to turn back or return to port since the beginning of the blockade on vessels traveling to or leaving Iranian ports. Per the release, CENTCOM has refuted past reporting that a number of ships passed the blockade, saying that the M/V Hero II and M/V Hedy are instead docked at Iran’s Chabahar port after being directed to turn back. Additionally, in confirmation of reporting from yesterday, CENTCOM has said that the M/V Dorena is currently under the escort of a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Indian Ocean

Israel has been informed that Trump's new deadline to Iran ends on Sunday -N12

The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology Sky Map in recent weeks at a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with ​knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to stem attacks by Iran

Pakistan's PM meets Iran's ambassador as ceasefire extended

Drone attack wounds three at PAK camp near Erbil

Pakistan’s top political and military leadership has worked to prevent talks from collapsing and to persuade the US to extend the ceasefire over the past 24 hours: AP

NATO Secretary General @SecGenNATO: Türkiye has revolutionized the defense industry. NATO supported Türkiye's defense against missiles launched from Iran.

UKMTO: UKMTO has received a report of an incident 8NM west of Iran. A master of an outbound cargo ship reports having been fired upon and is now stopped in the water. Crew are safe and accounted for. There is no reported damage to the vessel. UKMTO is aware of high levels of activity in the SoH area and encourages vessels to report any suspicious activity.

UKMTO: UKMTO has received a report of an incident 15NM northeast of OMAN. The Master of a Container Ship reported that the vessel was approached by 1 IRGC gun boat, no VHF challenge that then fired upon the vessel which has caused heavy damage to the bridge. No fires or environmental impact reported. All Crew reported safe.

Trump: Iran's nuclear labs and storage facilities have been completely destroyed.

Military planners from more than 30 countries will hold two-day talks in London from Wednesday to advance a mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and draw up detailed plans, the British government said

Trump: We were asked to postpone our attack on Iran until its leaders and representatives could present a unified proposal.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee was instructed to urgently return to Washington for further consultations at the White House.

Iranian Foreign Minister: Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire. Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation. Iran knows how to neutralize restrictions, how to defend its interests, and how to resist bullying

US–Iran diplomatic process is paused with no Iranian response - NYT

Oil prices climbed about 3% on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not want to extend a soon-to-expire ceasefire in the Iran war and that the U.S. military was "raring to go" if negotiations do not succeed

A member of Iran's National Security Commission says that Iran has concluded that the US is using Iranian participation in negotiations as a tool to control energy markets

EU countries have agreed to widen sanctions against Iran to include those responsible for blocking the Strait ‌of Hormuz, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday. Kallas also said she had asked foreign affairs ministers at their meeting in Luxembourg to bolster the EU's naval mission in the Middle ‌East, which is currently protecting ships from attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebel group in the Red Sea

Pakistani Foreign Minister: We stress the need for communication between Washington and Tehran and consideration of extending the ceasefire.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns the arrest of a cell in the UAE linked to Iran and the "Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist"(Velayat-e Faqih)

Trump: “The strait’s very important” but ships are finding alternative routes

Trump says if we left Iran right now, rebuilding iran would take 20 years

Pentagon: Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.
As we have made clear, we will pursue global maritime enforcement efforts to disrupt illicit networks and interdict sanctioned vessels providing material support to Iran—anywhere they operate.

International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels. The Department of War will continue to deny illicit actors and their vessels freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain

Iranian television: Up to this moment, no Iranian delegation, whether main or preliminary, has gone to Islamabad.

A Pakistani source told Al-Hadath that American and Iranian teams are in Islamabad preparing for talks.

Iran executes another protester, arrested during January demonstrations - Tasnim Amir Ali Mir Jafari was accused of collaboration with Israel's Mossad and executed this morning

Trump: Operation Midnight Hammer was a complete and total obliteration of the Nuclear Dust sites in Iran. Therefore, digging it out will be a long and difficult process. Fake News CNN, and other corrupt Media Networks and Platforms, fail to give our great aviators the credit they deserve - Always trying to demean and belittle - LOSERS

Iranian negotiators have reportedly received the green light from the Supreme Leader to attend negotiations with the US in Pakistan -Axios. Vance will depart DC for Islamabad late tonight or tomorrow, joined by Witkoff and Kushner

Iran’s Ghalibaf: Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiating table— in his own imagination— into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering. We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield

Trump: Iran is losing $500 million a day due to the naval blockade, a figure that is unsustainable even in the short term.