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Fox News reports that the US Treasury Secretary: We will continue to pressure Iran through the confiscation of cryptocurrencies and tightening of the maritime blockade

UK Maritime Trade Operations: Report of unidentified projectile targeting oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, causing damage.

Explosion in the Strait of Hormuz

Pro-regime Iranian media report that the IRGC fired 30 ballistic missiles a short while ago, including Khorramshahr and Emad types, as part of a large-scale missile drill

Sri Lanka says it has no immediate plans to assist 19 Iranian oil tankers stranded in international waters near its coast, despite reports of food, water and fuel shortages. The vessels have been stranded for months following the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Sri

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Washington is working with Pakistan and Turkey to restrict Iran's overland trade routes. He also said the U.S. may seize roughly $1B in Iranian cryptocurrency assets

CENTCOM has likely hit OFAC Sanctioned (since Feb 2024) tanker LIMAS. It is the only tanker stopped in the circle identified by the UKMTO. OCEAN MOLICA hit earlier today by CENTCOM, is a bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean

Newly released footage of US forces striking the engine room of the cargo vessel M/V Ocean Molica as it attempted to run the blockade of Iran yesterday

The IRGC Navy issued a warning over VHF Channel 16 to six vessels anchored around 16.5 nautical miles north-northwest of Ras al Khaimah, UAE, Ambrey Intelligence said in an alert. "The vessels were advised to heave up anchor, exit the area immediately, and transit to Dubai anchorage," Ambrey noted

A senior Israeli official says Israel will not launch a preemptive strike against Iran before the October 27 elections, according to Israel's Channel 12

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a supertanker carrying crude oil struck a naval mine while attempting to leave the Strait of Hormuz through an "unauthorized route

U.S. officials pressed Israel to launch a unilateral strike on Iran during talks over the past two weeks, Maariv reports. Washington reportedly wanted Israel to assume the political risks of military action ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November, believing Israel might favor a strike before its own Oct. 27 elections. Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir warned that renewed fighting could delay Israel's vote. The U.S. has since dropped the demand, which reportedly stemmed from Iran's rapid rebuilding of its ballistic missile and drone production capabilities

Iran has preserved its missile and drone capacity despite months of US and Israeli airstrikes and remains capable of replenishing its weapons arsenal, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing Western officials familiar with intelligence assessments.

Iranska parlamentets talman Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf varnade USA för att de skulle möta samma öde som de förlorade fienderna i det antika Persiens historia, som svar på utrikesministern Marco Rubios tal i Aten, där han hänvisade till de persiska invasionerna av antika Grekland. "Genom hela historien har vi iranier mött de som utropat sig till universums herrar och försökt utplåna antika civilisationer", skrev Ghalibaf på X i fredags. "De kom i eld och lågor, men lämnade bara efter sig damm och skam. De som strävar efter Alexanders arv kommer att dela Valerians öde: ni kommer att böja er."

Trump: Jag har just avslutat ett mycket framgångsrikt samtal med president Putin, från Ryssland, där det beslutades att Ryssland omedelbart ska leverera över 300 000 ton diesel till den amerikanska och globala marknaden, ytterligare 500 000 ton under november och 1 000 000 ton därefter. Dessutom, baserat på deras dieselraffinerier, kommer Ryssland att leverera 3 000 000 ton diesel inom en kort tidsram. Genom vår TOTALA kontroll över Hormuzsundet och detta viktiga meddelande om rysk energi kommer dieselpriserna för amerikaner och hela världen att sjunka kraftigt. Lägre priser för amerikaner, särskilt våra stora jordbrukare, boskapssköttare och lastbilsförare, är min högsta prioritet. Detta är ett mycket viktigt meddelande. Dessutom måste det förstås att Iran inte kommer att ha en kärnvapen.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy: Our confrontation with ships will not be limited to violations in the Strait of Hormuz, but we will also sanction vessels passing through unauthorized waterways.

Multiple vessels have been hit and crude leaks all over. Today's optical image. Details soon

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy: Major fire erupts in ship engine room after targeting in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy official: We are exerting full control over the Strait of Hormuz to protect the interests of our people.

The Pentagon has drawn up plans for an intense, three-day military campaign against Iran targeting missile and drone arsenals, energy facilities and IRGC sites, the NYT reports. Trump has yet to approve the strikes and says he will not attack before the U.S. midterms

The U.S. State Department has issued an alert to Americans currently in the Middle East, urging them to "exercise heightened vigilance due to the complex security environment." The State Department added: "The hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has issued a security alert urging Americans across the Middle East to exercise heightened vigilance, warning of possible flight disruptions and rapidly escalating Saudi-Houthi hostilities

Iranian President: Iran will not abandon the negotiating table

Footage captured the moment a bomb-laden drone crashes into (what appears to be) civilian populated areas in Topzawa, south of Erbil

Drones raid targeted offices of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in Erbil

Putin: “We know that Iran is making genuine efforts to end the conflict, which broke out through no fault of its own. For our part, we are ready to do everything we can to help resolve the conflict.”

Putin met with Iranian President Pezeshkian

Mojtaba Khamenei, stated: "The American-Israeli's focus and insistence on striking at all levels of the Faraj (Rescue) forces, from the highest to the lowest, has revealed the importance of this institution more than ever before. However, this desperate effort and these unprecedented, malicious attacks on the pillars of the system and social security have not deterred the valiant Faraj forces from carrying out their mission in the slightest. On the contrary, they have continued, even in the streets and in vehicles, to perform the same roles and duties they have been performing in their positions and headquarters."

The United ‌States ​on ​Thursday imposed ⁠fresh ​Iran-related ​sanctions, targeting dozens ​of ​people, entities ‌and ⁠vessels, according ​to ​the ⁠Treasury ​Department ​website

Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir was reportedly told by U.S. counterparts two days ago that the White House and Pentagon had issued directives ahead of a possible large-scale U.S. attack on Iran in the coming weeks. Zamir warned that renewed war could delay Israel's upcoming elections