Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 28 km NNW of Bardsīr, Iran
British maritime authority: Ship seized near the Strait of Hormuz and taken to Iranian waters
UK Maritime Trade Operations: We received a report of an incident 38 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah
Araghchi: The Strait of Hormuz is open to all commercial vessels from our perspective, but they must cooperate with our naval forces.
Yonhap News Agency, quoting a South Korean official: We will take diplomatic action as soon as we identify who attacked the cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
Possibility low that actor other than Iran attacked South Korean vessel in Strait of Hormuz: senior Seoul official
1 днів томуThe UAE denies that Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the war with Iran, which was stated by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office
Reuters, citing security sources: A drone strike targeted an Iranian opposition camp north of Erbil in Iraq.
The Prime Minister's Office confirms that, in the midst of Operation Roaring Lion, Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret trip to the UAE, where he met with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The covert visit reportedly led to a historic breakthrough in Israel–UAE relations
The head of Mossad visited the UAE at least twice during the Iran bombing campaign for the purpose of coordination about the war: WSJ
2 днів томуQatar’s energy minister says it doesn’t have plans to export any more LNG via Hormuz beyond the two that left this last week Via Energy Intelligence
Fars News Agency, quoting a source: Tehran believes that without the implementation of its five conditions, there will be no possibility of entering into new negotiations.
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry: The Iranian ambassador was summoned and handed a protest note following the infiltration of a group from the Revolutionary Guard onto Bubiyan Island.
Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman: Any new aggression by the will be met with an immediate, decisive, and firm response.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi will travel to India to attend the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting, the Foreign Ministry says
Tehran warns of 90% uranium enrichment if attacked again by US, Israel
Pakistan refuted a @CBSNews report on the presence of Iranian aircraft at its NurKhanAirbase near Islamabad, calling it misleading and sensationalized. The foreign ministry expressed concern that such narratives could be intended to undermine efforts to resolve the US-Iran conflict
Pakistan "quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park in its country, potentially shielding them from US airstrikes" - @CBSNews
The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed new sanctions related to the Islamic Republic
US President Donald Trump says he is “very disappointed in the Kurds” as he accuses Kurdish groups of failing to provide weapons to Iranian protesters
Trump: "They were unarmed protesters. Not at all violent protesters. And they started shooting them."
US Central Command said its forces had redirected 62 commercial ships and disabled four since the blockade against Iran came into effect on April 13
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser says if the Strait of Hormuz opens today, then it will still take months for the market to rebalance
Trump on Truth Social: Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY.), and then finally hit “pay dirt” when Barack Hussein Obama became President. He was not only good to them, he was great, actually going to their side, jettisoning Israel, and all other Allies, and giving Iran a major and very powerful new lease on life. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and 1.7 Billion Dollars in green cash, flown into Tehran, was handed to them on a silver platter. Every Bank in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland was emptied out — It was so much money that when it arrived, the Iranian Thugs had no idea what to do with it. They had never seen money like this, and never will again. It was taken off the plane in suitcases and satchels, and the Iranians couldn’t believe their luck. They finally found the greatest SUCKER of them all, in the form of a weak and stupid American President. He was a disaster as our “Leader,” but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden. For 47 years the Iranians have been “tapping” us along, keeping us waiting, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently wiping out 42,000, unarmed protestors, and laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country. They will be laughing no longer
Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei: The war is not over yet, and we have not witnessed a genuine ceasefire.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official: Operation Freedom has achieved no success for Washington and its allies, and our armed forces control the Strait of Hormuz
Russia is using the Caspian Sea to quietly move military and commercial supplies to Iran, helping Tehran bypass U.S. pressure and sanctions. Source: NYT
Governor of Lengeh port in southern Iran: 6 wounded and 6 missing after US forces targeted Iranian ships on Thursday
6 днів томуCENTCOM: U.S. forces disabled the Iranian-flagged tankers Sea Star III and Sevda on May 8 as they attempted to enter an Iranian port in violation of the U.S. blockade. A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush struck both vessels’ smokestacks with precision munitions, preventing them from reaching Iran
Fox News, citing a US official: Airstrikes today targeted empty oil tankers attempting to breach the blockade on Iran. The targeted vessels were supertankers trying to return to Iran.
