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“Iran and its Arab neighbours were expected to discuss a deal between Tehran and Muscat to temporarily manage shipping through the strait. … Oman’s foreign minister … said that ‘in the interests of consensus the regional meeting … has been postponed” … Gulf States Postpone Talks with Iran over Hormuz Impasse (Financial Times) … and…

“[O]ne person [was] killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there”: An Iranian Commercial Ship Is Struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 Dead, Iranian Media Say (AP News) The accusation that the attack on the Saudi…

“We still believe in the false promise of trading freedom for safety” … Americans Have Learned Virtually No Lessons From 9/11 (Reason) … case in point:”President and defense secretary try to link worst terrorist attack in US history to current unpopular war”: Trump and Hegseth Use 9/11 Memorial Remarks at Pentagon to Defend War on…

“[A]t the very outset of the ‘war on terror,’ our leaders told us to understand 9/11 as an assault of a foreign civilization, one that had nothing to do with the consequences of American extractive and exploitative foreign policy in the Muslim world or its support for Israel”: “War on Terror” Led to Iran War,…

Iran says “it struck 10 vessels near the Strait of Hormuz after US forces sank five Iranian oil tankers” … Iran and US Strike Tankers in Biggest Shipping Attack Since War Began (France 24) … but the U.S. says, “No U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed” … U.S. Denies Claims…

Iran war updates: US Military Says It Destroyed 5 More Iranian Oil Tankers After Missile Attacks on Navy Warship (AP) Iran Sends Wave of Missiles Toward U.S. Base in Jordan After Vowing Escalation (Washington Post) Iran Claims to Have Seized American Drone US Says Had ‘Malfunctioned’ (The Guardian) Nearly 20,000 Displaced in Yemen as Saudi-Ansarallah…

“Saudi authorities described blazes at the sites and said women and children were among the 73 people hurt”: Iran-backed Houthis Attack Four Saudi Cities in Expansion of Middle East War, 73 Hurt (Al-Monitor) Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Israel Deports British Activist Who Protected Palestinian Children (Aljazeera) Israeli Ministers Keep Telling Everyone Their…

Iran updates: Iran Claims Strike on US Navy Drone, US Says IIt’s “Total Lie” as Hormuz Clashes Rage On (Euronews) Iran War Likely to Drag On for Another Six Months, Ex-US Defense Secretary Warns (The Guardian) Iran Says It Plans to Announce a New ‘Exclusion Zone’ near the Strait of Hormuz (AP) “Israel’s latest campaign…

Iran war updates: US Military Hits 3 Iranian Oil Tankers After Saying Navy Warships Were Targeted (AP / NPR) Iran Attacks Naval Drone near Hormuz After US Strikes 3 Oil Tankers (SCMP) Iran Condemns US Attacks on Commercial Vessels as War Crimes (Middle East Eye) Iran Threatens Harsher Strikes on US Warships as Hegseth Vows…

Iran war updates: Iran War: Explosions Reported near Kharg Island (Deutsche Welle) Trump Calls Iran Conflict ‘Small Potatoes’ and Says He Agrees with Vance that It’s Not a ‘War’ (AP) Dozens More Troops Added to Tally of Wounded in Iran War amid New Strikes (Task & Purpose) Arab Diplomats Fear Iran Is Widening the War…