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Despite U.S. armed forces’ leaders military against military action, Hegseth attacks Larak island, and Iran responds: Military Leaders Warn Hegseth Against Extending Iran War Operations (Washington Post) US Strikes Iranian Rocket Launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in First Military Action in Weeks (AP) U.S. Attacks Island in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Retaliates with Missile…

What did you get for your $1,100 dollars? Iran War Reaches 6-month Mark: Conflict Cost $1,100 per US Taxpayer (Arizona Daily Star) Ghalibaf Accuses Bessent of Lying over Iran War Costs (Iran International) Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Dozens of Masked Israeli Settlers Wound Palestinians, Attack Foreign Journalists in West Bank (Haaretz) Israeli…

American allies are targeted by the new secondary sanctions … US Targets Egyptian Bank’s UAE Branches Under New Push for Iran’s Economic Isolation (AP) US Plans to Cut Off Military Aid to Key Middle East Ally, BBC Told (BBC) … while China is sanctioned for money-laundering: US Treasury Sanctions Hong Kong-based Firm over Iran Money…

The consequences of the Iran war: Six Months On, the Iran War Has Changed the Middle East, but Not in the Way Its Architects Had Hoped (AP) Maximum Pressure on Iran Will Fail (Foreign Affairs) The Human, Environmental and Economic Cost of the War on Iran (Greenpeace) Six Months of War Between Iran, US Leave…

Iran says “negotiators have quietly reached agreement on ‘each country’s share of the strait’s waters’ and on share of its revenues’”, but “Oman has not confirmed … claims about a final revenue-sharing agreement” … IRGC Claims That Oman and Iran Have Reached Deal on Hormuz Transit Fees (Maritime Executive) … and “Iran will not allow…

“They also discussed a mission to clear mines from Hormuz, contradicting earlier statements from President Donald Trump that the mines were removed”: Iran and Oman Discuss Joint Shipping Route in Strait of Hormuz and Mine Clearing Mission (CNBC) Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Israel Seizes UNRWA Center as Gaza Attacks Kill Nine Palestinians…

The administration plans secondary sanctions targeting all Iranian trading partners, including U.S. allies, but offers no details or timeline: Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats Become Warnings for Countries to Sever Financial Ties with Iran (AP) Maximum Pressure on Iran Will Fail: Trump’s War Has Brought American Strategy to a Dead End (Foreign Affairs) Maybe Trump’s Iran…

“The US is preparing measures, to be revealed at a news conference later on Monday, of what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promises to be ‘the toughest sanctions in history’ amid deadlock on talks to end the six-month war”: Trump is Trying to Tighten the Screws on an Iran Numb to Economic Pain (CNN) “Iran has…

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Settlers Call Them ‘Hikes.’ Palestinians Keep Ending Up Dead (Haaretz) Israeli Army Arrests 13 Palestinians as Occupiers Escalate Attacks in West Bank (Andalu Ajansi) This Week in Palestine: Israel Kills At Least 17 Palestinians in Gaza in Days After Kushner Meeting (Zeteo) Palestinians in Gaza Scavenge Trash…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson … Esmaeil Baghaei said on Saturday … that no state has the legal right to force foreign banks, companies, or airports in other countries to sever their lawful commercial relations with a third country”: Iran Says US Economic War Violates International Law (Kurdistan 24) Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli…