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Trump’s threats ignore the fact that Hormuz Strait is closed only to its enemies and provoke retaliatory threats from Iran: Trump Threatens to ‘Obliterate’ Iran’s Power Plants if Strait of Hormuz Does Not Open (Washington Post) Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed ‘Only for Enemies’, Says Iran After Trump’s 48-Hour Ultimatum (India TV News) Iran Prepared…

Trump’s “goals are destroying Iran’s ballistic missile program, sinking its navy, neutralizing its regional allies and guaranteeing it can’t obtain a nuclear weapon” while “Israel is pursuing a scorched-earth campaign of regime change”: U.S.-Israeli Rift Widens over Potential Endgame in Iran (Washington Post) The “military buildup [is] leading to more questions about possible ground troops…

“On Friday morning hundreds of worshippers were forced to pray outside the Old City, as Israeli police barricaded the entrances to the site”: The Saddest Day for Muslim Worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa Mosque Closed at Eid (The Guardian) “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Thursday that, at the request of President Donald Trump, Israel…

On what issue can progressives, conservatives, neocons, experts in various fields, scientists, activists, journalists, billionaires, air travelers and shippers, and most leaders agree with libertarians? The Iran war is a disaster: Voters Strongly Oppose Boots on the Ground in Iran, Think the War Is Not Worth It (Data for Progress) FBI Conducting Leak Investigation into…

Central Israel, Tel Aviv, an Iranian nuclear power plant, and a US embassy in Baghdad are among the latest targets of the war: Iran Launches Barrage of Missiles After Israel Kills 2 of Its Top Officials (AP) What to Know About Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant After Report of Projectile Hitting Its Complex (AP) Drone…

The war rages on … Iran Missile Strike Damages Five KC-135 Tankers in Saudi Arabia, Officials Say (Military Times) Number of U.S. Troops Wounded in Iran War Surpasses 200 Across 7 Countries (Washington Post) War Rages on Multiple Fronts as Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Grow amid Iran Shipping Stranglehold (AP) How an Israeli Ground Invasion…

“Iran has said the strait is open to all except the United States and its allies” … Iran Says It’s Giving Some Countries Access to the Strait of Hormuz, While Trump’s Call for Others to Send Warships Is Met with No Promises (Fortune) … and claims the U.S. and Israel “copied Iran’s Shahed-136 drone design…

“Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE warned people that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran called for port evacuations, threatening for the first time a neighbouring country’s non-US assets” … Iran Continues Strikes on Gulf States Day After US Threatens Oil Facilities (Euronews) … a “Tehran-backed group urged its ‘brothers…

“The deployment comes as the Pentagon said more than 15,000 targets had been struck in Iran over nearly two weeks of relentless bombing”: More Marines Heading to Middle East as U.S. Continues Relentless Strikes on Iran (PBS) The man who claims to have “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability only six months before announcing they were only…

Khamenei “also warned neighbouring countries to stop hosting US bases” … Iran’s New Supreme Leader Vows to Block Strait of Hormuz in First Statement (BBC) … while Iran’s “UN Ambassador said on Thursday … that “Iran fully respects and remains committed to the principle of freedom of navigation under the law of the sea” ……