As a “controversial move by the Pentagon to reclassify casualties in the Iran war is being taken by US military veterans as a sign of disrespect for the dead” …
- Trump Administration’s Revision of Iran War Casualties ‘Huge Disrespect’, Say Veterans (The Guardian)
… “The Department of Defense (DOD) restored the death of the four service members killed by Iranian strikes last week and added more than 140 injured”:
The proposal would replace “Iran’s sole control over the strategic waterway with a cooperative framework supported by regional partners… It also envisions a system of voluntary transit fees modeled on the Strait of Malacca”:
- Oman Offers Plan to Replace Iran’s Sole Control of Hormuz (The Medialine)
“I think … he’s accelerating the retirement or forcing out some of the most distinguished leaders in the DOD that we have” — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.):
“For the first time since the law was enacted, a concurrent resolution has passed in accordance with 5(c) of the law, but the White House has ignored it”:
- Trump Critic Massie Joins Democrats in Unprecedented Bid to Sue White House over Iran War (Fox News)
Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:
- Israeli Settlers Set Up At Least Six New Colonial Outposts After Friday Killings in the Occupied West Bank (Drop Site)
- Israeli Forces Storm Multiple West Bank Towns, Settler Violence Worsens (Aljazeera)
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations “contradicted himself as he tried to explain away bad news from the Iran war”:
“Amid this brutal conflict, the RSF and other thieves have plundered at least 20 of Sudan’s museums, making off more than 8000 artifacts worth an estimated $150 million”:
- Searching for Sudan’s Looted Treasures (Christian Science Monitor)
“Although most of these territories are small and uninhabited, Tehran has transformed several into military and economic outposts critical to exerting control over the region”:
- Iran’s Arsenal Starts with Its Islands (Foreign Policy)
A report by an affiliate to Iran’s judiciary said “they also set a police station on fire and damaged public properties in the central city of Isfahan, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of the capital, Tehran”:
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