Several shipping companies received fraudulent messages, purporting to be from Iranian authorities, which promised safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for payments in cryptocurrency.

Three soldiers serving in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force were killed, and another was seriously injured when a shell exploded in the barrel of a Type 10 main battle tank during a tank shooting exercise on Tuesday morning at the Hyudai training ground in Oita Prefecture, southern Japan.

The price of Brent oil has once again exceeded $100, as peace talks between the US and Iran have been suspended.

🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu:
In every generation, those who want to destroy us rise up. And in the current generation, the Ayatollah regime in Iran planned a new Holocaust — it intended to destroy us with nuclear bombs and thousands of ballistic missiles.

If we hadn't opposed this existential threat, if we hadn't acted decisively and courageously, the names of the places of death — Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan — could have joined the names of the death camps of the Holocaust era: Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka.

❗️🇺🇸Replenishing the arsenals of key American missiles, which were expended during the war in Iran, will take at least 5 years.
- CNN

That’s before they start Part Deux with Iran.

HOURS before ceasefire expires, Iran showcases KHORRAMSHAHR missile

Made to BYPASS Israeli air defenses.

🇮🇷| IRGC Aerospace Commander, Seyed Majid, gives a strong warning:

‌Iran's southern neighbors should know that if their geography and facilities are used by the enemy to attack Iran, they must say goodbye to oil production in the Middle East region.

Footage: Khorramshahr-4 missile launcher being paraded at Enghelab Square in Tehran.

❗️🇺🇸Trump to make a statement later today before the expiration of the ceasefire between the US and Iran.

Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, and CIA Director Ratcliffe arrived at the White House amid the actual breakdown of negotiations between Iran and the United States.

❗️🇮🇷🇺🇸Iran informed the American side that it will not attend the negotiations on Wednesday. The decision is final.

Trump:

Based on the fact that the Iranian government is seriously divided, which is not surprising, and at the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, we were asked to postpone our attack on Iran until their leaders and representatives can work out a unified proposal.

Therefore, I have ordered our military to continue the blockade and to remain ready and capable in all other respects, and therefore I will extend the ceasefire until their proposal is presented and the discussions are completed, one way or another.

TACO Tuesday

The Turkish Ministry of Defense: "A heavy transport helicopter CH-47, belonging to the Turkish Army Aviation Command, crashed in Ankara during a training flight for an unknown reason."

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Advisor to Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker:

“Trump’s decision to extend the ceasefire makes no sense. The ceasefire extension is an attempt to buy time for a surprise attack. Iran currently holds the initiative.”

🇮🇷| Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya (Armed Forces) warns the US:

In light of the repeated threats by Trump & its invading terrorist commanders we warn them:

Our capable & powerful forces have long been at a state of 100% readiness, with their fingers on the trigger so that in the event of aggression or any action against Iran, we will immediately and forcefully strike pre-designated targets and deliver another lesson, harsher than before, to the US aggressor & the child-killing Zionist regime.

❗️In my view, Iran should close the Bab El Mandeb Strait to stop the American blockade and if they continue the blockade then close off the Red Sea.

The faster they shut down the world economy, the greater the pressure on Trump to cave.

🇺🇸 The White House has informed Tulsi Gabbard that she has until the midterms to resign.

❗️🇮🇷🇺🇸Iran will not open the Strait of Hormuz as long as the US is trying to blackmail it with a blockade of Iranian ports. Iran also stated that it did not request a ceasefire, it was the US that wanted it. The fact that Trump extended it unilaterally does not matter much to Iran. Iran will be guided by its own position and demands. If Iran deems it necessary, it will start striking its enemies regardless of whether Trump has declared a ceasefire or not.