According to the latest update provided by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Day 18 of Operation Epic Fury, since the start of combat operations, well over 7,800 targets have been struck across Iran, including 120+ vessels with the Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN).
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Commodore Alireza Tangsiri, the Commander of Iranโs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN), has said in a statement following this morningโs Israeli strikes against energy infrastructure in Southern Iran:
โWith the target bank updated, oil facilities associated with America are now on par with American bases and will come under fire with full force.โ
Tangsiri advised all citizens and workers to avoid these facilities across the Middle East, with this statement as well as earlier evacuation warnings by the IRGC suggesting imminent strikes by Iran against oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
โWith the target bank updated, oil facilities associated with America are now on par with American bases and will come under fire with full force.โ
Tangsiri advised all citizens and workers to avoid these facilities across the Middle East, with this statement as well as earlier evacuation warnings by the IRGC suggesting imminent strikes by Iran against oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Newly released pictures show some of the extensive damage caused to facilities at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which houses the Headquarters of the U.S. Navyโs 5th Fleet, following over two weeks of ballistic missile and drone attacks by Iran.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has issued a 60-day waiver temporarily suspending the Jones Act, a longstanding shipping law that requires the transport of goods between American ports to be conducted by American-flagged vessels, with the waiver allowing vital resources like oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and coal to flow freely into the United States for two months, in an attempt by the White House to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran War.
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Bloomberg reports that multiple oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have been evacuated so far today, following Israelโs strikes this morning against several energy sites in Southern Iran and threats made by Iranโs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against U.S. linked oil and gas sites around the Gulf Region.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump hasn't made up his mind yet on whether he wants to send American special forces into Iran and seize the country's nuclear material, which would be a very dangerous operation, with him telling people close to him in private conversations: โI have a lot of decisions to make,โ sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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According to Israeli officials who spoke to Axios, this morningโs strikes by the Israeli Air Force against a natural gas processing plant in Southern Iran was coordinated with and approved by the Trump Administration, despite President Trump having previously objected to Israeli strikes against oil depots and other energy infrastructure in Tehran. It is not known if these strikes were also coordinated with other nations in the Middle East, like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, whoโs oil and gas facilities will likely suffered the most from potential retaliation for the attack by Iran.
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