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According to Iran’s state-affiliated Fars News Agency, recent explosions in Bandar Abbas and off the coast of Qeshm Island are the remit of an engagement between Iranian forces and “the enemy.” Presumably U.S. forces in the vicinity.
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Sources have clarified to Israel’s Channel 15 that Israel did not strike Iran.
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According to @JenGriffinFNC, citing a U.S. official, the U.S. did indeed conduct strikes against Bandar, Abbas, Iran and Qeshm Island earlier.
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According to a report from CBS, citing U.S. officials, the USS Truxtun (DDG 103) and the USS Mason (DDG 87) came under intense attack from Iranian fast attack boats, drones, and missiles in an engagement that has been characterized as far fiercer than the past engagement the two vessels were involved in. 5-inch deck guns, small-arms equipped personnel on board the vessels, aircraft, and CIWS were employed to repel Iranian attacks, per reports. Despite claims from Iran that they were struck, neither was hit during the engagement.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that three U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers came under Iranian attack as they transited the Strait of Hormuz from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman earlier today. The USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Truxtun (DDG-103), and USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) conducted the transit and responded with self-defense strikes against multiple Iranian missiles, drones, and small craft.
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Following reports of strikes in Minab, Iran, @JenGriffinFNC has said that a senior U.S. official has confirmed to her that U.S. forces also just conducted a strike Iran’s Bandar Kargan naval checkpoint.
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According to Barak Ravid, citing a senior U.S. official, the U.S. Army targeted Iranian positions in the straight of Hormuz area. Per the official, the report reiterated that the engagement does not constitute a resumption of larger-scale combat operations against Iran.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has responded to the recent high-intensity engagement, between three U.S. destroyers and Iranian forces. Per the president, if Iran does not sign a deal “FAST,” strikes will continue in the future.
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Iranian state-backed news outlet Press TV has released footage showing Iranian forces launching missiles and drones against three U.S. destroyers during the recent engagement in the Strait of Hormuz.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump drove through the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial to view the progress of work there and meet with the site’s workers.
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When asked if today’s high-intensity engagement in the Strait of Hormuz constitutes as an end to the nominal U.S.-Iran ceasefire, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said that it doesn’t and that they should sign a lasting ceasefire agreement “fast.”
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The Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced their air defenses have monitored 3 Iranian UAVs and 2 ballistic missiles in the last several hours. The attack has resulted in injuries to at least 3 people.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi posted a short time ago, "Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure."
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that at least 73 tankers have been denied the opportunity to transport Iranian oil, reducing Iranian revenue by $13 billion. To date, at least 50 vessels have been redirected on their way to/from an Iranian port of call, with 2 vessels that refused to stop and were disabled by U.S. forces.
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The U.S. Department of War has published War.Gov/UFO to release "never before seen" government documents relating to "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)" program. The website will contain records from the White House, Department of War (DoW), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Energy (DoE), and the National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration (NASA).
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Despite renewed clashes between the U.S. Navy and Iran in as well as around the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, chances on Polymarket of a permanent peace settlement between the two countries by the end of the year remain at an all time high, with traders still predicting that the chances of a deal by December 31, 2026 are at 77%.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that U.S. forces have disabled two vessels, the M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, earlier today in the Gulf of Oman in support of the naval blockade of Iran.
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We are learning a bit more about yesterday’s high-intensity engagement between U.S. and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. According to a report from CBS, citing Iranian media, 10 sailors are claimed to be wounded and 5 missing after the engagement.
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According to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) affiliated news outlet Fars News Agency the IRGC-N and Iranian Marines interdicted and boarded the Barbados-flagged crude oil tanker Ocean Koi. Per the reports the vessel has now been redirected to Iran’s southern coast.
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