—❗️🇮🇷/🇨🇳 Chinese Defense Ministry:

‘Chinese ships continue to move in and out of the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. We have trade and energy agreements with Iran, which we will respect and abide by.

We expect others not to interfere in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, and has opened it to us.’

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Possibility of another round of Iran-U.S. talks. Allegedly Thursday in Islamabad.

Very preliminary info.

— 🇮🇷 Scenes from an Iranian cabinet meeting during the war:

Minister: ‘Mr. President, we’ve just been informed hostile aircrafts entered our airspace’ (on their way to bomb)

Pezeshkian: ‘OK, (no problem). So anyway what were you saying?’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇸🇦 NEW: Less than a day in, Saudi Arabia is pressuring Trump to drop the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, warning that it could push the Houthis to escalate in the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab – WSJ

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NOTE: Contrary to reports that Iranian-linked ships are breaking the U.S. blockade, the opposite is true; ships originating in Iranian ports are being turned away

The misunderstanding stems from the fact the U.S. blockade is not located directly near the Strait of Hormuz, but a little further away in the Gulf of Oman / Arabian Sea.

This has led to some media claiming that Iranian vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz, such as the ‘RICH STARRY’, which spoofed its location and pretended to be a Chinese tanker originating in the UAE.

This vessel did indeed cross the Strait of Hormuz, but was immediately ordered to turn around when it entered the Gulf of Oman.

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— Ships are being ordered to turn around in approximately this area.

The U.S. Navy is likely positioned several hundreds of nautical miles away, in the Arabian Sea.

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— An American naval blockade definitely and without ambiguity deserves an Iranian response (which Khatam Al Anbiyaa HQ also stated). Simply ignoring it sends a weak signal.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇦🇪 NEW: Coinciding with CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper’s visit to Israel, a senior UAE military official also landed in Tel Aviv

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iranian sources say that nothing is confirmed about a new round of talks with the U.S. and nothing has yet been agreed

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian drones directly impact Kurdish terrorist camps in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan

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