🇰🇵⚡️– North Korea: "We will continue to develop Nuclear weapons for the purpose of deterrence."

🇺🇸🇰🇷🇮🇷⚡️– South Korean Presidency: "We do not believe there is currently a need to consider Trump's invitation for us to participate in the Project Freedom."

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️– A small drone was intercepted near Hormuz and Qeshm islands by Iranian defense systems and subsequently shot down in the Persian Gulf.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️– Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf:

"We do not rule out the possibility of military attacks against us, especially terrorist attacks.

The enemy seeks to weaken Iran from within."

🇺🇸🇵🇰⚡️– The U.S. will close its consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, due to security concerns.

🇮🇷🇱🇧⚡️– Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri: "Iran informed us that any deal will include Lebanon."

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️– Wreckage of a spy drone that was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian air defense last night.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️– US-Iran talks may resume next week in Islamabad, Pakistan.

🇦🇪🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡️– Chinese Guangjian-21A truck-mounted hard-kill laser counter-drone system spotted at Dubai International Airport to defend against Iranian drone strikes.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️– US President Trump paused his plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabia denied the U.S. military access to its bases and airspace for the operation — NBC News.

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️– Newly released wartime footage shows IRGC launching ballistic missiles from a flat area with no surrounding mountains, despite the threat of being attacked the launches were conducted without any incident and all the crew reportedly returned safely to their bases.

🇮🇷⚡️– Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian recently held talks with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in a meeting he described as lasting nearly two and a half hours and marked by a 'humble and deeply cordial' atmosphere.

Pezeshkian said the meeting was characterized by trust, calmness, empathy, and direct conversation, adding that the Supreme Leader’s 'humble and deeply sincere approach' stood out most during the discussions.

🇮🇷⚡️– Iranian media publishes footage of the MSC ship recently seized in the Strait of Hormuz by IRGC Navy.

🇵🇰🇨🇳⚡️– The Pakistan Air Force say they are set to acquire long-range precision weapons (possibly PL-17), for new platforms such as J-35AE, and more Chengdu J-10CE fighters, and upgrades for their current JF-17 Thunder planes.

🇺🇸🇰🇼🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️– Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have lifted the restrictions on the U.S. military's utilization of their bases and airspace, which were initially implemented following the initiation of "Project Freedom" for the purpose of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as per Wall Street Journal.

Pentagon officials indicate resumption of previously failed operations to re-open the strait of Hormuz as early as this week.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️– A confidential CIA intelligence report estimates that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade 3-4 months before facing severe hardships.

U.S intelligence also indicates that Iran retains more than 75% of its pre war mobile launchers and 70% of of its pre war ballistic missile stockpiles, with Iran also been able to recover underground facilities and repair damages.

🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️– The Israeli Army Radio says that most of the missiles claimed destroyed or neutralized were only temporarily blocked due to strikes at underground facilities entrances.

The operations were successfull in reducing the number of launches towards Israel but did not reduce Iranian capabilities.

🇮🇷🇦🇪🇺🇸⚡️– Atleast five KC-135 aerial refueling tankers have taken off from the UAE.

🇦🇪🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️– Fars News confirms that parts of Bahman docks in Qeshm were ‘targeted’ during "an exchange of fire with the enemy."

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️– Explosions reported near the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡️– UAE fighter jets, supported by American refueling planes, attacked a port in southern Iran.