ANY DAMAGE TO GULF ALLIES WILL BE PAID WITH IRAN FUNDS: BESSENT

US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: ANY TOLLS PAID TO THE PERSIAN GULF STRAIT AUTHORITY WILL BE OFFSET BY FUNDS EXTRACTED FROM THEIR ACCOUNTS

TRUMP ON IRAN: MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO TAKE KHARG ISLAND

TRUMP ON IRAN: NOT SURE THE US HAS THE APPETITE FOR IT

TRUMP: I'M NOT FRUSTRATED OVER IRAN

TRUMP: IRAN NOT GOOD AT FIGHTING

TRUMP ON IRAN: I'D LIKE TO REACH A DEAL NOW

TRUMP ON IRAN: WOULD LIKE TO GET A DEAL NOW LESS

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TRUMP SAYS HE WILL REMEMBER KURDS 'LET US DOWN

TRUMP: IRAN IS FINISHED

Maybe time now)

IRAN STATE MEDIA: ALL COMPANIES OWNED BY ELON MUSK CONSIDERED MILITARY TARGETS: CNBC

U.S. military officials did significant planning to seize Kharg Island this spring. Both taking and holding Kharg came with significant risk of American fatalities: washingtonpost reporter

"they quite often very accurately tell you what they're going to do": Sarah Paine

US WEIGHS KHARG ISLAND OPTION AS ENDGAME SCENARIO: CNN

The view inside the White House and Pentagon is that taking Kharg Island — or wiping out the island’s energy infrastructure — would effectively bankrupt Iran and diminish its capabilities to the point of it being unable to continue in the war, the administration officials said.

UAE AND IRAN SAID TO HAVE MET FACE-TO-FACE TO EASE TENSIONS

U.S. strikes against Iranian radars, air defenses and other military targets late Wednesday focused on degrading Iran’s ability to identify and attack commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday

PENTAGON LOCKED DOWN, HAZMAT TEAMS RESPONDING -CNN, CITING SOURCES

FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE AT PENTAGON DURING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT