🇮🇷🇮🇶🇺🇸Erbil just struck with an Iranian Shahed-136. The sound is unmistakable.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Meanwhile Kiev is under one of the heaviest Russian ballistic missile attacks on record.
At least 45 missiles have so far hit the Ukrainian capital, starting a fire storm in and around the city.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran views its dominance over the Strait of Hormuz and its capacity to regulate maritime traffic as its ultimate geopolitical bargaining chip. Relinquishing control over this vital choke point would strip Tehran of any meaningful leverage in future negotiations.

Instead of capitulating, Tehran aims to absorb US military pressure while simultaneously escalating strikes against US forces, Gulf energy facilities, and civilian infrastructure. Through these tactical retaliations, Iran intends to demonstrate that Washington cannot unilaterally dictate the boundaries or intensity of the conflict.

Tehran is fully prepared to endure the severe economic hardships resulting from a renewed US naval blockade. This resilience is driven by the conviction that the immense pressure inflicted on the global economy by closing the Strait of Hormuz—and potentially choking off the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea—will ultimately force the Trump administration to back down first.

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🇮🇷Four explosions reported from Bandar Abbas.
We await confirmation.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷Report: Explosion in Qeshm Island.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷Unconfirmed reports of missile launches from Kuwaiti border against Iran.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Unconfirmed reports of an explosion in Bandar Abbas and Qashm island

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🇮🇷🇮🇶🇺🇸Sources in Iraq report 18 USrael-backed Kurdish militants, including a number of commanders, killed and injured in Iranian drone strikes on Erbil, earlier.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷Iran's Qeshm Island being targeted by the US, minutes ago.
We cannot independently verify the video.

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🇮🇷Tasnim reporter's dispatch from Qeshm Island:

"Between 3:38 and 3:45 AM, the sound of several explosions was heard across various parts of Qeshm Island.
Based on field observations and accounts from local residents, at least six missiles struck areas on the outskirts of Qeshm Island."

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Possible reasons for the delay in all-out US attacks:

Evacuation of British and German diplomats from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia before the end of the day.

Evacuation of most British diplomats from Qatar and Bahrain during the afternoon hours.

Much like the lead-up to the 40-day war.

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Footage from the MQ-9 drone crash site that was shot down in Iran

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