#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump confirms he is considering seizing Iran's Kharg Island, FT reports.

"My preference would be to take the oil…I don't think they have any defense. We could take it very easily."

💬 🇨🇺🇺🇸 Trump on Cuba: “It will collapse in the near future, and we will be there to help.”

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 TRUMP IS CONSIDERING A MILITARY OPERATION TO REMOVE NEARLY 450 KG OF URANIUM FROM IRAN — WSJ.

However, as noted, the U.S. president has not yet made a final decision and is weighing the risks to military personnel.

🥺 THE PROBABILITY THAT OIL PRICES WILL REACH $130 PER BARREL HAS RISEN TO 57%.

💬 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Trump: “We will reach a deal with Iran soon.”

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump on a possible regime change in Iran:

“We are negotiating with them both directly and indirectly. We have envoys, but we are also holding direct talks. And, as you know, two days ago they agreed to send eight ships, then added two more, making it 10 vessels. And now, today, they have given us, as a gesture of respect, 20 oil tankers — very large oil ships — that will pass through the Strait of Hormuz. And all of this will begin tomorrow morning.

Over the next few days, there will probably be many ships — I think we will reach a deal. I’m almost certain. But it’s possible we won’t. However, we have had a regime change. We are dealing with completely different people than before. It’s an entirely different group of people. So I would consider it a regime change. And, honestly, they have been acting very reasonably.”

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump:

Big day in Iran. Many long sought after targets have been taken out and destroyed by our GREAT MILITARY, the finest and most lethal in the World.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump said that Iran has agreed to his settlement plan:

“[The 15-point plan — have they returned to it?]

Yes, they have returned to the 15-point plan. They have conceded to us on most of the points. Why wouldn’t they?

[Can you name them?]

Well, they agree with us on the plan. I mean, we asked for 15 points. And for the most part, we’re going to ask for a couple more. And to show that they are serious, they gave us all those ships [with oil].”

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump on Iran:

They’re going to give up nuclear weapons. They’re going to give us the nuclear dust.

They’re going to do everything that we want to do. And you know what? They’re going to go on and maybe have a great country again.

But if they don’t do that, they’re not going to have a country.

💬 🇺🇸 Reporter: Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz and charging tolls, what do you think about that?

Trump: We could close that up in two minutes. We could close that up so fast your head would spin.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran:

Saudi Arabia is fighting back hard. Qatar is fighting back. UAE is fighting back. Kuwait’s fighting back. Bahrain’s fighting back. They’re all fighting back.

We’re in very strong communication with all of those countries, and they’ve all been fighting.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 ISRAEL DOES NOT PLAN TO SEND ITS TROOPS IN THE EVENT OF A U.S. GROUND OPERATION AGAINST IRAN — CHANNEL 12.

🥺 🇵🇭🇷🇺 THE PHILIPPINES ARE BEGINNING TO PURCHASE RUSSIAN OIL AS THE COUNTRY FACES AN ENERGY CRISIS — BBG.

“If the current crisis persists and alternative sources of crude oil remain unavailable or insufficient, Petron may once again be forced to consider purchasing Russian crude,” said its parent company San Miguel Corp.

🔥 🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran managed to damage the oil refinery in Haifa, Israel.

🥺 🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin delivered 100,000 tons of crude oil to Cuba despite the ongoing U.S. blockade.

The U.S. Coast Guard did not attempt to stop it.

The tanker was reportedly escorted to the Atlantic by the Russian Navy corvette Soobrazitelny.

Kremlin says Russia considers it a duty to help Cuba and will continue supplying oil to the island.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei:

The U.S. proposals conveyed to Tehran were “excessive and unreasonable.”

Iran is not involved in Pakistan-led meetings.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump claims that most people in Iran are saying “thank you very much” for what he has done.

💩 🇮🇶🇮🇷 Last night, drones operated by Iran-backed militias severely damaged an Iraqi Air Force An-32B transport aircraft at Baghdad International Airport.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that after the aggression by the United States and Israel, Iran is seriously considering withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as adhering to its restrictions no longer makes sense.

The country does not seek to build a nuclear bomb but considers it unfair to follow the rules while being subjected to bombardment.

#️⃣ 🇦🇪 The UAE is attempting to suppress information about the consequences of the war and is arresting dozens of foreigners who documented Iranian attacks.

According to Daily Mail, around 70 British citizens were arrested for filming or possessing footage of the attacks, with reports of harsh detention conditions.

The number of arrested citizens from other countries is estimated to be in the hundreds.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL BECOME PAID UNDER A NEW LAW — IRANIAN PARLIAMENT NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE MEMBER BOROUJERDI.