💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 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.

💬 🇪🇬 Egyptian President el-Sisi to Trump:

Nobody can stop the war, but you.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Despite the war and sanctions, Iran has nearly doubled its oil revenues, exporting about 2.4–2.8 million barrels per day at much higher prices.

China is buying over 90% of exports.

#️⃣ 🇪🇸🇮🇷 Spain has closed its airspace to aircraft involved in the operation in Iran. Overflights and landings will be allowed only in emergencies, reports El País.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: Iran’s leader Mojtaba Khamenei is seriously wounded or dead.

“We haven’t heard anything about him. He has disappeared.”

💬 🇺🇸 Trump:

The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran.

Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “touched.”

This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year “Reign of Terror.”

#️⃣ 🇨🇳 Two Chinese-owned cargo ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday—the first major container vessels to do so since the conflict began, according to MarineTraffic.

The ships, bound for Malaysia, crossed after earlier delays, potentially signaling easing conditions after Iran restricted the key oil and gas route.

- NYT