💬 🇮🇹 Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto on Iran War:

We did not support this war, and no one asked for our opinion.

The length of wars does not depend on the power of the strongest, but on the resistance of the weakest.

Iran is larger than Ukraine, has more people, and thousands of years of history.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Professor Robert Pape:

For 50 years, America’s number one goal in the Middle East has been to prevent an oil hegemon.

That means control over the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has never been an oil hegemon before. Now it is. Twenty percent of the world’s oil flows through Hormuz, more than the 16% the United States produces.

So now Iran has more influence over oil prices than anyone else. They’re leveraging that for geopolitical gain with countries like India and others.

They’re also making money, about $1.5 billion so far from this oil. The funds are sitting in Chinese banks, so we can’t seize them.

And if this continues for another six weeks, another six months, then Iran will not only be an oil hegemon but one with nuclear capability.

At that point, the balance of power will change dramatically.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Marco Rubio to Al Jazeera:

Iran must stop producing all the drones and missiles we’ve seen recently.

💬 🇺🇸 Marco Rubio to Al Jazeera:

Israel’s focus differs from what we are focusing on, and they have their own objectives.

#️⃣ 🇸🇦🇺🇸 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ASSESSING THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFERRING URANIUM ENRICHMENT TECHNOLOGY TO SAUDI ARABIA — BBG.

#️⃣ 🇻🇪🇺🇸 U.S. State Department: The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela is resuming operations after seven years.

🚀 🇮🇷🇹🇷 A ballistic missile was intercepted in the skies over Turkey, the defense ministry reported. It is claimed to have been launched from Iran.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Rubio: Here are the clear objectives of the operation. You should write them down:

1. Destruction of the Iranian Air Force

2. Destruction of their navy

3. Significant reduction of their missile launch capabilities

4. Destruction of their factories

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 TRUMP, when asked how he would respond to an Iranian attack on an Israeli oil refinery:

“You’ll see soon.”

💬 🇮🇷🇺🇸 TRUMP: The U.S. negotiating partner in Iran is the Speaker of Parliament Ghalibaf.

In about a week, we will know more about whether we can actually work with him.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Iran is earning twice as much from oil sales each day as it did before the war — The Economist.

💬 🇮🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸 Iran's Embassy in the UK mocks the US:

No problem, the U.S. coffin industry is about to have a golden age!

Make American Coffin Industry Great Again.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇦 Iran considers Ukraine a participant in the U.S. and Israeli aggression against Tehran in light of Ukraine sending counter-drone experts to Arab countries, said Iran’s Permanent Representative to the UN.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The cost of the U.S. military operation against Iran has exceeded $35 billion — Iran War Cost Tracker.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 IRAN’S PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A BILL INTRODUCING FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

“Our military continues to degrade Iran’s defense-industrial base, with nearly 70% of their missile drone capabilities, as well as naval production facilities and shipyards, already damaged or destroyed, significantly reducing their ability to pose a future threat in the region.”

“The trend remains clear: each day, the United States is carrying out increasingly intense, targeted strikes with devastating force.”

“What is said publicly, of course, differs greatly from what is conveyed to us privately.”

“Either way, Iran will no longer have a real capability to threaten the United States or our allies, which is the overall goal and mission set by the president when he launched Operation ‘Epic Rage.’”

Negotiations with Iran are progressing positively.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 LEAVITT REITERATES THE PENTAGON’S ASSESSMENT THAT THE WAR IN IRAN WILL LAST 4–6 WEEKS.

“The president, the commander-in-chief, and the Pentagon have always stated that the estimated duration of Operation ‘Epic Rage’ is four to six weeks.

We are on day 30. Today.

So again, you can calculate how much more time the Pentagon will need to fully achieve the objectives of Operation ‘Epic Rage,’ which, I repeat, are the destruction of Iran’s navy, the elimination of its ballistic missiles, and the dismantling of its missile and drone production.”

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 LEAVITT: Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to help cover the costs of the war.

20 tankers are expected to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days.

The United States does not support Iran introducing fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump has refused to rule out the possibility of ground operations.

“The U.S. president has been repeatedly asked about ground operations or potential ground operations.

He has clearly refused to rule them out.

The Pentagon’s task is to provide the president with the maximum range of options.

That does not mean he has made a decision, and he will never inform the media of such a decision so as not to give our enemy an advantage.”

Trump expects the Iranian regime to reach a deal with the United States.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Leavitt on Trump’s threats to strike Iranian power plants and desalination facilities:

“Of course, this administration and the U.S. Armed Forces will always act within the law, but in terms of achieving the full objectives of the operation, Trump will move forward steadily, and he expects the Iranian regime to reach a deal with the administration.”

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY LEAVITT: Trump wants to see a deal reached before the April 6 deadline.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Leavitt:

“Iran’s ballistic missile and drone attacks have decreased by approximately 90 percent.

The United States is also destroying the Iranian regime’s naval forces.

So far, we have destroyed more than 150 of their military vessels.”