—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 CONFIRMED: Several rockets were fired from southern Lebanon for the first time since the ceasefire was declared

The video above shows Israeli interceptor trails in the sky.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 BREAKING: Following Iran’s refusal to take part in negotiations, Vice President J.D. Vance will likely NOT depart for Islamabad and will remain at the White House today – CNN

J.D. Vance was supposed to leave towards Islamabad this morning, as the flight takes almost 19 hours, but that now seems increasingly unlikely.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Bloomberg: ‘The U.S. is still in the dark on whether Iran will participate in talks in Islamabad to end the war before the ceasefire expires’

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰⚡️- Iran has told mediators that it will send a delegation to Islamabad for negotiations only if the U.S. lifts its blockade on Iranian ports. - WSJ.

I’m getting really tired of covering this fuck ass war.

So basically there’s a ceasefire, but nobody knows until when, and Hormuz is still closed, and Hezbollah & Israel are fighting again, and and and…

What a shit show lol

Ya it’s not even worth talking about honestly.

Until the missiles start flying again.

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡️- BREAKING: An IRGC gunboat approached a container vessel 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman and fired at it, causing heavy damage, according to UKMTO.

🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: A cargo ship was fired upon several times by an IRGC gunboat 8 nautical miles west of Iran, marking the second such incident today, according to UKMTO.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Iran has announced the seizure of two vessels that attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

The ships, the MSC Francesca, which has Israeli links, and the EPAMINODES, have been transferred to Iranian waters until further notice.

🇮🇷⚡- A third commercial vessel, EUPHORIA, has reportedly been struck by Iran as it attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz, and enter the Gulf of Oman.

The vessel remains stranded in international waters. Kpler's map shows its last live location, which was ~50 minutes ago.

— The USS H.W. Bush carrier arrives in 3-5 days.

Trump says he’s giving Iran ‘about three to five days’ to negotiate.

Do the math.

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Bass pro open in the strait of Hormuz

CBS News reports that Iran retains far more military capabilities than the US government has claimed.

According to them, citing US intelligence, Iran still retains around half of their ballistic missile and missile launcher stockpiles, as well as approximately 60% of the IRGC naval forces (primarily smaller, asymmetric boats) and two-thirds of their air force. They also reported that Iran's conventional navy (separate to the IRGC Navy) has been destroyed.

🇺🇸⚡️- US Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan has stepped down. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

🇺🇸⚡️- Fox News is reporting the Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan was fired.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf directly rejects President Trump’s claim of infighting in Iran, stating that the country remains loyal to the Supreme Leader and are ready to make the “criminal enemy” regret its actions.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has posted the same message as the Parliament speaker, refuting Trump’s claim of division in Iran.

🇮🇷⚡️- Multiple Iranian journalists have refuted the claim made by Israeli Channel 12 that Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf resigned from Iran's negotiating team, calling the claims "absolutely false and a joke."