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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The mine threat that wasnโ€™t: lack of evidence raises questions about key Iran war narrative

Despite ongoing searches of the strategic waterway โ€” using underwater drones, robots, and both manned & unmanned aircraft โ€” the US military has not found definitive proof that Iran placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, NBC reported, citing unnamed US officials.

๐Ÿ—ฃ Some objects resembling mines have been detected, but none have been positively identified, they said.

Originally, US intelligence believed Iran placed mines on the southern side of the strait before or shortly after the war began in February.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The lack of confirmed evidence raises serious questions โ€” especially as the war enters its fourth month.
President Trump and top officials have repeatedly warned about Iranian mines, but so farโ€ฆ the proof is missing.

This comes amid growing confusion over the real threat level in one of the world's most critical shipping lanes.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผโšก๏ธ- Five active-duty U.S. service members and contractors sustained injuries in the Iranian Fateh-110 missile attack on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait on May 27. - Bloomberg.
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Finance Minister Scott Bessent announces that the US government has confiscated Iran's cryptocurrency worth $1 billion:

โ€œThey just seized the wallets directly. Some of them might be typing right now and not even aware that their wallet has been "stolen".

I often wonder in these types of interviews who is getting interviewed and who is doing the talking. The "journalist" had zero reason for Bessent to even be there.

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Heavy clashes are ongoing between Hezbollah and the IDF as Israeli forces make another push north across the Litani River, into the town of Yohmor.
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โ€” ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท NEW: For the first time in the history of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), not a single stock declined today โ€” all are in the green

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โ€” ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ/๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท NEW: Hezbollah has been launching missiles into northern Israel since this morning

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โ—๏ธHezbollah announces eight new operations in response to Israeli attacks and ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon:

โ€ข Targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the occupied city of Safad at 04:30 with a rocket salvo.

โ€ข Targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers in the town of Beit Lif at 01:00 with a rocket salvo.

โ€ข Targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers on the eastern outskirts of the town of Ghandourieh at 07:00 and 07:30 with artillery shells.

โ€ข Targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers on the eastern outskirts of the town of Ghandourieh at 08:00 with a rocket salvo.

โ€ข Targeted an Israeli force in the Liman barracks at 09:30 with an attack drone.

โ€ข Targeted the Shomera barracks at 12:40 with an attack drone.

โ€ข Targeted two Merkava tanks on the outskirts of the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiya at 12:00 with two guided missiles, and subsequently targeted an Israeli force advancing toward the tanks with a third guided missile, scoring a direct hit.

โ€ข Ambushed an Israeli force attempting to advance toward the outskirts of the town of Dibbin this morning, detonating an explosive device before engaging in clashes with light and medium weapons, forcing the enemy to retreat.
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VIDEO | 'They beat us, shot at us with rubber bullets, and injected us with substances.'

Alonso Agustin Santos Rivera, a member of the Sumud Flotilla recently pirated by Israeli forces, describes a harrowing pattern of physical and psychological abuse suffered while detained by Israeli forces.

According to his account, detainees were confined to fenced containers and subjected to continuous physical violence, which included being shot with rubber bullets and tasers, targeted with grenades, blinded by intense searchlights, and attacked by dogs.

Rivera notes that "they injected us with substances" and used tightly bound restraints that cut off blood circulation, causing pain so intense they felt they were losing their mind or about to die.
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โœก๏ธ๐Ÿ”Š Ben-Gvir calls for Dahieh to be 'flattened, flattened, and flattened again'

Dahieh is a densely populated southern suburb of Beirut โ€” home to hundreds of thousands of civilians. Israel's National Security Minister wants it erased.

"What hurts them is the Dahiehโ€ฆ The Dahieh needs to be flattenedโ€ฆ we need to go after the Dahieh โ€” flatten it, flatten it, and flatten it again," he said.


Finance Minister Smotrich proposed destroying 10 buildings for every drone fired earlier this week.

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โ€”โ—๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ/๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท NEW: President Trump has rejected Iranโ€™s demands and sent a tougher counter-proposal back to Iran โ€“ New York Times

Sources said the move was aimed at speeding up the process and pressuring Iran to agree with the current proposal.

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Sources tell MES negotiations between Iran and U.S. are at a โ€˜breaking pointโ€™.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ In a statement, the IRGC announced that it had shot down a U.S. MQ-1 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) that attempted to violate Iranian airspace.

However, the MQ-1 Predator has been retired from U.S. military service since 2018, and the UCAV could instead belong to another operator in the region, such as the United Arab Emirates.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บFootage of the operation of the air attack monitoring and detailed analysis system in one of the GUR command posts, published by CNN.

The software called Prisma was developed in collaboration with the company Palantir.

For the first time, the creation of this platform in collaboration with Palantir was announced in early May by the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Mikhail Fedorov.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธThe American F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet, which was shot down over southwestern Iran last month, was likely hit by a Chinese-made surface-to-air missile (MANPAD), according to American media reports.

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทโ—๏ธ โ€” NEW: Trump promised a final decision "soon" on a deal to end the Iran war, but Friday's Situation Room meeting closed with no announcement, NYT reports.

- Iran says no final agreement is in hand; Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei confirmed message exchanges are still ongoing.

- The proposed deal would end the US-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Iran lifting its Strait of Hormuz blockade โ€” with the nuclear program pushed to later talks.

- Defense Secretary Hegseth, speaking in Singapore, downplayed the deal's imminence and insisted US munitions stockpiles remain ready for renewed fighting.

- Both US Republican hawks and Iranian hard-liners are attacking the agreement โ€” the latter calling it too conciliatory, with Rezaei accusing Trump of excessive demands.

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