🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Iranian state media reported that overnight U.S. airstrikes in Hormozgan province targeted six bridges along the Bandar Abbas–Lar route, affecting a key transportation corridor.

➡️ The targets included Geriveh Bridge, Latidan Village Bridge, Kahurestan-Lar Route Bridges, Keshar Bridge, and Maru Village Bridge.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from July 15 shows the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, which hosts the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, located in the Arabian Sea, not the Gulf of Oman.

CENTCOM's claim of the ship being boarded in the Gulf of Oman is false; it was boarded in the Arabian Sea.

🇺🇸⚡️ — A declassified August 2020 U.S. National Intelligence Council assessment shows several foreign leaders and governments had interests in influencing the U.S. election.

➡️ Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was concerned about a potential Trump loss, viewing him as the “most Saudi-friendly” U.S. president.

➡️ Türkiye’s President Erdoğan sought to covertly influence U.S. political candidates because he “believes that segments of the U.S. government have an entrenched anti-Turkey viewpoint.”

➡️ Iran is identified as one of the main countries seeking to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Iranian leaders wanted Trump to lose the election, citing his administration’s pressure campaign against Tehran and its stated goal of pushing for changes in Iran’s government.

➡️ German Chancellor Angela Merkel “almost certainly” preferred Trump not to win re-election.