🇮🇷🇺🇸🇦🇪⚡️ — An Iranian security official, speaking to Fars News Agency, warned that if the U.S. attacks Iran’s civilian infrastructure tonight, Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports and the ports of Fujairah and Jebel Ali in the UAE should be evacuated immediately.

🇹🇼🇨🇳⚡️ — Taiwan will acquire 25 uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and 2 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for its Coast Guard, partnering with U.S. defense company MARTAC to strengthen maritime security amid growing Chinese naval and coast guard activity, Nikkei Asia reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in an interview with NYT that his administration is considering whether it has the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York City in September for the UN General Assembly.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Overnight U.S. strikes once again hit transport infrastructure in Iran’s Hormozgan province, damaging several key routes.

➡️ Reported damage includes the Shahid Mirzaei Tunnel and the Shur River bridge on the Bandar Abbas–Sirjan route, which was destroyed. Several other bridges were also struck.

➡️ At least 3 people were killed and 8 wounded.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says Iran has suspended its commitments under the memorandum of understanding with the United States, accusing the U.S. of failing to uphold its obligations.

"We have also suspended our commitments... and we are busy defending the country," Gharibabadi said.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. airstrikes targeted areas near Sirik in southern Iran at 12:30, 16:30, and 16:40, according to Fars News Agency.

➡️ No civilian casualties have been reported from the attacks.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the memorandum of understanding is based on the principle of “commitment for commitment,” stating that Iran will honor its obligations as long as the U.S. does the same.

Baghaei said: “Iranians have never sought war with any country, whether in the region or outside it; we have only defended ourselves, and this war has been imposed on the Iranian people.”

🇮🇷⚡️ — A statement by Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, is expected to release soon.

🇧🇪🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 — Belgium’s federal government approved a package of measures that includes an import ban on goods originating from illegally occupied Palestinian territories.

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not disclose major internal objections from senior Israeli security officials when presenting President Trump with a proposal in February 2026 to install former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a future leader of Iran following the war, according to Haaretz.

➡️ Netanyahu presented the plan as viable and broadly supported in Israel, while key figures in Israel’s security establishment privately expressed serious doubts about its feasibility.

➡️ Israel’s Military Intelligence chief assessed that the chances of the plan succeeding were very low, while former National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi withdrew from planning meetings and privately described the idea as “science fiction.”

➡️ The broader strategy collapsed due to overconfidence, unrealistic timelines, and reliance on assumptions that Iran’s government could quickly fall.

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — Two IDF UAV strikes against the Ali al-Taher heights, Lebanon.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says repeated US violations of the agreement prove the worthlessness of the American president's signature, accusing Washington of deceitfulness and bad faith.

➡️ Khamenei warned that Iran and the Resistance Front have "unforgettable lessons" for the American enemy, while calling on the Iranian people and officials to maintain national unity and avoid division, stressing that any sign of weakness would embolden the enemy.

➡️ He also praised the mass turnout at the farewell ceremony for the late Iranian Supreme Leader as a historic and unprecedented event.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — NEW: U.S. Central Command says that two American service members were killed in action on Friday in Jordan while U.S. and partner forces were defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.

➡️ One additional U.S. service member remains missing.

➡️ Four U.S. personnel were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals but have since been released, while others treated for minor injuries have returned to duty.

🇺🇸⚡️ — The Trump administration is preparing to redirect U.S. foreign aid toward projects aligned with its political priorities, including free speech, anti-censorship efforts, national sovereignty, and a broader “Western civilisational alliance,” according to FT.

➡️ Proposed grants include $2 million to challenge EU digital regulations, $5 million for Free Speech Union International, $2 million for Eastern European and Balkan groups, and funding for “anti-censorship efforts” in Brazil and “human rights documentation” in South Africa.

➡️ The plan also includes a possible $7 million grant for a British-American think tank linked to Jacob Rees-Mogg and a $40 million grant for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

➡️ The State Department said all proposals remain under review and no funding has been approved yet.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — WATCH: Insane footage shows last night’s Iranian ballistic missile strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which killed at least two U.S. servicemen and injured several others.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — Another angle of last night’s deadly Iranian ballistic missile strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — WATCH: U.S. Army MLRS firing a salvo of ATACMS missiles towards Iran earlier this week from an undisclosed location in the Middle East.

🇮🇱🤝🇦🇷 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Argentina’s ambassador to Israel, Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish, and wished Argentina success ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup final.

Netanyahu conveyed a message to Argentina’s President: “Javier, you are a true friend. We support you and support Argentina in so many ways, including tomorrow. Good luck!”