from ZeroHedge:
Here are some of the most critical developments unfolding in the US-Iran conflict:
- Iraqi Kurdistan govt statement: Not a single Iraqi Kurd has crossed the border. This is patently false.
- The U.S. Senate rejected a War Powers resolution that sought to force President Trump to end or seek congressional approval for military strikes on Iran, allowing the administration to continue operations without the restriction: CBS
- Iran says it hit US warship with missiles 600km away in Northern Indian Ocean using Ghadr 380 Talayieh missiles (1000+ range, can change course mid-flight)
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- The Marsh Mclennan unit marsh risk met with the trump administration to discuss creating a government-backed insurance mechanism to help ships resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz, as threats from Iran have driven up energy prices and disrupted oil flows: WSJ
- Reports: the Houthis in Yemen are planning to attack vital targets inside Saudi Arabia using drones, as they have done in the past, and therefore, according to those sources, security around the king, Salman, and the Saudi crown prince, bin Salman, has been increased.
- Kurdish Forces in Iraq have launched a ground military offensive into Iran against Iranian govt: i24News (unconfirmed). Iran state media & various Kurdish sources deny reports.
- Netanyahu asked the White House if the Trump administration was secretly talking with Iran about a ceasefire after Israeli intelligence suspected possible communications. The White House denied any talks and said the U.S. had ignored messages sent by Iran through regional intermediaries: Axios
- Iran will target Israeli embassies if its embassy is hit: IRNA
- Iranian intelligence sends word to US on potential talks to end war, but US officials say no active negotiations: CNN reports
- Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says no choice but to fight: Dear esteemed leaders of our friendly and neighboring countries, we have strived, with your assistance and through diplomacy, to avoid war. However, the American-Zionist military attack has left us with no choice but to defend ourselves.
- Iran begins shift toward governing for a prolonged war: FARS/BBG
- Turkey says a ballistic missile fired Iran was destroyed by NATO systems in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Hegseth dismisses Article 5 concerns.
- Allegations that the ballistic missile was launched “at Incirlik Air Base” – which hosts NATO nukes.
- US Secretary of State Rubio says well on their way to achieving Iran mission objectives. Did the US just blink here?
- Putin notes that oil and gas prices are rising related to Mideast crisis.
- Airline Troubles in Region Compound as Flight Cancellations Surpass 20,000
- Hegseth floats new timeline up to eight weeks while saying as long as it takes
- If US and Israel pursue a ‘regime change’ scenario in practice, final effective missiles will target Dimona nuclear reactor and all regional energy infrastructure, via Iran Nuances citing a Senior Iranian military official
- Senior Iranian Cleric Javadi Amoli: shedding the blood of Israelis and Trump is what is required of devout Shi’ite Muslims”, state media
- Western officials claim Iran could be ‘days’ from exhausting ballistic missile supply, but Pentagon also concerned about own stockpiles
- Israel and Hezbollah are now in a ground war in southern Lebanon.
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Update(1310ET): There’s been a bit of a back and forth all morning about whether Iran has reached out for potential talks with the US tend the war. Contradictory reporting has claimed there’s been some kind of effort behind the scenes, but US officials are making clear that no active negotiations. Given that among the US objectives is full regime change, ending the operation now would be seen as a loss for the US-Israeli side. But Iran is not backing down, having declared via state media it is entering a prolonged war posture, and will govern the country accordingly.
