🇮🇷 Scenes emerging from Tehran show heavy smoke and damage after U.S.–Israeli airstrikes targeted an IRGC base in the city.
Witness videos and images circulating online show large explosions, fires, and emergency crews responding across parts of Tehran, as strikes hit military infrastructure linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The attacks are part of a broader campaign targeting Iranian military facilities, missile sites, and command centers, with dozens of targets reportedly struck in and around the capital.
🇰🇼 Kuwait has cut oil and refinery output as shipping slows through the Strait of Hormuz, citing rising security risks and Iran’s threats to vessels in the region.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said the move is a precautionary measure to manage risk and maintain operations as tanker traffic through the critical oil chokepoint declines.
The disruption adds to growing pressure on global energy markets, with Brent crude already surging above $90 per barrel as Middle East tensions threaten supplies.
The Strait of Hormuz normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply, meaning any slowdown in traffic could have major global economic consequences.
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🇮🇷 Iran says the war against its enemies will continue until the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is avenged, according to a statement from the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee.
Tehran says the conflict will not end until those responsible for the assassination are held accountable, signaling no immediate de-escalation despite growing international calls for a ceasefire.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 CNN says statements from U.S. officials during the first week of the Iran war sound eerily similar to those made during the first week of the Iraq war in 2003.
According to the analysis, officials are again using phrases like “swift victory,” “limited operation,” and “crippling the regime’s capabilities,” echoing early messaging from the Iraq invasion that promised a quick and decisive campaign.
The comparison has sparked debate among analysts about whether the Iran conflict could follow a similar trajectory to past U.S. wars in the Middle East.
🇮🇷 Influential Iranian cleric Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has called for the immediate selection of a new Supreme Leader to “better organize the country’s affairs” amid the escalating crisis.
The rare statement from one of Iran’s most senior religious figures signals growing pressure inside Iran’s leadership during the ongoing conflict.