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โ—๏ธWith total air dominance in Iran, US-Israeli drones struck IRGC and Basij checkpoints across four Tehran districts, Fars News confirmed. Targeted roadblocks include District 14 near Mahallati, District 15 near Hashem Abad petrol station, District 16 in Fada'ian Eslam, and District 1 on Artesh Boulevard in northeastern Tehran. Initial reports indicate around 10 security personnel were eliminated. #Iran
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US drones are swarming over Tehran, looking for Basjii/IRGC personnel and checkpoints. Over the last 6-12 hours, there has been a significant increase in drones striking such targets. #Iran
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Oil tanks at Oman's port of Salalah continue to burn after being struck by Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. #Iran
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US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers at RAF Fairford had rotary cruise missile launchers removed and replaced with 2,000-lb GBU-31 JDAM bombs this afternoon. #Iran
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โ—๏ธThe IDF confirmed it launched another wave of airstrikes over Iran. Many explosions (~30) in Tehran (Fardis, Parand, Shariar) have been heard. Also in Saveh, the sound of fighter jets in the sky and explosions are reported. #Iran
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"At a press conference on Monday evening, President Trump said his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was one of a handful of top advisers who convinced him to launch major combat operations in Iran. The disclosure raises additional questions about the role of Kushner, who is being paid tens of millions of dollars annually by Middle Eastern governments that were reportedly lobbying Trump to attack Iran."

~ Judd Legum

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Iโ€™ll repeat: this Epstein War turns โ€œWag the Dogโ€ into a documentary, with the difference that Hegseth seems to come straight from โ€œDr. Strangeloveโ€.

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Top US officials, including the Defense Secretary, have said that sending US troops into Iran could not be ruled out. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Daniel Schneiderman, Director of Global Policy Programs at Penn Washington. He says that US President Donald Trump is unlikely to ever commit ground forces to Iran because "there's a degree of ability to deny that the US is involved in a long-standing war during an air campaign".
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The United States asked Ukraine for help to fend off Iranian drone attacks in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, adding that he had ordered expert support to be given. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative.
#Iran #Ukraine #war #drones #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #Russia

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An Israeli strike targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut late Thursday, according to Lebanese state media, following an Israeli evacuation warning. Israel's military chief said Thursday he had ordered troops to expand the area under Israeli control in southern Lebanon, as the country's ongoing operation against Hezbollah intensified. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
#Lebanon #Israel #Iran #war #MiddleEast

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Seafarers have the right to refuse to sail โ€‹on ships passing through the Middle East Gulf, including the Strait of Hormuz, after the threat level for the region was โ€‹raised to โ€Œits highest level, the leading labour โ union and shipping industry groups said on Thursday. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Michael Tamvakis, Professor of Commodity Economics and Finance at the Bayes Business School, City University London.
#Iran #war #shipping #StraitofHormuz

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Israel launched a series of strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut Thursday after ordering all residents of the densely populated area to evacuate. Traffic was gridlocked in Lebanon 's capital on Thursday as panicked residents tried to flee after Israel's military issued an evacuation notice. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports from Beirut.
#Iran #Lebanon #Israel #war #MiddleEast

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Trump touted the U.S. โ€‹military actions in Iran on Thursday, saying they were โ€Œdestroying Tehran's missile and drone capability and that "their navy is gone - 24 ships in three days," as โ€Œhe called on Iranian diplomats to request asylum and help shape โ€‹a better country. "We also urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a โ€‹new and better Iran," he said. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.
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#France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital #StraitofHormuz , President Emmanuel #Macron said Monday as the #MiddleEast #war entered its second week. The French leader landed by helicopter on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Mediterranean after US-Israeli strikes on #Iran on February 28 triggered a war that has sown chaos in the Middle East and threatens to spill into other regions.

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The supply of weaponry and drone interceptors could shape the future of the war with Iran, as the US and Gulf nations are trying to find cheaper ways to intercept Iranian drones, before they hit their targets. And it's actually Ukraine actually may have role to play here.
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Several more explosions were heard across Doha and warning sirens sounded in Manama on Monday, as Iran pressed its aerial campaign against Gulf neighbours. The oil-rich Gulf states have been targeted by waves of drones and missiles since Tehran launched its retaliation campaign in the wake of the US and Israeli attacks against Iran. Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha for FRANCE 24.
#Iran #Qatar #Bahrain #oil #GulfStates #war

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Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants -- critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. Bahrain's interior ministry said Sunday that an Iranian drone attack damaged a water desalination plant, accusing Tehran of "randomly" targeting civilian infrastructure. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.
#Iran #GulfStates #water #war #desalination #Bahrain

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday again warned Tehran against taking "provocative steps" after NATO defence systems intercepted a second Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer reports from Ankara.
#Iran #Turkey #war #NATO #MiddleEast #UnitedStates

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U.S. President Donald โ€‹Trump said on Monday he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iran women's soccer team after reports that five players had sought asylum in Australia. FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, says that "the skyrocketing price of oil, the collapse of the stock market, the increasing casualties and the Iranian ability to continue to hit infrastructure are beginning to sober up" US President Donald Trump, adding that "there never was a plan" behind the United States war on Iran.
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Peter McNally, Global Head of Sector Analysts at Third Bridge, says that "the duration of the outage in the Middle East is going to be the biggest factor" in the G7's decision to tap into strategic oil reserves, adding that US President Donald Trump has "very few" options to keep energy prices down in the short term "other than to make demand go lower".
#Iran #oil #Trump #war #energy #StraitofHormuz

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Iran remains mostly cut off to the world, with access to foreign press is heavily restricted and internet in the country is only working at around one percent of its usual capacity. Nevertheless, Ershad Alijani, from France 24's the Observers, has been able to exclusively interview some people from inside the country. How do anti-regime Iranians feel about war, now they are living under incessant bombing?
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Ten days after the first US-Israeli strikes, the close relationship between the allies is experiencing its first strains as Donald #Trump faces growing pressure over the impact of the war against Iran. The #US president said on Monday that the war would be over 'soon', arguing that Iran no longer had a โ€˜navyโ€™, โ€˜air forceโ€™ or 'telecommunications'. #Israel though appears set on inflicting irreversible damage on the Iranian regime. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
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The U.S. military "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any โ€‹mines laid in โ€Œthe Strait by Iran must be removed immediately. Trump previously said the U.S. had "completely destroyed" โ 10 inactive mine-laying vessels. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.
#Iran #StraitofHormuz #oil #shipping

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Donald Trump says he's weighing lifting oil sanctions in an effort to keep energy prices down, in a move that is seen benefiting Russia and its financing of the war in Ukraine. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Sergey Vakulenko, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre, explains that sanctions have done little so far to stem oil exports, but a crude shortage is much more likely to boost Russian energy sales abroad.
#Iran #Russia #oil #war #Ukraine
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Reporting from Doha in Qatar for FRANCE 24, journalist Hoda Abdel-Hamid explains that the Gulf region will undergo "a complete reset at the end of this war" as a result of the relentless strikes from Iranian drones and missiles, "whether it is on the military side, rethinking the need or use of the US assets around the region, or people thinking about moving or not" to the area.
#Iran #Qatar #UAE #war #Kuwait #Bahrain

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It is the centerpiece of Iran's oil industry. Located some 25 kilometers, or 15 miles, off the shore of mainland Iran, Kharg Island is a small but vital strip of land, for the Iranian regime. Around 90% of its crude oil exports pass through here. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin reports.
#Iran #oil #Hormuz #war #MiddleEast #energy #trade

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While Iranian forces continue to block the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries around 20 percent of global oil supplies, a number of ships linked to China have managed to transit through the strait, leaving some to speculate a deal has been made between Beijing and Tehran.
#Iran #Hormuz #China #shipping #trade #war #UnitedStates #oil

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