IRAN WAR NEWS

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran: We're gonna hit 'em very hard tonight, and we're gonna hit 'em hard tomorrow. And there's not a damn thing they can do about it. They have nothing going other than they have big mouths.

🥺 🇮🇷 OIL PRICES COULD RISE TO $200: THE HOUTHIS HAVE SUGGESTED THEY MAY BLOCK THE BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT, ACCORDING TO FARS. "The Bab el-Mandeb Strait will join the Strait of Hormuz, and oil prices will reach $200," said Mohammed al-Farah, a member of the political bureau of Ansar Allah.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 The U.S. says it will enforce a naval blockade on all Iranian ports and coastal waters starting 14 July, 20:00 GMT, and all ships—regardless of their country's flag—will be subject to it.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: POTUS is absolutely right. Whoever provides secure and safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz should be compensated for this service. Iran has always been the GUARDIAN of the Strait and will remain so FOREVER. 20% is of course too much. We will be fair.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 THE UNITED NATIONS SAID IT SEES NO LEGAL BASIS FOR IMPOSING THE MANDATORY 20% FEE FOR TRANSIT THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED BY TRUMP. The International Maritime Organization also said it is awaiting further clarification on the proposal and opposes the imposition of mandatory fees for passage through international straits.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 THE RENEWED NAVAL BLOCKADE HAS NOT YET TAKEN EFFECT DUE TO A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY SHIPOWNERS 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, ACCORDING TO AXIOS. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND (CENTCOM) WILL ANNOUNCE THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE LATER ON MONDAY.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 U.S. forces used sea drones in combat for the first time, striking an Iranian naval maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 SENIOR ADVISER TO IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER: WITHDRAWING FROM THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ANY IRANIAN. "WE ARE DEFENDING IT SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY THE ENEMY A TOLL FOR THE PASSAGE OF OUR SHIPS."

💬 🇺🇸 Trump: The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran. We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait. The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as “THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World. The process and formation will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran: Iran was minutes away from a nuclear weapon.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump: 5.2% of presidents are killed, and 8.5% are shot. Being the president is dangerous.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran: We are going to keep the strait. We will probably run it. We will become the guardian of the strait, and when we do that, we will be reimbursed for it. We guarded the strait for 50 years, and we never got paid for it. We guarded it for nothing, but now we will make money.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲 THE UNITED STATES PREVENTED IRAN AND OMAN FROM REACHING AN AGREEMENT ON SHIPPING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BY PRESSURING MUSCAT, ACCORDING TO IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY. "The United States prevented an agreement on this issue by exerting both overt and covert pressure on Oman," the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱🇺🇸 Netanyahu is expected to travel to the United States next week to attend Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral, with a possible meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the visit, according to Israeli media.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Iran allegedly planned to assassinate Trump during his visit to Türkiye. A Western intelligence service intercepted the plot and warned U.S. officials, prompting them to switch the aircraft Trump used for his return flight to Washington. - N12

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 CENTCOM: Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. It remains an international waterway. U.S. forces are positioned and prepared to keep it that way.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 CENTCOM: The Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels seeking to lawfully transit the international waterway. U.S. forces are positioned and prepared to ensure that freedom of navigation remains available despite unwarranted Iranian aggression, harassment, threats, and arbitrary declarations. Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing.

💬 🇮🇷 Reza Pahlavi: I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, a steadfast friend of the Iranian people and a proud defender of freedom. At moments when moral clarity was required, Senator Graham stood on the right side. When friends were seldom found, he stood alongside the people of Iran in their struggle against tyranny.

💬 🇮🇷 Iranian MP Ebrahim Rezaei: We have taken control of the Strait of Hormuz with power, and we will preserve it with power as well.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died.