BREAKING: Iran says it will withdraw from the US ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to violate it by attacking Lebanon.
Source: Iran’s Tasnim news agency
Iran's IRGC Navy says the Strait of Hormuz will “never return to its former state” for the US and Israel, adding it is in the final stages of operational preparations for what officials describe as a “new order” in the Gulf.
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Meanwhile, it has been a highly eventful 3-day weekend, one of the most eventful weekends of the Iran War yet.
President Trump has threatened to "reign hell" on Iran, declared Tuesday as "Power Plant and Bridge Day," and US forces embarked on one of the most complicated rescue missions in history.
Iran's response has effectively been to "troll" President Trump on social media and threaten to "make the entire region hell if you escalate further."
President Trump wants the Strait of Hormuz open, but Iran won't open it. And, new US intelligence suggests Iran is "unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon."
Why won't they open it? Because pressure through capital markets and the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is Iran's primary form of leverage in this war.
Furthermore, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament began hinting at a potential closure of the Bab al-Mandab Strait this weekend in the Red Sea, which accounts for ~7 million barrels of daily oil supply.
Oil prices closed Thursday at $112/barrel and we believe we could see $120+/barrel as soon as tonight without de-escalation.
A highly volatile week is ahead of us.
BREAKING: President Trump announces he will be having a news conference with the US Military at 1 PM ET tomorrow.
This is just 3 hours after his “48 hour warning” to Iran expires.
He also just declared Tuesday as “power plant and bridge day.”
We will be covering it real-time.
Current situation:
1. Iran is providing investment advice to US traders claiming pre-market news is a "reverse indicator"
2. The US is removing sanctions on Russian crude oil
3. Russia is assisting Iran with intelligence and strikes on US bases
4. China is actively calling for an immediate end to the Iran War
5. Spain has banned the US from using their military bases for strikes on Iran
6. President Trump is saying the US no longer needs NATO
Talk about a turn of events.
The United States is expected to have deployed sufficient ground forces to the Middle East by early next week, including thousands of Marines and Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, to enable a potential ground operation in Iran, a U.S. source told i24NEWS.
lando on how battery deployment makes racing feel like yo-yoing:
"honestly some of the racing, i didn't even want to overtake lewis. it’s just that my battery deploys, i don't want it to deploy, but i can't control it.
so, i overtake him, and then i have no battery left, so he just flies past. this is not racing, this is yo-yoing. even though he [hamilton] says it's not, it is yo-yoing."
🗣️ Fernando Alonso: “There is no fun… overtakes now are unintentional, you find yourself with a superior battery to the car in front and either you crash into them or overtake them — it’s more of an evasive manoeuvre than an overtake.” #F1
🚨 Carlos Sainz CARGA contra la F1 por el accidente de Bearman: "Los adelantamientos no son adelantamientos, sino rebases"
"A la F1 le viene el parón muy bien. Llevamos avisando de que un accidente así era cuestión de tiempo".
"Espero que la F1 recapacite y escuche a los pilotos, porque este reglamento tiene LAGUNAS y problemas que tiene que solucionar antes de ir a Miami".
"Esto no son adelantamientos de F1, sino son autopistas donde pulsas el botón de 'boost' y pasas".
#F1 #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵