BREAKING: Iran's IRGC is now ready to execute "Operation True Promise 5" against Israel tonight, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei having authorized the full-scale resumption of war and Iran's Supreme National Security Council convening an emergency session, saying a "painful and decisive response" will come in response to Beirut strikes, per Iranian state TV.
Iran has issued an evacuation warning to all residents in northern Israeli territory to immediately leave, with coordinates of Israeli targets now transferred to missile units.
MY THOUGHTS: As the days go by and the U.S. naval blockade continues, I expect Iran to escalate further this week and in the weeks that follow.
The U.S. wants a deal, and the U.S. clearly doesn’t want the bombing to continue.
Iran is showing the U.S. that it is not desperate for a deal.
The only way the U.S. goes back to war is if Iran makes a mistake and pushes the U.S. a little too far.
Iran wants the initiative. What happens next is based on Iran’s next move.
Raman needed to beat Pratt by 8.7 points in the remaining vote today. Instead, she won this drop by 22.5 points, and it was a large batch.
That puts Nithya Raman on track to join Karen Bass in a November runoff between two Democrats.
BREAKING: Iran is exercising full operational control over the Strait of Hormuz today with over 100 IRGC Navy speedboats visible in a major formation along their designated route 55km northwest of Qeshm Island, per Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
City vibes are hard to explain right now. There’s a guy smoking a cigar and holding a broom and everyone is shaking his hand as if he’s an essential worker during the pandemic.
BREAKING: Plumes of smoke rising from the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain following the Iranian ballistic missile and drone barrage, per Tasnim.