Military Strikes Against the Islamic Republic

BREAkING: Initial reports of a Houthi missile strike against a Saudi-linked vessel trying to pass through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. 3 sailors reportedly killed: 2 Pakistanis and an Indonesian. 🇸🇦🇾🇪🇵🇰🇮🇩

Kepler Shipping Data Company reported that ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to less than half of the average from recent days. According to this report, ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz on August 10 fell to six vessels, a figure that shows a significant decline compared to the average of 11 vessels in recent days. Before the war began, typically around 130 to 140 ships passed through this strait daily. Sajedeh Sharifi, a reporter for Iran International, reports

Hossein Aghaei, editorial member of Iran International, referring to the election of a new regime's Fardanandan by Mojtabai Khamenei, said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is using the Tendroutine system to manage the conditions of the war and strengthen the preparations for a possible confrontation with America and Israel. He added that this erection was carried out with the constitution of Stad Kol Nirohaye Armed Forces and Khatmalanpiyeh Decision, with the aim of maximizing Fermandeh's bargaining power and conquering Hemangi between Pasdaran and Artesh's Sepah.

Ismail Baqaei, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, said that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is conditional on the lifting of the U.S. maritime blockade. Baqaei said that in negotiations with Oman, there was no discussion about collecting tolls from ships, but the Islamic Republic is seeking to collect maritime service fees. Nilufar Mansouri, a reporter for Iran International, reports

🚨🇺🇸🦀 گزارش‌ها: رژیم تروریستی جمهوری اسلامی تهدید کرده تنگه هرمز را تا پایان دوره ریاست‌جمهوری پرزیدنت ترامپ بسته نگه دارد بر اساس اظهارات منتسب به یک منبع ارشد رژیم و مجید شاکری، مشاور رئیس طویله مجلس، این تهدید تا سال ۲۰۲۹ ادامه خواهد داشت مگر آن‌که آمریکا مجموعه خواسته‌های رژیم را بپذیرد. این خواسته‌ها شامل ۳۰۰ میلیارد دلار غرامت، آزادسازی تا ۱۰۰ میلیارد دلار دارایی مسدودشده، لغو تحریم‌ها، خروج نیروهای آمریکایی از منطقه، پایان محاصره دریایی و پذیرش عوارض عبور کشتی‌ها از تنگه هرمز عنوان شده است.

🚨🇸🇦🇴🇲🇦🇪🦀 Update/More than 15 oil tankers linked to Saudi Arabia, mostly giant empty tankers, have been observed moving toward Oman, the UAE, and the Persian Gulf. Saudi maritime transport is under pressure amid threats from the Islamic Republic's Houthi terrorist group in Bab al-Mandab and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Assessments indicate these tankers may be repositioning to load in the Persian Gulf, transit the Strait of Hormuz, or conduct ship-to-ship transfers outside the strait.

کامیار بهرنگ، عضو تحریریه ایران‌اینترنشنال، گفت بعد از کشته شدن سران سپاه پاسداران از سوی اسرائیل و آمریکا، تعدادی جایگاه خالی می‌شود که به هر صورت باید پر شوند. انتصاب‌های جدید در ساختار جمهوری اسلامی را باید در کنار تغییرات اخیر در شورای عالی امنیت ملی دید و هدف مجتبی خامنه‌ای از این انتصاب‌ها، تثبیت نفوذ و تشکیل شبکه‌ای از نیروهای وفادار به خود است. او افزود سپردن مسئولیت‌های جدید به حسین طائب، از جمله تقویت «اطلاعات مردمی»، نشان می‌دهد جمهوری اسلامی در حال تقویت ساختارهای اطلاعاتی، بسیج و سرکوب داخلی است.

Hossein Hosseini, spokesperson for the Union of Exporters of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Products of Iran, told the "90 Economic" channel that the Masoud Pezeshkian's government is seeking to implement an energy card scheme for each family, which includes quotas for gasoline, gas, and electricity. He added that this model is similar to Canada's; in such a way that each household has a specific quota of energy carriers, and if a family does not consume its quota, it can sell the surplus in the energy exchange.

🚨🇺🇸🦀 President Trump: We Have 100 Percent Control of the Strait of Hormuz In response to a journalist's question about the timing of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said: "The Strait is open right now. We have neutralized all the mines present throughout the Strait and have 100 percent control of it."

🚨🇮🇱🦀 Israel's Channel 14 reported that the leader of the Islamic Republic's terrorist regime has asked Ahmad Vahidi, commander of the terrorist IRGC group, to make the necessary preparations for carrying out a powerful offensive operation against the enemy.

Did you know that CENTCOM originated in the 1980s? The Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan prompted President Jimmy Carter to establish the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) in March 1980, creating a flexible force to protect U.S. interests in the Middle East. Recognizing the need for a more enduring presence, on Jan. 1, 1983, President Ronald Reagan transformed the RDJTF into United States Central Command.

Libya: LNA military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Fawzi al Mansouri was assassinated in a car bombing outside his home in Benghazi. Separately, Libya’s National Oil Corporation says a drone attack struck the Zawiya refinery early Tuesday, hitting its oil blending and packaging facility. No group has yet to take responsibility for either of these attacks.

According to Iran's Foreign Ministry, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on the lifting of the U.S. maritime blockade. At the same time, the parliament, by approving the general principles of the bill "Ensuring Sustainable Security of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf," has entered into discussions about the future of this waterway and the transformation of the Islamic Republic's policies regarding this strait into law.

Morad Vaisi, senior analyst at Iran International, said: "After the killing of two layers of senior officials and prominent military commanders of the Islamic Republic in the war with Israel and America, now Mojtaba Khamenei, the new leader, in circumstances where no one has yet seen him in public, has appointed new commanders for the armed forces and also designated Mohsen Rezaei, the former IRGC commander, as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, which is now the most important governmental institution of the Islamic Republic after the leader."

Question: Can you give us an estimate of when you think the Strait of Hormuz will be open? Trump: It’s open now. We control the strait. Can Iran make trouble? Yeah.

The price of Brent crude oil in the market has surpassed the $84 mark. The reason cited is the uncertainty surrounding the status of the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials have told Axios that eight million barrels of oil are transported out of the Strait of Hormuz daily, in coordination with the United States military. Interview with Homayoun Falakshahi, oil and energy expert at the Kepler Institute

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Mojtaba Khamenei, by issuing separate decrees, appointed six senior commanders and managers in the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the Basij. These appointments, following recent changes in the Supreme National Security Council, have heightened speculation about the Islamic Republic's new approach toward war and negotiations. Interview with Masoud Kazemi, journalist, and Ruhollah Rahimpour, political analyst

IRGC: "If the Zionist regime, criminal America, and their allies have the intention of casting even the slightest aggressive glance toward the islands of Nazat, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa island in the Persian Gulf--by the help of and reliance on divine power, we will put an end to them. We will make this very Persian Gulf their burial site, and we will tear their eyes from their sockets."

🚨🦀 Hatef Mardani, Mercenary Terrorist Veterinarian and member of the Basij force who has been involved in the suppressions in Shahrekord.