📑 US tells Israel to halt strikes on Iran's infrastructure — reports

Trump administration asks Israel not to strike Iran's energy infrastructure, Axios reported, citing Israeli officials.

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💬 Iran denies claims that US Navy escorted oil tanker through Hormuz strait

Parliamentary speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf dismissed US claims of successfully escorting tankers through the Strait.

"Maybe on PlayStation!" he wrote on X.

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🗣 Russia limits chaos and energy fallout from Gulf war – expert

👉 Western efforts to ditch Russian energy have failed – leaving Russian oil as the only option, Palestinian international affairs researcher Dr Nidal Rabah tells Sputnik.

💬 "Fear of a global economic collapse could become a key factor in ending the war, especially since the world economy heavily depends on energy and oil," Rabah says, echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning that global markets have reached a dangerous tipping point.

🔊 “Russia is sending a signal to the US that the international system needs clarity in the rules for managing open conflicts, not strategic uncertainty,” the pundit says

🔶 Russia's message underscores that “the world is moving toward a geopolitical economy, not just one based on energy and oil markets”

🔶 Picking and choosing international law and the loss of trust from Western unilateral sanctions and double standards in wars threaten the future of the international system

💬 “Efforts to contain global chaos in this conflict are serious,” the academic says. “Russia is applying diplomatic pressure to this end, while forces that want to fuel the war are pushing in the opposite direction, seeking to prolong it.”

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🔍 US pulls THAAD from South Korea to Middle East — report

Pentagon is moving one of its most advanced missile defense systems from the Korean Peninsula to the Gulf as Iran war intensifies, Washington Post reported.

According to US officials, Patriot interceptors are also being drawn from Indo-Pacific stocks.

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🔥 Wave 37 of Operation True Promise 4 is underway — IRGC

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the continuation of massive strikes against US bases in the region.

New Khorramshahr missiles, each carrying a 2‑ton warhead, launched toward American targets, the statement read.

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🔍 Boeing signs $289M deal to supply Israel with smart bombs — report

The contract covers 5,000 Small Diameter Bombs, a type of precision-guided munition with a range of over 60 kilometers, according to Bloomberg News.

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📹 US claims destroying 16 Iranian minelayers near Strait of Hormuz

The Central Command released footage of strikes targeting multiple Iranian naval vessels, including minelayers, near the world's most critical oil chokepoint.

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⚠️ US strikes caused toxic air and acidic rain over Tehran — Iran to UN

Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani formally lodges complaint after attacks on fuel storage facilities released hazardous pollutants.

"According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, the explosion caused severe air pollution and serious health risks for civilians, especially children, women and elderly, and those with critical health conditions," he stated.

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🇱🇧⚔️ Israeli strikes hit central Beirut

An Israeli air raid targeted residential buildings in Aicha Bakkar, located in the heart of the Lebanese capital.

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🚨 🇮🇷 Iran sets demands for resuming nuclear talks – report

Iranian conditions include, according to Al Mayadeen:

🔸 Guarantees against resumption of war,

🔸 Obtaining complete nuclear fuel cycle

🔸 Compensation

🔊 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi earlier said that resuming negotiations with the US is not an option, as he cited "every bitter experience of talking with Americans" and added that he doesn’t think it "would be on our agenda anymore."

High-stakes talks between the US and Iran over the future of the latter’s nuclear program ended without a deal on February 26. Two days on, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, beginning an ongoing military operation which forced the Islamic Republic to retaliate.

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🚨Iran launches waves of long-range strikes on Israel — IRGC

Kheibar Shekan, Qadr, Khorramshahr missiles — all in the fight.

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🚨 Ukrainian strike on Russia's Bryansk preplanned to kill civilians - lawmaker

💬 "The attack on Bryansk was planned in advance to maximize damage and civilian deaths. The strike on Bryansk is a war crime," Dmitry Belik, a lawmaker of the Russian parliament's lower house and a member of the Committee on International Affairs, told Sputnik.

🔊 "The Ukrainian armed forces are the twin army of the Nazi SS units," he said.

On Tuesday, Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that the Ukrainian forces had launched a missile attack on Bryansk, killing six people and injuring 37 others. The Russian Health Ministry said that 35 wounded had been hospitalized in Bryansk, some in serious condition.

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🗣 🇷🇺 Response to Ukraine's strike on Bryansk to be determined by the military - Kremlin

💬 "The special military operation is moving forward, it must be successful," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia's success in military operation should eliminate danger of attacks on country's territory, similar to attack on Bryansk, he added.

🔊 On Tuesday, Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that the Ukrainian forces had launched a missile attack on Bryansk, killing six people and injuring 37 others. The Russian Health Ministry said that 35 wounded had been hospitalized in Bryansk, some in serious condition.

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