[US-Israel, Iran War Day #133] Trump Sees Iran Tanker Attacks as Terrorism

In Brief…

• US President Donald Trump says Iran has asked to continue talks with Washington and that the US has agreed. However, he warned that the ceasefire is over, saying Washington had made that clear to Tehran “in no uncertain terms.”
• Qatar is pressing Iran and the United States to uphold their memorandum, with Qatari negotiators in Tehran for US-coordinated talks focused on de-escalation and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
• The governor of Konarak in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province said a naval military area in the city was targeted in two waves of airstrikes by fighter jets.
• A senior official in Iran’s southern Bushehr province said explosions heard in the city on Thursday were caused by air defense fire against US drones, while a military site on the outskirts of Bushehr was also struck by what he called a “US-Israeli” projectile. A US official, however, told CNN the US was not conducting any airstrikes in Iran.
• Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday the military was “alert and prepared for the resumption of the campaign” in Iran and ready to carry out “blue-and-white” (independent Israeli) strikes there “even for a third time.”

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] US to keep targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader with sanctions, Bessent says