[US-Israel, Iran War Day #21] Oil Prices Surge as Infrastructure Hit, Israel Strikes Over 200 targets

In Brief…

• US President Donald Trump on Friday said NATO allies were failing to support efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Without the U.S.A., NATO is a paper tiger.” He also said no more leader is left in Iran to engage in talks.
• Explosions were reported across multiple Iranian cities and a fire broke out at Bandar Lengeh port on Friday. Blasts were also heard in Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Yazd, Bardsir, Baft, Kerman and Arak.
• Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed in strikes carried out by the United States and Israel, IRGC said in a Friday statement.
• US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said senior roles in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are now “temp jobs” and that US forces have pushed Iran’s navy “to the bottom half” of the ocean.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said missile production remains active under wartime conditions and that stockpiles are intact, with a spokesperson pointing to sustained output and warning of more complex operations and “surprises” ahead.
• A US F-35 fighter jet flying a combat mission over Iran made an emergency landing at a US airbase in the Middle East, the Pentagon said, with sources telling CNN they suspect the aircraft may have been hit by Iranian fire.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
Check back for updates.

[UPDATE] US ‘Very Close’ to Meeting Objectives in Campaign Against Iran, Trump says