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Iran has set up a controlled shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz where vessels move only after direct coordination and approval from Tehran. Governments including China, Pakistan, India, Iraq, and Malaysia are engaging Iran directly to clear their ships, with the IRGC running a registration and vetting system for passage. At least 9 vessels have already transited using a route close to Larak Island, where Iranian naval and port authorities visually confirm them before exit. In at least one case, a tanker paid around $2 million for passage, marking the first known monetization of access through the strait under this system. Traffic remains limited, but the mechanism is in place. Movement through Hormuz is now structured, negotiated, and filtered through Iranian control rather than open transit.

The UK government is desperately trying to hide this from you. They are literally putting up tarps on the fences of RAF Fairford so the public can't see the massive stockpile of US 2,000lb bombs being prepared to drop on Iran.

“Nobody briefed me in advance that Iran might retaliate against Gulf countries” - Trump This is all like some big parody. Iran quite clearly said they’d retaliate exactly like this. It’s impossible to believe no one told him that in the US. Orange liar.

An Israeli airstrike struck an apartment building in central Beirut, on Wednesday. The Israeli army had warned residents to evacuate about an hour before completely flattening it as day broke.