The Hormuz Letter
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Iranian. The Middle East through the lens of oil, markets, and money.
BREAKING: A projectile struck Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant this morning. One person killed. The fourth strike on the site since the war began. The IAEA confirmed it and Rosatom is evacuating its final staff. 50 volunteers will remain to keep the reactor running. There are 72 metric tons of nuclear fuel and 210 metric tons of spent fuel at this facility. It sits on the Persian Gulf coast. Trump threatened to strike power plants two days ago. This is a nuclear power plant.
BREAKING: A massive line of US Air Force C-17 transport aircraft is currently crossing the Atlantic toward the Middle East, alongside KC-135 refueling tankers. A second wave is already over Europe heading for the eastern Mediterranean. C-17s carry troops, armored vehicles and heavy equipment. This is the largest visible airlift movement since the war began. The Doomsday Plane landed at Andrews tonight for a reason. This may be it.
BREAKING: A massive line of US Air Force C-17 transport aircraft is currently crossing the Atlantic toward the Middle East, alongside KC-135 refueling tankers. A second wave is already over Europe heading for the eastern Mediterranean. C-17s carry troops, armored vehicles and heavy equipment. This is the largest visible airlift movement since the war began. The Doomsday Plane landed at Andrews tonight for a reason. This may be it.
BREAKING: The US Air Force E-4B “Nightwatch,” also known as the Doomsday Plane, has just landed at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. The aircraft is the military’s airborne nuclear command post. It departed from Omaha, home of US Strategic Command. The President is at the White House with his national security team. Press conferences have been cancelled.
NEW: The downed F-15E was from the 494th Fighter Squadron based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, per NBC. European countries have been blocking US military operations all week. Spain closed its airspace. France blocked weapons overflight. Italy refused Sigonella. The UK is the only European country still actively supporting combat operations. Its base just lost an aircraft over Iran.
BREAKING: Massive explosions over Tehran tonight. Cellular outages reported across northern Tehran. Over 10 explosions heard across districts 1 and 2, per reports from the ground. The President’s national security team is currently gathered at the White House.
Trump is staying at the White House instead of returning to Mar-a-Lago for the Easter weekend. He has spent nearly every weekend of his presidency in Florida. His national security team is currently gathered.
BREAKING: Iran claims it shot down another US fighter jet tonight, per state news, Tasnim. Debris images released show what appears to be missile wreckage, not a jet engine. Iran has misidentified aircraft all day, calling this morning’s confirmed F-15E shootdown an F-35.
