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NEW: US President Donald Trump called for the Strait of Hormuz to “immediately open” without tolls and with the removal of mines. Iran has, in recent days, used force to try to create the reality that Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s demands for “control” of the Strait of Hormuz directly contradict Trump’s position. These Iranian demands would be a fundamental change to long-held international maritime law and are at odds with the free flow of commerce. (1/2) Other Key Takeaways: US Central Command has continued to respond to Iranian efforts to use force to create the reality that Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, most recently by issuing a notice to mariners and airmen on May 29 that the US Navy will conduct military operations north of the Musandam Peninsula in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials continue to indicate that Iran will not accept or make concessions on US President Donald Trump’s most recent demands regarding Iran’s nuclear program, which include not producing a nuclear weapon and agreeing to “destroy” or move its highly enriched uranium (HEU) stockpile. The US Treasury Department has sanctioned five front companies supporting the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff-controlled Sepehr Energy Jahan Nama Pars Company on May 28, for facilitating Iranian oil shipments, including exports to the People’s Republic of China. US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied Iranian claims that Iranian air defense systems downed US aircraft near Bushehr Province in southern Iran on May 28. Saudi officials complained to the United States in early April that the UAE’s involvement in US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran increased the risk that Iran would target regional energy facilities, according to the Wall Street Journal. It is unclear on which day the UAE strikes began, based on this reporting, but Iran first struck Gulf energy infrastructure on March 1, when it hit a structure at Jabel Ali Port’s oil terminal in Dubai, UAE, and Ras Tanura Refinery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Hezbollah has adapted to increasing IDF night operations by fielding thermal camera-equipped first-person view (FPV) drones that enable nighttime attacks, after the IDF began nighttime operations to make it harder for Hezbollah to launch FPV drone attacks on them. Hezbollah, subsequently, appears to be dictating the pace of adaptation to the IDF at this time by quickly overcoming relatively rudimentary Israeli countermeasures.

Saudis told him not to return to war.