U.S.–Iran Conflict & Oil Market News

Possibility of Confiscation of US Soldiers' Mobile Phones in the Region 🔺Brad Cooper, the head of the US Central Command known as CENTCOM, has warned that mobile phone videos shared online could help Iran target American bases, and sources have told Reuters that soon some stationed personnel will be ordered to hand over their phones.

A strong statement from the Islamic Resistance of Nujaba Iraq against the United States and Saudi Arabia 🔺The Nujaba movement of Iraq stated in a statement that it will never allow the American and Saudi oppressors to violate Iraqi soil without paying a heavy price for their interests and security.

Rear Admiral Sayyari: No movement in the Strait of Hormuz occurs without Iran's permission. 🔺 The Chief of Staff and Deputy Coordinator of the Army stated that no movement in the Strait of Hormuz takes place without permission from the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), referring to Tehran's control over the eastern Strait of Hormuz, the northern Indian Ocean, and the Sea of Oman.

Explosion sound heard in Erbil 🔺Reports indicate that an explosion sound has been heard in Erbil, the center of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Europe refuses the U.S. proposal for a joint patrol in the Strait of Hormuz 🔺According to Politico, America's European allies have declined to support the U.S. plan for joint patrols in the Strait of Hormuz, stating that a permanent ceasefire with Iran must be achieved before they would enter into such plans.

Iraqi analyst: The attack on Iraq was America's revenge for the million-strong funeral of Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. 🔺 An Iraqi analyst stated that the Iraqi resistance strongly denied the excuses for the Saudi-American aggression against Iraq and emphasized that this attack was America's revenge for the million-strong funeral of Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. 🔺 Al-Ataouani considered the early morning attack on Iraq as "direct revenge and retaliation" for this funeral and explained regarding the accusations against the Iraqi resistance that the Islamic resistance groups have enough courage to announce their operations and have previously taken responsibility for operations against American bases in Iraq and the depth of the Zionist regime.

A tumultuous night in Western Asia; from missile attacks on a US base to the halting of three oil tankers 🔺As tensions escalated between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States in the Western Asian region and the Persian Gulf, the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted the US airbase and Central Command headquarters in Jordan with multiple ballistic missiles early Wednesday morning. 🔺At the same time, the Navy of the Revolutionary Guards reported hitting and stopping three transgressing oil tankers on their managed routes in the Strait of Hormuz. 🔺These developments come amid joint US and Saudi attacks on resistance bases in Iraq, explosions reported in Erbil and Basra, and intensive diplomatic consultations between Tehran and Kyiv and Brussels.

Russia: We targeted 2 Ukrainian ships 🔺Russian Defense Ministry: We targeted at least 2 Ukrainian vessels, including a ship carrying military cargo in the Black Sea and another vessel in the port of Mykolaiv.

The issue of Iran's new plan to assert sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: 🔺Each vessel must have one route completely (outbound or inbound) in Iranian waters, and part of its second route must also be in Iranian waters. 🔺We need to see if the Omanis accept this; decisions will be made afterwards.

A military official strongly denied any connection between the missiles fired from other countries towards targets in Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic in response to the statements made by the Saudi defense minister. This military official stated in an interview with the state news agency: 🔺Attributing any actions against U.S. interests in the region to the Islamic Republic of Iran is a major miscalculation stemming from ignorance of the regional situation.

A quarter of the world's oil has been disrupted. According to the Wall Street Journal report: 🔺Disruptions in two strategic waterways, the Strait of Hormuz (20%) and Bab-el-Mandeb (5%), have disrupted about a quarter (25%) of global crude oil supply.

Iraqi sources reported hearing several explosions in Erbil, Iraq.