Iranian officials said two people were killed and several others wounded in the U.S. attack Sunday night on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan, which were intercepted.

During the lull in fighting, the U.S. has been ratcheting up economic pressure on Iran with the hope of forcing concessions out of Tehran, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.

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In a video statement, CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper declared that efforts by US divers, Navy Seals, and aerial assets have cleared all sea mines laid by Iran in the strait’s international shipping lanes, hailing the achievement as “a major milestone” in facilitating commercial traffic.

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This approach is exactly how Iranian-linked hackers locked municipalities out of their own water systems across multiple states this summer, changing passwords, cutting off access and forcing utilities back to manual pumps and valves. I wasn’t surprised that it happened — I was surprised it took this long. And the scariest part is how little sophistication it took to disrupt something as fundamental as water.

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Source: https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/6047624-iranian-hackers-water-infrastructure/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUXnhJwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6mf_LVwxqXsgHb9Y-Go2ybM0XlPTz0AvsIWON6rxJSsXGDvZBp2ivyz-uMfg_aem_IWY61PGWBg3FALs9QH-V4g

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The United Arab Emirates, which serves as Tehran’s largest supplier of goods, suspended all trade with the Iran over the weekend — nixing $6 billion in cash that went to the regime from exports, as well as access to vital supplies from the outside world.

Dubai — the UAE’s thriving commercial hub — is by far Iran’s largest supplier of goods. The Emirati government finally got fed up with Iran following repeated missile attacks that triggered evacuations for the first time during the war.

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The Strait of Hormuz has always been strategic, but now more than ever. All that oil has to pass, though, and we’ve been talking about the passageway forever. Dad did programs where that was front and center. How’s the war going? There are many reports, and I’m sure every news organization wants an eyewitness. How would you like that job?

People are crazy in the Middle East. I don’t know why, but they are and always have been. Sometimes you hear the most fantastic tales, knowing it never happened, but playing along. I had a good time, but those days are over. 

Who knows what’s going on? You would have to volunteer for some pretty rough duty to know for sure. The Arabs talk big. Don’t believe them. Negotiations are breaking out so that you can hardly keep up. Call us when it’s over. 

People are worrying about WWIII again, buying property in South America and so forth. Me? I don’t want to leave home ever again. Much less go to some bunker in Argentina. The Drudge Report keeps showing pictures of Putin with that angry look on his face. What? He wants to rule the world? Good luck with that. If he survives the comrades, maybe.

What with Elon’s chances of colonizing the moon, we need to get off Earth? That will be the day! I like it here.

Back in the day, my Grandad was just sure that humans wouldn’t be allowed in space. That was the ‘60’s. The music was great but the predictions, not so much. I wish my Grandad could see everything happening now. It would be interesting to get his take. The very idea that we’re still here in 2026! 

But right now we’ve got more trouble than bad predictions. 

Mark

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Iran’s foreign ministry said Wednesday that Iran and Oman have agreed on a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and are putting the final touches on arrangements for jointly managing the waterway.

Reports said the deal, which would renew a US-Iran ceasefire, would preserve Iranian control of the strait’s traffic.

But official sources briefing Iranian media stressed that any reopening of the strait would depend on the United States fulfilling what Tehran sees as a US commitment to end its own naval blockade of Iran’s ports.

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-oman-said-nearing-deal-that-will-restore-us-truce-give-tehran-some-control-over-hormuz/?fbclid=IwY2xjawToggpwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR47YkcqSiTQ7MxpxLcrFZwHYJt6opC2kcMSOk9Cu8nbQjRpXkmuCwlTeLMeYg_aem_Pc8k_jjcWCcMAUzSw0GbTw

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In a rare public execution, the Iranian regime hanged two protesters, Abolfazl Sepahi and Amir Safari, in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on July 28. They were among at least 12 young men sentenced to death for the killing of four police officers during anti-regime protests in Isfahan in January 2026. Two of the other men were executed in prison on July 19.

The regime had prepared for the public executions the evening before, erecting a makeshift stage in Alikhani Square, where authorities claim the four police officers were killed by protesters during the anti-regime demonstrations in January 2026.

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But more than 500 miles away from Kyiv – and just days before meeting Donald Trump at the White House – Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to make an important point.

The ship, which has not been named, was allegedly carrying military cargo between Russia and Iran.

Iran has long been supplying Shahed drones to Russia for its war against Ukraine. Now Russia is fitting them with powerful jet engines, and is believed to be sending them back to Iran for its war against the US.

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Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ukraine-strike-iranian-tanker-message-070000988.html

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The US military said it launched another round of strikes on Iran early Sunday, the third in recent days, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a container ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz and declared the waterway closed until further notice.

Tehran later appeared to target Gulf states and an air base in Jordan, having threatened to expand its response to new US-related targets if it faced new attacks. It was unclear whether it would make good on its Friday threat to possibly target Israel as well if American strikes persisted.

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-strikes-iran-again-after-irgc-attacks-ship-in-hormuz-and-declares-strait-closed-until-further-notice/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTGJjZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeVxmZhOvzCFQCzFhwuSttv35FQU4cKVH9NcjsX11oE_j31mOeXdue5Q0TTTw_aem_cV-3sncjG-9NLZCWlZdxpw

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The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, pursuing a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state amid its ongoing war with the United States and Israel, four sources told the Reuters news agency.

The exclusive report on the move coincided with the final stages of broader negotiations between Tehran and Washington to end the war. Diplomats say those talks involve the release of tens of billions of dollars in Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks under US sanctions.

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Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uae-to-unlock-frozen-iranian-funds-amid-us-ceasefire-push?fbclid=IwY2xjawSmTolleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeIiZar6ioLtDv7lRGWR__QCTf17BvwGE-C1c_1c19RSLuxxvfOLMAJ5EPduE_aem_A0rWNS_3f-KNzhK5hgb5GA

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