Iran
Beijing calls on Tehran to restore shipping through the key waterway as the U.S. enforces naval blockade and tightens sanctions pressure.
Ten ships have been turned back and none has broken through since the blockade began, according to the U.S. military.
The Israeli prime minister added that the Jewish state is set to eliminate the “great stronghold” of Bint Jbeil, “the place where Hassan Nasrallah said 26 years ago, ‘The Israelis are cobwebs.’”
The department is “targeting regime elites like the Shamkhani family that attempt to profit at the expense of the Iranian people,” said Scott Bessent, U.S. treasury secretary.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a press briefing that Iran’s decision to bomb its Arab neighbors may prove to be one of its “fatal mistakes,” as Gulf countries squeeze Iranian funds.
The sentences follow “fast-tracked trials conducted without due process” and “reliance on torture-tainted forced ‘confessions’ as evidence,” the Center for Human Rights in Iran stated.
Negotiators are reportedly seeking compromises on Iran’s nuclear program, freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and compensation for wartime damages.
The Nazareth resident was accused of photographing military and energy sites for an Iranian handler in exchange for payment.
Iran is said to have obtained a Chinese spy satellite in 2024 that helped the IRGC target U.S. military sites during the recent war.
“U.S. forces maintain maritime superiority in the Middle East,” said Adm. Brad Cooper; Trump: the Iran war is “very close to over.”
“Will someone please tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent, completely unarmed, protesters,” the president wrote.
