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BREAKING: The U.S. and Israel are now directly posturing for fresh strikes against Iran, as dozens of Israeli fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft reportedly flew more than 800 miles through Syrian and Iraqi airspace toward Iran’s border along a route consistent with an actual attack, per Axios and Israel’s Channel 12.
The overnight sortie came on the same day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Netanyahu, with Israeli aircraft reportedly approaching Iran’s border before turning back. Israel notified Washington in advance and described the operation as a “power projection” exercise.
U.S. officials reportedly believe Israel knew Iranian air defenses would detect the aircraft, with some believing the maneuver was intended to provoke Tehran into firing first and provide justification for a wider strike.
BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC Navy now announces that it struck four oil vessels in the northern Persian Gulf and that three more hit naval mines near the Strait of Hormuz, bringing the total to seven vessels reportedly targeted in a single night, as Brent crude surges above $111 per barrel, nearing $112, per the IRGC statement.
The IRGC says the four vessels were hit simultaneously while conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers and caught fire, while the other three allegedly struck mines west of the Strait.
Meanwhile, oil markets are under mounting pressure, with Brent crude climbing above $111 per barrel toward $112, with further increases expected as Trump reportedly weighs a preemptive strike on Iran.
BREAKING: Iranian officials now believe a joint U.S.-Israeli attack is imminent and instructing the country’s armed forces to directly activate the decentralized “Mosaic Defense” doctrine, with commanders reportedly receiving extensive lists of U.S. economic and political targets to strike if war erupts, per Fars News.
A senior Iranian security official warned that U.S. political assets and infrastructure in countries participating in the conflict could be directly targeted. The doctrine disperses military command across 31 provincial commands, designed to allow Iran to continue fighting even if its central leadership is attacked.
BREAKING: Donald Trump now announces the United States is “not negotiating” with Iran, and a major development is expected “fairly soon,” telling reporters, “Most people seem to think it’s after the election, we’re gonna see what happens,” per NewsNation’s White House correspondent.
The declaration comes directly after Haaretz cited White House sources saying Trump shifted his position and is now considering a major preemptive strike on Iran, driven by intelligence assessments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after his secret meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu.
The diplomatic track is officially dead. It lands as Washington orders the complete evacuation of its embassy staff from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, pulling its diplomats out while positioning a third carrier strike group in the region. The window for a deal has closed, and the next phase is coming soon.
BREAKING: Donald Trump has now shifted his position in the past few hours and is now reportedly considering a major preemptive strike on Iran, after giving significant weight to intelligence and assessments presented by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following his meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, per Haaretz’s correspondent in the Israeli Knesset.
Comes days after Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel earlier this week and held talks with Netanyahu.
Meanwhile, the US just ordered the complete evacuation of its embassy staff and families from Saudi Arabia, with families in the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Bahrain also ordered to leave immediately.
BREAKING: The U.S. is now ordering the complete evacuation of its embassy in Saudi Arabia, with all American staff and their families instructed to depart immediately, according to a diplomatic source cited by AFP.
The evacuation order reportedly extends to the families of embassy staff in the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Bahrain, signaling a major escalation.
BREAKING: The U.S. is now ordering the complete evacuation of its embassy in Saudi Arabia, with all American staff and their families instructed to depart immediately, according to a diplomatic source cited by AFP.
The evacuation order reportedly extends to the families of embassy staff in the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Bahrain, signaling a major escalation.
BREAKING: Netanyahu now announces he has instructed the IDF, Mossad, and all security agencies to prepare for the overthrow of Iran’s leadership, claiming Tehran is once again pursuing nuclear weapons and declaring “regime change the only way to eliminate the threat,” per Israeli media.
Meanwhile, Iron Dome Tamir interceptor missiles were reportedly spotted moving through northern Israel, being transported for loading into the defense batteries.
This follows Trump’s last-minute intervention earlier this month, halting a fully prepared Israeli multi-day bombing campaign over fears of an energy price spike before the US midterms. With air defenses reloading and Netanyahu ordering the dismantling of Iran's leadership, the region is bracing for the exact confrontation Washington just tried to postpone.
Iron Dome Tamir interceptor missiles were reportedly spotted moving through northern Israel. @cym27s
BREAKING: Iran now announces that any attack, joint or separate, by the U.S. or Israel will be treated as an all-out war, with a senior security official saying that Tehran has made a “definitive decision” to respond “without any limits or restraint” and has placed its military on the highest alert, per Press TV.
The warning comes as Netanyahu reportedly continues pushing for a strike on Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure before Israel’s October 27 election, despite Trump halting a planned multi-day bombing campaign at the last minute to avoid a wider war ahead of the U.S. midterms. Israeli media reports that Netanyahu is now weighing an attack without Washington’s backing.
Tehran is making its position clear: if Netanyahu launches a unilateral attack, Iran says it will treat it as a joint U.S.-Israeli operation and retaliate without limits or restraint.
BREAKING: Israel almost launched a multi-day bombing campaign against Iran’s military, nuclear, and energy infrastructure, but the operation was halted at the last minute because Trump opposed starting a major war before the U.S. midterms, per the Financial Times.
The IDF was fully prepared to strike on the weekend of October 10, with targets including civilian infrastructure, nuclear sites, and decapitation strikes.
Netanyahu, trailing in the polls, wanted the strikes to rally his base before Israel's October 27 election, while Trump blocked it to avoid an energy price surge that would hurt Republicans on November 3.
Reports also suggest Netanyahu might attack Iran as early as this week before the election without Trump’s approval.
BREAKING: The U.S. is now preparing to completely abandon Gulf countries, as Trump envoy Tom Barrack directly warns Gulf allies that Washington can no longer guarantee their security indefinitely, telling regional officials in Doha that they must take responsibility for their own defense, signalling the end of the U.S. security umbrella in the Middle East, per the Wall Street Journal.
Barrack said the 80-year-old U.S. security-for-oil arrangement is no longer sustainable, pointing to regional defense partnerships as the way forward. The warning comes as Gulf states face Iranian strikes on U.S. military infrastructure and growing uncertainty over Washington’s future military commitment to the region.
BREAKING: Iran has rejected U.S.-backed Pakistani proposals for negotiations, with SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei ruling out talks until Washington fulfills Tehran’s seven conditions, per the Tehran Times.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf delivered the same blunt message to Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir during his mediation visit to Tehran: “We have no new message.”
Reports of a US-Iran diplomatic breakthrough are completely false and designed to manipulate the oil market — and that actually worked.
BREAKING: Iranian officials are deliberately dragging out negotiations with Washington to completely crush Donald Trump’s hopes of a diplomatic victory ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, per senior Iranian officials cited by Reuters.
Tehran believes keeping the conflict unresolved and refusing major concessions could intensify political pressure on Trump as the war drives up energy prices.
“Iran is preparing for renewed Israeli and US attacks, not for a deal with America to end the war,” one Iranian official said.
Iran also says its military remains at the highest state of alert, preparing for the possibility of renewed attacks.
BREAKING: The U.S. and Israel are now signaling preparations for another potential wave of attacks on Iran as the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth secretly flew to Israel today to meet Benjamin Netanyahu and Emirati officials at Ovda Air Base, discussing a possible resumption of major combat operations against Iran just eight days before Israel's election, per two sources cited by Axios.
The meeting took place at the base where US refueling aircraft, fighter jets and personnel are deployed.
Meanwhile, the IDF has ordered a military-wide leave suspension starting Thursday and raised alert levels to the highest state, with command centers staffed at wartime strength.
BREAKING: Iran now announces it has shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz, with the IRGC saying the aircraft was the 54th American MQ-9 destroyed and was intercepted by a new advanced air defense system under the country's integrated air defense network, per ISNA.
The announcement came as anti-ship missiles and drones were launched from Hormozgan Province toward the Strait of Hormuz, with explosions reported in the waterway. Heavy GPS jamming has also returned to the Persian Gulf, while local reports from Bandar Abbas described two massive explosion waves and seismic tremors around 04:10 and 04:12 local time.
BREAKING: The U.S. might have started a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, with multiple local reports from Bandar Abbas documenting significant seismic disturbances and powerful shockwaves, as residents at 04:10 and 04:12 local time experienced two massive explosion waves and a severe tremor accompanied by muffled sounds, per local reports.
Witnesses described violent shaking akin to an earthquake or major explosion, with vibrations felt particularly in residential areas near the air base quarters.
The blasts come as heavy GPS jamming returns to the Persian Gulf.
BREAKING: The U.S. might have started a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, with multiple local reports from Bandar Abbas documenting significant seismic disturbances and powerful shockwaves, as residents at 04:10 and 04:12 local time experienced two massive explosion waves and a severe tremor accompanied by muffled sounds, per local reports.
Witnesses described violent shaking akin to an earthquake or major explosion, with vibrations felt particularly in residential areas near the air base quarters.
The blasts come as heavy GPS jamming returns to the Persian Gulf.
