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Iran Claims US Struck Fishing Boats Near Qeshm Island, State Media Reports

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Iran Claims US Struck Fishing Boats Near Qeshm Island, State Media Reports

💥 QESHM — Tehran's state media just turned fishing boats into a casus belli. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A provincial official — not IRGC, not MFA — is the source, routed through state media. Deniable enough for diplomacy, loud enough for domestic mobilization. Qeshm hosts Iran's naval special forces. If Washington struck, Epic Fury is already underway. If it didn't, Tehran just built the pretext Khamenei's "no geographic limits" order needs. Either reading moves the November 3 clock.

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