Iran Denies Link to Projectiles Fired at Saudi Arabia Amid Diplomatic Push

🛢️ RIYADH — Iran called Riyadh for cover today; now it's denying its own missiles. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran's denial is standard — plausible deniability while proxies deliver pressure. But Iran FM called Riyadh this morning for diplomatic cover; projectiles landing now destroy that goodwill in hours. MBS cannot publicly advance Oman's mediation while Saudi facilities burn. Thursday's Gulf-backed Hormuz formula just lost its consensus pillar.

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Declassified Footage Shows Rescue of US Pilots After F-15E Shot Down Over Iran

🎖️ CENTCOM — US aircraft were operating inside Iranian airspace in April. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: 60 Minutes airing this now — Day 199 — is deliberate. A downed F-15E over Iran means US sorties penetrated Iranian territory months ago, losses were concealed, and two pilots were extracted alive. Every prior US statement about operational

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Houthis Seize More Red Sea Islands, Tightening Bab el-Mandeb Grip

⚓ RED SEA — More islands fall; yesterday's counter-strikes didn't hold the line. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Each new island deepens Houthi fire coverage across Bab el-Mandeb — the corridor Riyadh needs to break its encirclement. Yemen's IRG struck Mocha and Dhubab yesterday; ground positions held anyway.

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IRGC Claims Drone Shot Down Over Hormuz Strait

🛡️ HORMUZ — IRGC shoots down a drone; whose drone matters most. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Unattributed origin is the key variable. US surveillance drones run Hormuz daily; Israeli assets have been active nearby. IRGC claiming the intercept publicly is deterrence — Tehran wants this on record regardless of source. With Muscat collapsed and Hormozgan

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Oil Shipping Costs Surge as Dual-Strait Crisis Tightens Supply Routes

🚢 SHIPPING — The blockade's invoice is arriving, not just at the pump. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Hormuz at seven transits and Bab el-Mandeb closed, tanker operators are repricing war risk into freight rates — costs flowing directly into import prices for Europe and Asia. War-risk insurance compounds the squeeze.

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Declassified Footage Shows Rescue of US Pilots After F-15E Shot Down Over Iran

Houthis Seize More Red Sea Islands, Tightening Bab el-Mandeb Grip

IRGC Claims Drone Shot Down Over Hormuz Strait

Oil Shipping Costs Surge as Dual-Strait Crisis Tightens Supply Routes