Iranian Navy Fires Warning Shots at Four Vessels in Strait of Hormuz

⚓ HORMUZ — Warning shots while an MOU awaits Trump's signature is not a coincidence. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran is demonstrating active enforcement authority over Hormuz traffic precisely as the unsigned MOU sits in Washington. Warning shots at four vessels operationalizes the Persian Gulf Strait Authority Iran insists on keeping. It signals hardliners are acting independent of diplomats — and hands Trump domestic cover to reject the deal entirely.

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Vessels Trickle Through Hormuz as Mideast Tensions Hold Strait Near Shutdown

⚓ HORMUZ — Trickle, not closure; markets already price the difference. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Eight transits versus 85 pre-war is near-shutdown without triggering the formal closure threshold that would force IRGC's hand. Tehran keeps the economic stranglehold without giving Washington the legal and military trigger it needs. Every ship

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Unidentified Object Filmed Over Tehran as Regional Strikes Escalate

🛰️ TEHRAN SKIES — Unidentified object over Tehran; no attribution, no claim. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Unverified airspace events over the capital during an active war night — Sanaa struck hours ago — aren't routine noise. B-1Bs left Fairford loaded. IRGC air defenses are degraded 90%. Drone, missile, or surveillance: Tehran's

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Smoke Rises Over Western Tehran, Cause Unknown

💥 TEHRAN — Smoke over western Tehran; cause and origin unconfirmed. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Western Tehran hosts IRGC facilities and missile infrastructure. With B-1Bs airborne from Fairford and Sanaa struck hours ago, unconfirmed smoke draws immediate attribution questions. No claim, no confirmation — but markets and Gulf capitals won't wait for

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Brent Rises After Houthi Strike on Riyadh, Sanaa Already Hit

🛢️ MARKETS — Riyadh struck while Sanaa burns; oil moves before the morning. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Houthis hitting the Saudi capital — not just energy infrastructure — triggers a different risk premium. Riyadh is a political target; markets price regime threat, not just barrels. With Sanaa already struck and the IRGC co-belligerent warning live,

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Vessels Trickle Through Hormuz as Mideast Tensions Hold Strait Near Shutdown

Unidentified Object Filmed Over Tehran as Regional Strikes Escalate

Smoke Rises Over Western Tehran, Cause Unknown

Brent Rises After Houthi Strike on Riyadh, Sanaa Already Hit