MBS Calls Trump, Urges No Iran Strike as Gulf Energy Threat Escalates

🇸🇦 RIYADH — Iran just threatened Aramco. Now MBS is calling Trump to protect Iran. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iran's FM warned Riyadh hours ago that Saudi energy sites face retaliation if US strikes continue. MBS calling Trump to halt those strikes isn't solidarity with Tehran — it's self-preservation. Aramco and Abqaiq are the target if escalation continues. Riyadh is now pulling in opposite directions: US coalition partner by posture, de-escalation lobbyist by phone.

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Iran Threatens to Close More Waterways If US Blockade Continues

⚓ HORMUZ — Iran is naming more waterways. It hasn't named which ones yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Hormuz already at 10% transit and Bab el-Mandeb under Houthi embargo, a threat to close additional waterways points toward the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb formalization, or Oman's coastal lanes

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Kushner Tells Dahlan US Has Ordered Halt to Israel's Gaza Attacks Starting Sunday

🕊️ GAZA — Kushner told Dahlan first. Israel and Hamas weren't in the room. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Dahlan is a Fatah rival with UAE backing — not Hamas, not the PA. Routing a halt signal through him bypasses both official parties and signals Washington is building a post-war governance track in

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Iran FM Warns Saudi Arabia: Strike Energy Sites and Face Decisive Response

📞 RIYADH — Iran is calling Riyadh directly. That's not diplomacy — it's a warning label. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Araghchi reaching Saudi FM while US-Israel strikes hit Iran's grid signals Tehran is drawing a red line around Gulf energy infrastructure — Aramco included. Saudi Arabia is already inside

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Iran Threatens to Strike Foreign Energy Fields If US Attacks Continue

⚡ TEHRAN — Iran just told every Gulf energy producer they're a target too. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran shifting from US-Israel infrastructure threats to foreign energy fields is coercive expansion — it puts UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia directly in the crosshairs of any US follow-on strike. Gulf states hosting

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Iran Threatens to Close More Waterways If US Blockade Continues

Kushner Tells Dahlan US Has Ordered Halt to Israel's Gaza Attacks Starting Sunday

Iran FM Warns Saudi Arabia: Strike Energy Sites and Face Decisive Response

Iran Threatens to Strike Foreign Energy Fields If US Attacks Continue