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Wednesday, June 10, 202615 entries

  1. 2:21 AM in Tehran, Jun 11

    Iran's military command declares Hormuz closed to all ships; CENTCOM says traffic continues

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsStrait of Hormuz

    As U.S. strikes resumed, Iran's top joint military command said the Strait of Hormuz was closed to the passage of any vessel, including oil tankers, and that ships trying to pass would be targeted; Tasnim then said the IRGC Navy struck two 'violating ships'. CENTCOM said commercial ships were still transiting the strait and that no U.S. warships had been hit.

    Why it matters Iran's strait authority said the next day that Hormuz was closed 'until further notice'.

    Sources: ABC News live coverage, The Guardian live coverage, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2), The Guardian live blog (3), The Guardian live blog (4)

  2. 4:42 PM in New York

    Hegseth says CENTCOM 'will be busy tonight' and the U.S. will 'negotiate with bombs'

    OfficialMilitary & securityTampa, Florida, United States

    Speaking outside CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. would be 'hitting Iran hard' that night with 'strong' and 'clear' strikes on key facilities, that 'if we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs', and that Iran still had an opportunity to make a deal. He said the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and has been able to move oil in and out 'for weeks and weeks'.

    Why it matters U.S. strikes began about half an hour later, at 5:15 p.m. ET.

    Sources: The Guardian live coverage, U.S. Department of War, Axios, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2), The Guardian live blog (3), Al Jazeera

  3. 10:15 PM in Jerusalem

    Katz says Israel's campaign against Iran is 'far from over'

    OfficialMilitary & securityJerusalem, Israel

    Defence Minister Israel Katz told a ceremony in Jerusalem that 'the campaign against Iran is far from over', that Israel must not think the war was done, and that if Iran attacked Israel again it would suffer a strong response; he also praised the army's blows against Hezbollah.

    Why it matters He spoke as the U.S. began a second night of strikes on Iran, two days after Trump pressed Israel to halt its own strikes.

    Sources: Times of Israel live coverage, Al Jazeera live blog, The Guardian live blog

  4. 2:05 PM in New York

    Trump claims a secret U.S. mission moved 100 million barrels of oil through Hormuz

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump posted that he had directed a 'secret mission' in which the U.S. military helped oil tankers and other ships through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming more than 200 commercial ships and over 100 million barrels had passed and that the U.S., 'NOT Iran', controls the strait. He gave no evidence; AP said the figure could not be confirmed, and a CENTCOM spokesman said only that U.S. forces 'communicate and coordinate' with commercial ships.

    Why it matters AP noted that 100 million barrels is roughly five days of pre-war Hormuz flows; Iran's military declared the strait closed to all ships that night.

    Sources: Times of Israel / Reuters, Associated Press live coverage, The Guardian live coverage, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera live blog, The Guardian live blog, Associated Press

  5. 1:45 PM in New York

    Treasury sanctions China- and Hong Kong-based suppliers in IRGC weapons procurement networks

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    The U.S. Treasury sanctioned nine individuals and entities it said supported weapons procurement for the IRGC and Iran's defence ministry, including China- and Hong Kong-based people and companies and a Hong Kong firm in Iran's clandestine banking network that attempted procurement-related transactions.

    Why it matters It was Treasury's third Iran sanctions action in nine days, running alongside the naval blockade and the resumed U.S. strikes.

    Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Al Jazeera live blog

  6. 11:52 AM in New York

    Trump says Iran will 'pay the price' for stalling and the U.S. will attack it 'very hard'

    OfficialMilitary & securityWhite House, Washington, D.C., United States

    Trump posted that Iran had 'taken too long to negotiate a deal' and would 'have to pay the price', and later told reporters in the Oval Office that 'we're going to be attacking them, and attacking them very hard', citing the helicopter as grounds and accusing Iran of 'playing us for suckers'. President Masoud Pezeshkian replied that Iran would stand firm against any pressure or threat.

    Why it matters U.S. strikes on Iran resumed at 5:15 p.m. ET that day, the second night in a row.

    Sources: The Guardian live coverage, CBS News live coverage, Associated Press, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2), The Guardian live blog (3)

  7. 10:50 AM in New York

    Guterres tells the Security Council the Middle East risks a 'full resumption of conflict'

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsUnited Nations, New York

    Addressing the UN Security Council, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the week had brought 'wider attacks and further deterioration' that could trigger a full resumption of conflict, warned against letting 'a lesser fire' become 'full war', and said 'a brutal price' was being paid by the region's people and spreading to the wider world through food and fuel costs.

    Why it matters The U.S. struck Iran again that evening, a few hours after his warning.

    Sources: United Nations Secretary-General, The Guardian live coverage, The Guardian live coverage archive, Anadolu Agency, The Guardian live blog, Al Jazeera live blog

  8. 10:50 AM in New York

    U.S. inflation rises to 4.2 percent in May, a three-year high driven by gas prices

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsWashington, D.C., United States

    Consumer prices rose 4.2 percent in May from a year earlier, up from 3.8 percent in April, the Labor Department said, and 0.5 percent on the month; AP attributed the rise mainly to gas prices pushed up by the war.

    Why it matters It was the third straight monthly rise, adding pressure at home as Trump threatened more strikes on Iran that day.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera live blog

  9. 5:34 PM in Jerusalem

    Israeli military confirms Iran's missile attack caused damage at Ramat David air base

    OfficialMilitary & securityRamat David Airbase, northern Israel

    The Israeli military confirmed that Ramat David air base in northern Israel was hit during Iran's missile fire earlier in the week, after satellite images appeared to show damage. A military official told AFP the impact was in a non-critical area, most likely from a large piece of shrapnel, with no damage to equipment or personnel, and that it was under investigation.

    Why it matters The IRGC had named Ramat David as its target on June 7, and this was the first acknowledged damage from that attack.

    Sources: Times of Israel citing IDF, Times of Israel / AFP satellite analysis, Anadolu Agency, Times of Israel full report, The Jerusalem Post citing IDF, The Guardian / AFP live coverage, The Guardian live blog

  10. 5:29 PM in Jerusalem

    Israel says it intercepted a suspected Hezbollah drone after sirens in Shlomi

    OfficialCivilian alertsShlomi, northern Israel

    Sirens sounded in Shlomi in northern Israel over a suspected drone from Lebanon, and the Israeli military said the drone was intercepted over southern Lebanon near its troops without crossing into Israel.

    Why it matters Hezbollah's drones remained the main threat to Israeli troops in the south, as the group claimed a string of drone attacks that day.

    Sources: Times of Israel citing IDF, Times of Israel alert update

  12. 3:41 PM in Paris

    Lebanon's foreign minister says direct talks with Israel are the only way out of the war

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsParis, France

    Foreign Minister Joe Rajji told a French National Assembly hearing that direct negotiations between the Lebanese government and Israel were 'the only way' to restore peace, that Hezbollah was trying to block them, and that the military option had proved ineffective.

    Why it matters Hezbollah and Speaker Berri had rejected the U.S.-brokered framework the week before, leaving the government's talks with Israel without their backing.

    Source: L'Orient Today / AFP

  13. 2:06 PM in London

    24 countries condemn Iranian plots and HAYI-claimed attacks on their soil

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsLondon, United Kingdom

    The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and 18 other countries condemned lethal plotting in Europe, North America and Australia by Iran's IRGC intelligence organisation, Quds Force and intelligence ministry against dissidents, journalists and Jewish and Israeli communities. The statement singled out attacks claimed by the Iran-linked group HAYI, including arson and stabbings targeting Jewish communities in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands.

    Why it matters It carries the confrontation with Tehran beyond the Gulf to alleged Iranian operations inside Western countries, as Washington and Tehran traded strikes and negotiated at the same time.

    Sources: GOV.UK (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), The Guardian live coverage, The Guardian live blog

  14. 12:35 PM in Tehran

    Iran says it must 'reassess' talks after U.S. strikes, citing shifting U.S. demands

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the U.S. was harming the diplomatic process with 'contradictory messages, frequent changes in positions and demands, and frequent violations of the ceasefire', that Israel was doing the same in Lebanon, and that 'following overnight events, we need to reassess'.

    Why it matters Qatari negotiators arrived in Tehran hours later after consulting U.S. officials, keeping a channel open despite the strikes.

    Sources: The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2)

  15. 9:23 AM in Beirut

    Israel orders Ghassaniyeh, Houmine al-Faouqa and Ansarieh evacuated ahead of strikes

    OfficialCivilian alertsGhassaniyeh, Houmine al-Faouqa and Ansarieh, southern Lebanon

    The Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson told residents of Ghassaniyeh and Houmine al-Faouqa to move at least one kilometre away, and minutes later ordered Ansarieh evacuated north of the Zahrani River, citing Hezbollah ceasefire violations.

    Why it matters The warnings pushed Israel's evacuation zone north from Tyre toward Sidon, where an Israeli strike hit the city centre that afternoon.

    Sources: Times of Israel citing IDF, Times of Israel citing IDF (2), Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog, L'Orient Today live

Tuesday, June 9, 202615 entries

  1. 8:29 AM in Tehran, Jun 10

    Iran tells Gulf states they must stop the U.S. and Israel using their territory to attack it

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran / Gulf states

    Iran's foreign ministry said regional countries, particularly in the Gulf, had a 'legal and moral responsibility' to prevent the U.S. and Israel from using their territory or facilities to attack Iran, hours after Iranian drones and missiles were fired at U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.

    Why it matters Qatar and Saudi Arabia condemned Iran's attacks on their neighbours the same day.

    Sources: Times of Israel / AFP, The Guardian live blog, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2)

  2. 12:28 AM in New York, Jun 10

    Vance says an Iran deal could come next week or take months

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Vice President JD Vance told CBS News that a deal with Iran 'could happen in the next week, but the deal could also happen months from now', that the U.S. was 'very close' to its goal but 'still got some wood to chop', and that much would be clear before the November midterm elections.

    Why it matters It stretched Trump's two-to-three-day timeline hours after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes.

    Source: Times of Israel citing CBS News

  3. 4:00 AM in Bahrain, Jun 10

    Iran fires drones and missiles at U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan; most downed

    OfficialMilitary & securityBahrain, Kuwait and Jordan

    The IRGC said it launched drones at the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and missiles at an air base in Jordan hosting U.S. forces, claiming 21 targets hit including F-35 hangars, while Bahrain sounded sirens and Kuwait's air defences engaged 'hostile aerial targets'. Jordan said it shot down five Iranian missiles aimed at al-Azraq with no casualties, a U.S. official said nearly all the missiles and drones were intercepted, and a missile fell in a field near Damascus.

    Why it matters Iran's foreign ministry then said Gulf states were responsible for stopping U.S. and Israeli attacks from their territory, and the U.S. struck Iran again the next night.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live, Guardian live, The Times live, Axios, Guardian live citing Reuters/U.S. official, Associated Press citing Petra, ABC News live with Reuters images, U.S. Central Command, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (3), Al Jazeera live blog (4), Al Jazeera live blog (5), The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2), The Guardian live blog (3)

  4. 2:07 AM in Tehran, Jun 10

    Araghchi says Iran will 'leave no attack or threat unanswered' and tells U.S. to leave

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    As U.S. strikes hit southern Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted that 'our powerful armed forces will leave no attack or threat unanswered' and told the U.S.: 'Leave our region if you want to be safe.'

    Why it matters The IRGC announced drone attacks on the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain less than three hours later.

    Sources: Guardian live, AP, Al Jazeera live blog, The Guardian live blog

  5. 12:05 AM in Jerusalem, Jun 10

    Israel intercepts a Hezbollah rocket aimed at troops, setting off a Kiryat Shmona warning

    OfficialCivilian alertsKiryat Shmona area, northern Israel

    Israel's Home Front Command issued a precautionary alert for northern communities over launches from Lebanon, and the military said air defences intercepted a Hezbollah rocket fired at troops in south Lebanon; the launch triggered an early warning in the Kiryat Shmona area but no sirens.

    Why it matters Hezbollah kept firing at Israeli forces inside Lebanon as the U.S. and Iran traded strikes that night.

    Sources: Times of Israel, Al Jazeera live blog

  6. 11:28 PM in Tehran

    Iran says it did not deliberately target the Apache and had no air operations over Hormuz

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iran's deputy foreign minister told Al Jazeera that Iran did not deliberately target the U.S. Apache and was not behind the incident, but that such incidents could happen 'unintentionally' given the tension in the area. A military source told Iranian state media that no offensive air operations had been carried out in the Strait of Hormuz in the previous 24 hours.

    Why it matters The denials came shortly before the U.S. began striking Iran over the helicopter.

    Sources: Guardian live / Reuters, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog

  7. 3:20 PM in New York

    EIA says Middle East producers have cut output by more than 11 million barrels a day

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsWashington, D.C., United States

    The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Middle East oil producers had cut output by more than 11 million barrels a day with the Strait of Hormuz blocked, lowered its forecast so that global demand this year is 1.1 million barrels a day below last year, and said OECD oil inventories were expected to fall to their lowest since 2003.

    Why it matters The figures put a size on the supply loss behind the price swings driven by deal headlines, which Shell's chief executive called unprecedented the next day.

    Source: Al Jazeera live blog

  8. 10:05 PM in Tehran

    Araghchi says foreign forces near Iran are at 'constant risk' after Trump vows to respond

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X that foreign forces near Iran's territory were 'at constant risk on account of their own human errors, plain accidents, or potentially being caught in crossfire', and repeated that Hormuz is an Iranian-Omani waterway, not international waters. Shortly before Trump's post, parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote: 'We prefer the language of diplomacy, but we speak other languages far more fluently.'

    Why it matters Araghchi cast the helicopter's loss as a risk of U.S. deployments near Iran rather than an Iranian attack, and U.S. strikes began within hours.

    Sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2), The Guardian live blog (3)

  9. 7:20 PM in London

    IMO chief says safe passage through Hormuz 'cannot be considered to exist'

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsLondon, United Kingdom

    IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said he was increasingly concerned that ships kept trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz without credible security guarantees, that 'safe passage cannot be considered to exist', and that no commercial consideration justified exposing seafarers to such danger. The same day U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said ship traffic through the strait was rising 'very meaningfully'.

    Why it matters The warning put responsibility on shipowners and masters as the U.S. encouraged transits, and a tanker off Oman was struck the next day.

    Sources: IMO official statement, Business Recorder / Reuters, Times of Israel / Reuters live, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2)

  10. 8:00 PM in Beirut

    Aoun and Macron discuss the U.S.-mediated Lebanon-Israel talks by phone

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBeirut, Lebanon

    Lebanon's presidency said President Joseph Aoun and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region and the U.S.-mediated negotiations between Lebanon and Israel in a phone call that afternoon.

    Why it matters France was pressing for an Israeli pullback and a stronger Lebanese army, and Lebanon's foreign minister told French lawmakers the next day that direct talks were the only way out.

    Source: L'Orient Today live

  11. 12:48 PM in New York

    Trump says Iran shot down the Apache and the U.S. 'must respond'

    OfficialMilitary & securityWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump posted that the military had told him 'the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters' over the Strait of Hormuz and that the U.S. 'must, of necessity, respond to this attack'; CENTCOM said the cause was still under investigation. In a phone interview with the Wall Street Journal the same day, Trump said the incident 'wasn't a big deal' and that the details were 'much different than you think'.

    Why it matters U.S. strikes on Iran began at 5 p.m. ET that day, about four hours after the post.

    Sources: L'Orient Today live, AP, Axios, CBS News, Jerusalem Post, Wall Street Journal, U.S. Central Command, Al Jazeera live blog, The Guardian live blog, The Guardian live blog (2), Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog (3)

  12. 7:38 PM in Beirut

    Israeli army says troops found Hezbollah arms caches in civilian buildings near Zawtar

    OfficialMilitary & securityZawtar al-Sharqiyah, southern Lebanon

    The Israeli military said Givati Brigade troops operating north of the Litani River, in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, found several Hezbollah weapons caches in civilian buildings, including firearms, anti-tank missiles and launchers, and drones, and had killed more than 40 fighters since starting operations there.

    Why it matters It confirms Israeli ground operations north of the Litani, beyond the south-of-Litani zone covered by the June 3 Washington statement.

    Source: Times of Israel / IDF statement

  13. 5:47 PM in Jerusalem

    Israel's army chief says the strikes on Iran were preparation for 'a much larger' blow

    OfficialMilitary & securityNorthern Israel

    Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told soldiers during a training exercise in northern Israel that Monday's strikes on Iran were 'preparation for a much larger and more powerful strike' and that the army was ready to strike Iran again if ordered.

    Why it matters The remarks came a day after Trump warned Netanyahu that Israel would be on its own if it kept striking Iran.

    Sources: L'Orient Today live, Al Jazeera live blog

  14. 5:02 PM in Beirut

    Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed 29 in a day as attacks spread to Ansarieh and Jezzine

    OfficialBackgroundSouthern Lebanon

    The Health Ministry said Israeli strikes killed 29 people and wounded 133 in the previous 24 hours, bringing the toll since March 2 to 3,666 killed and 11,321 wounded. Beyond Tyre, dawn strikes killed four people in Adshit, Habboush and Kfar Reman, drone strikes around Ansarieh killed a Syrian on a motorcycle and wounded three people at a roadside café, and jets hit the Jezzine highlands.

    Why it matters The Israeli army widened its evacuation warnings to Ansarieh and villages near the Zahrani River the next morning.

    Sources: L'Orient Today live, Guardian live citing Lebanon NNA, Al Jazeera live blog, Al Jazeera live blog (2), The Guardian live blog

  15. 8:40 AM in New York

    Guterres says all attacks must stop and the Lebanon, Iran and Gaza ceasefires must hold

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsUnited Nations, New York, United States

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on X that he was 'deeply alarmed' by the renewed escalation, that 'all attacks must stop immediately' and that the ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza must be fully respected. A statement from his spokesperson the previous evening also called for navigational rights and freedoms to be respected, in an apparent reference to the Hormuz blockades.

    Why it matters His statement linked the Lebanon, Iran and Gaza ceasefires, as Iran did in demanding that its truce with the U.S. cover Lebanon.

    Sources: Guardian live, The Guardian live blog, Al Jazeera live blog

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