State of the Union: Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply. The post Iran War Day 132: U.S. Bombs Iran For Second Night appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. carried out a bombing campaign against Iran for the second consecutive night, with Iran retaliating with drones and ballistic missiles against American and U.S.-allied bases in the region, as the Iran War entered its 132nd day on Thursday. Although CENTCOM said that the U.S. strikes targeted “military” sites, the Financial Times reported that targets included civilian infrastructure, such as railroad bridges on the route to the holy city of Mashhad, where the funeral of assassinated former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is currently taking place. FT reported that passenger train services in Iran were disrupted on Thursday morning by the strikes and that electricity infrastructure in southeastern Iran was also hit,…Open
State of the Union: Multiple U.S. aircraft were shot down or damaged The post Iran War Enters 36th Day: After U.S. Aircraft Downed, Trump Says Open Hormuz or Face ‘All Hell’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Iran War entered its 36th day on Saturday as American forces continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E fighter jet. Two U.S. rescue helicopters involved in the search for the missing F-15E crew member were hit by Iranian fire during the operation. An anonymous official told the Washington Post that they managed to leave Iranian airspace. Mehr News Agency on Saturday published photos purporting to show a heavily damaged U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an airbase in Kuwait, claiming it was hit by an Iranian drone while on a search-and-rescue mission for the missing crew member of the downed F-15E. A second U.S. aircraft, an A-10 attack jet, was also lost on Friday. Two U.S. officials told the New York…Open
State of the Union: An Iranian attack destroyed three buildings in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media. The post Iran War Enters 25th Day: Tehran Denied Having ‘Productive’ Talks with U.S. appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Iran War entered its 25th day on Tuesday as Israeli strikes hit energy and water infrastructure across Iran overnight. The strikes come less than a week after President Donald Trump told the Israelis not to repeat strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure. That followed Israeli strikes on the South Pars Gas field, which triggered costly retaliatory strikes from Iran. Iran’s Fars News said strikes on Isfahan damaged a gas administration building and a gas reduction station, along with nearby homes. In Khorramshahr, a projectile reportedly struck the area around a power plant gas line. Iranian media said a desalination facility and the adjacent meteorological office in Bushehr were also hit. Israeli Channel 12 reported at least…Open
The Israeli Air Force struck a natural gas processing facility in southwestern Iran, two senior Israeli officials said. Why it matters: This is the first time Israel has struck natural gas facilities in Iran, which are key to Iran's economy. - The Israeli officials said the strike was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration . - The semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that several facilities in the South Pars gas field near Bushehr were targeted. According to the report, emergency teams were on the scene and trying to extinguish the fire. Flashback: The Trump administration objected to Israel's earlier strike on oil depots in Tehran and asked Israel not to hit energy infrastructure without U.S. approval. What…
Americans would be wise to begin paying very close attention to a small rugged island in the northern Persian Gulf that few could locate on a map only weeks ago. Americans would be wise to begin paying very close attention to a small rugged island in the northern Persian Gulf that few could locate on […] The post Kharg Island: The Nerve Center of Iran’s Oil Empire appeared first on StoneZone .
Americans would be wise to begin paying very close attention to a small rugged island in the northern Persian Gulf that few could locate on a map only weeks ago. Americans would be wise to begin paying very close attention to a small rugged island in the northern Persian Gulf that few could locate on a map only weeks ago. That island is Kharg Island. It is sometimes spelled Khark Island. And it is nothing less than the main distribution center for Islamic Republic of Iran’s oil. At a moment when the United States and its allies are confronting the Islamic Republic during the ongoing military confrontation known as Operation Epic Fury, Kharg Island stands as one of the most consequential strategic locations in the entire Middle East. If…Open