REDSTATE (Nick Arama) - Iran Finds Out It's a Bad Idea to Challenge US Blockade, While Trump Drops a Big Message to the IRGC
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Iran warns Israel's Beirut strike could derail U.S. deal
A drone strike on northern Israel set off a chain reaction Sunday: Israel hit Hezbollah targets in Beirut in retaliation, and Iran is now threatening to strike back. Why it matters: The escalation lands hours before the the U.S. and Iran are supposed to sign a deal to end their war, and now Iranian officials have signaled Israel's attack could scuttle the agreement. - A similar strike last week led to Iran launching missiles at Israel and a day of escalation between the two countries. Driving the news: On Sunday morning, Hezbollah launched several drones at northern Israel. - Hours later, Israel struck a Hezbollah command center in Beirut, the IDF said. - Israel's strikes killed at least one person and wounded four. Israeli officials…
AMERICANTHINKER - The New Barbary Pirates
U.S. Navy The Iranians are clearly not negotiating in good faith, and they never will.
NPR (Brittney Melton) - U.S. intercepts Iranian attacks on 3 ships. And, what to know about hantavirus
The U.S. says it intercepted Iranian attacks yesterday targeting three Navy ships. And, what to know about the hantavirus outbreak that started on a cruise ship.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Hegseth: 'Can't confirm or deny' US use of 'kamikaze dolphins'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied Tuesday that Iran has “kamikaze dolphins.” But Hegseth did not rule out that the U.S. military has them. The U.S. Navy, in fact, does have a Marine Mammal Program that trains bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to “detect, locate, mark and recover objects” in harbors, coastal areas and at depth in the open sea. The Navy has trained dolphins and sea lions since 1959, with the Marine Mammal Program homeported at Naval Base Point Loma since the 1960s. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific’s Reconnaissance and Interdiction Division manages the program. #straitofhormuz #hegseth #iran
STRIPES (Alison Bath) - Navy destroyers fend off coordinated Iranian attack, news report says | Stars and Stripes
Two Navy destroyers repelled a barrage of Iranian air and surface attacks this week to safely cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf, according to a news report.
NPR (The Associated Press) - The UAE says Iran resumes attacks as the U.S. moves to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. military said it helped two merchant ships transit the Strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said it was fending off Iranian missiles and drones.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Iran threatens to attack U.S. forces escorting ships throught Strait of Hormuz
A U.S.-led maritime task force said on Monday that the U.S. would set up an "enhanced security area" and that vessels sailing through the strait should use Oman's territorial waters.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Sam Faddis) - The Pakistanis and the Chinese break the blockade of Iran
Originally published by AND Magazine
On April 19, 2026, the U.S. Navy fired on the MV Touska, a container ship trying to run the blockade and deliver yet another shipment of sodium perchlorate from China to Iran so it could produce more solid rocket fuel for its ballistic missiles. That action closed off that critical resupply route for Tehran. The Pakistanis, in league with their Chinese allies, have now opened another resupply route. Or six. Under a new order , Pakistan has designated six routes for transit trade to Iran, including corridors linking Karachi, Port Qasim, and Gwadar with the Gabd and Taftan border points. The designated routes are Gwadar-Gabd; Karachi/Port Qasim-Lyari-Ormara-Pasni-Gabd; Karachi/Port Qasim-Khuzdar-Dalbandin-Taftan;…Open