US-Iran battle LIVE: Iran’s navy doctrine is shifting from a defensive posture in the direction of an offensive one, with the nation’s armed forces getting ready to undertake “transformative approaches” and take crucial motion on the acceptable time, Iranian Fars Information Company reported.
Transport slowed in Hormuz, exhibits knowledge
Transport by the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, ship-tracking knowledge from Kpler confirmed on Monday (native time), following assaults on tankers, whereas talks between the US and Iran to resolve the Center East battle stalled. 5 commodity vessels transited the strait on Saturday, with none registered for Sunday, in comparison with 31 within the prior weekend.
Oil steadies amid Lebanon tensions
Oil prices steadied as recent preventing erupted in Lebanon and assaults on the vessels within the Strait of Hormuz muddied the outlook for a deal to finish the US-Iran battle. Brent crude was little modified, buying and selling under $89 per barrel after gaining 6% final week, whereas West Texas Intermediate was round $83 per barrel. Lebanon noticed its deadliest day of preventing in months on Sunday, as Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah. Wider negotiations between Iran and the US seemed to be at a standstill.
Cease indulging in delusions: Iran rejects Trump’s plan to declare US territory
Iran has rejected President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, accusing Washington of refusing to simply accept what Tehran described as its defeat within the battle. The remarks got here because the 60-day negotiating interval between the 2 sides is ready to run out on Monday, with no direct talks at present going down. Iranian Deputy International Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stated the strategic waterway couldn’t be managed by political declarations or navy drive. In a put up on X, he wrote, “The Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and can stay Iranian.” Calling on Washington to “settle for the truth of defeat and cease indulging in delusions,” he added, “This strait will solely be closed and opened beneath Iran’s command.”
Psychological well being a precedence aboard USS Lincoln, says US Commander
A high US navy commander stated psychological well being is a legitimate concern after assembly crew deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln, the place situations aboard the plane service have led to complaints throughout its lengthy deployment within the Iran battle. Admiral Brad Cooper’s go to to the service within the Arabian Sea adopted outrage amongst relations over studies of meals shortages, water contamination, moldy showers, and lengthy wartime shifts aboard the vessel, which has been deployed with out a port name for greater than 200 days. In a press release posted on X, Cooper stated that the Lincoln “at present has among the many lowest variety of circumstances associated to psychological well being” among the many US Navy’s 11 energetic plane carriers, and added, “This doesn’t imply that every one is ideal,” and “service at sea for lengthy intervals isn’t for everybody.”
