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—❗️🇮🇷🇮🇷 IRGC Navy:'This is IRGC Navy. From now on, all navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is forbidden. No ship, regardless of its type, is allowed to transfer the Strait of Hormuz till the next notice' @Middle_East_Specttor

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Al-Mayadeen, citing an informed source, claims that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is safe, and that he is 'busy giving orders and directing the war' in the operations room

— 🇮🇷 Tehran

Afghanistan’s Taliban says open to talks after Pakistan bombs major cities

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: The death toll of the Israeli strike against Minab elementary school for girls, in Iran, has reached 40

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇦🇪 BREAKING: Interceptions reported in Abu Dhabi; another wave is on its way

—❗️🇮🇷 Iran's Khatam Al-Anbiyaa Central Command Headquarters has issued a statement: 'As we have announced, in response to the shameless aggression of the United States and the Zionist regime against Islamic Iran, all occupied lands and the bases of the criminal American forces in the region were struck by the crushing blows of Iranian missiles, and this operation will continue relentlessly until the enemy is decisively defeated. Given the aggression of the American army and the Zionist regime against Islamic Iran, in addition to targeting the occupied lands, all American bases, resources, and economic interests throughout the region are considered legitimate targets for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The heroic and brave nation of Islamic Iran should maintain their calm. The Armed Forces will firmly and resolutely defend the country, the nation, and national interests.'

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 WATCH: U.S. air defenses intercepting missiles in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: 'Israeli assessments indicate that the attempt to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and the Iranian President has failed'

— UPDATE: The casualties in UAE and Bahrain are due to falling shrapnel; there is no confirmation of U.S. military deaths yet.

Bitcoin falls below $64,000 as Israel launches strikes on Iran

—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: For the first time in 4 hours, Israel's Home Front Command says people can leave their shelters for now