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🚫 CLAIM: Iranian media sources are claiming that Iran has attacked a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz. FALSE. ✅ TRUTH: No U.S. warships have been struck.
- U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs reposted🚫 CLAIM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that the Strait of Hormuz is closed. ✅ TRUTH: Commercial ships are continuing to transit in and out of the Strait of Hormuz tonight.
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Iraq: Due to regional developments, U.S. citizens in Iraq are advised to maintain heightened readiness and stay alert to local news sources. Travel disruptions and airspace closures could occur on short notice. The U.S. Embassy in Iraq reminds U.S. citizens of the Level 4: Do
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Through Operation Economic Fury, we continue to disrupt procurement networks that support the Iranian regime’s military programs and its military activities in the region. Today the United States sanctioned 13 individuals and entities based in Iran, Belarus, and China who sought 
Disrupting Iran’s Weapons Procurement- U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs reposted
We must recognize a simple truth: throughout the region, many conflicts are fueled by the malign behavior of a single actor—the Islamic Republic of Iran—with political and financial support from certain members of the Security Council.
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Today, as part of Economic Fury, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned nine individuals and entities that have supported weapons procurement on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. Treasury - U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs reposted
.@VP: "Right now, I feel that we are in a position to get a deal that is good for the United States economically and that really does deal with the Iranian nuclear problem — not just now, not just while Donald Trump is President, but for the long term."
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