— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. CENTCOM:

‘Iran fired 7 ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain.

Initial estimates indicate six of the missiles launched by Iran were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target.

There are currently no reports of harm to U.S. personnel, and Iranian claims of damaging U.S. 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain are false.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 U.S. Official: ‘We are firmly committed to the ceasefire with Iran’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 WATCH: The U.S. released footage of tonight’s strikes on Sirik and Qeshm Island

In Sirik (1st video), a surveillance building was targeted, and one person inside was killed.

In Qeshm (2nd video), a telecommunications tower was targeted, resulting in no casualties.

These strikes are militarily very insignificant and are mostly symbolic in nature, testing Iran’s restraint.

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Less than two days after agreeing a ceasefire with Lebanon and stating it has no ‘hostile intention’ towards the state of Lebanon, Israel has bombed an LAF convoy and assassinated a Lebanese Army Brigadier General

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: The IRGC Aerospace Force released footage showing the launch of ballistic missiles to Kuwait last night

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— NOTE: It is somewhat out of the ordinary to see Iran using ‘Emad’ missiles for this operation.

The Emad missile is an MRBM with a range of about 2000 kilometers. It also carries quite a large warhead.

Iran does not need to use these types of long range missiles against Kuwait, because the Kuwaiti border is so close to Iran. A few Fateh and Zolfaghar SRBMs would do the job just fine.

So why did Iran use such a long range missile on Kuwait, when it should’ve been kept for using against Israel instead? Especially considering that Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles capable of reaching Israel is a bit less.

I don’t really know the answer, but there are 4 possibilities, and it’s probably a combination of them all:

1. Iran decided to use the Emad model because it is older, less sophisticated and less accurate — keeping its better missiles in store for when the war truly resumes.

2. Iran, for whatever reason, did not want to launch the missiles from a position too close to the Kuwaiti border.

3. Perhaps, after all these months, the first signs of some stockpile depletion are finally starting to show, which would explain point 1 as well.

4. Notably in the attack on Kuwait a few days ago, Iran DID include more accurate and close range Fateh missiles, as well as supplementary drones. So it’s possible that tonight’s attack simply wasn’t intended to do as much damage, because Iran tries to keep the balance between limited escalation and full-scale war.

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Germany will beat Portugal in the World Cup Final 2026.

And Iran will unfortunately lose to Turkey in the Round of 32, after placing 2nd in Group G.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. Central Command says it shot down two Iranian drones that ‘threatened international maritime traffic’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Instead of releasing Iran’s frozen assets, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly drafting a plan to give Iranian money to Gulf Arab states, to help them recover from economic damages suffered in the Iran war – CBS & NYP

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to ‘critical’, after increased efforts by Mossad to spy on the U.S., especially amid ongoing negotiations with Iran – NYT

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: American soldiers deployed to defend Israel had their phones bugged and wiretapped by Mossad – New York Times

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s World Cup squad has been informed that they must leave and enter the U.S. on the same day as their matches, and will not be allowed to stay for any period of time in the U.S.

Iran is the only team in the entire FIFA 2026 World Cup that will be forced to travel back and forth, and will spend their time in Mexico instead.

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