️Middle East crisis: day 6
️ Middle East crisis: day 6
▪️Since the start of the armed conflict with Israel and the US, Iran has launched more than 500 missiles and over 2,000 drones, the Fars agency reported
▪️The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East has impacted 13 countries apart from Iran, Israel and the US, according to TASS calculations
▪️The Iranian death toll from US and Israeli strikes has increased to 1,230, officials said
▪️Iranian authorities have identified the military personnel who carried out the strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, the Fars news agency writes.
▪️At least 105 civilian facilities in Iran have sustained strikes carried out by the US and Israel, the Iranian Red Crescent Society reported
▪️Internet access has been down in Iran for over 120 hours, the data from the NetBlocks monitoring service shows
▪️Iran’s Armed Forces struck a US tanker in the northern part of the Persian Gulf on Thursday morning, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said
▪️The Israeli army plans to continue its strikes on Iran for at least another one to two weeks, The Times of Israel reported
▪️The US plans to sustain its military operation against Iran for a minimum of 100 days, and likely through September, Politico writes
▪️Israeli military estimates suggest that over half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed in recent strikes since February 28, the Israeli army said
▪️Several high-ranking officers of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were killed in a recent Iranian strike on their headquarters in a Middle Eastern country, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.
▪️The death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon has been up to 102, with 638 people injured, the Health Ministry said
▪️More than 100 sailors were killed in the US attack on the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, Iran’s mission to the UN reported
▪️The naval forces of the IRGC claim that its drones have forced US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to retreat from the Iranian coast
▪️The Israeli Air Force has already launched about 2,500 strikes against Iran suppressing about 80% of its air defense systems, Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir
▪️Security services in Jordan reported 187 incidents involving falling missile debris since the beginning of the escalation in the Middle East
▪️Claims that Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz are unfounded, and the real threat to navigation comes from the United States, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said
▪️Iran's air defenses have shot down an F-15 fighter jet near the Alborz mountain range north of Tehran, the Mehr news agency has said
▪️Iran attacked the US military headquarters near Abu Dhabi International Airport, the state TV broadcaster has said
▪️Two drones that were flying from the direction of Iran fell and exploded in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan (an exclave bordering Iran), the Trend news agency reported
▪️Iranian Navy drones struck a US army deployment location at Al Udeid Air Base in Kuwait, the statement reads
▪️Iraq is not a party to the current Middle East conflict, does not interfere in the affairs of the neighboring states, and considers dialogue to be the only possible way to resolve the situation, government spokesman Basem al-Awadi said
▪️The United States has offered military support to Kurdish forces if they agreed to act against the Iranian authorities, The Washington Post reported
Source: Telegram "tassagency_en"