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Tehran warns it could expand pressure beyond the Strait of Hormuz to Bab el-Mandab, raising the stakes for global shipping and complicating any US response.
An IRGC spokesman rejected President Trump’s suggestion that talks with Iran were underway and warned the US and Israel not to call what he termed their defeat an agreement.
Lebanon’s prime minister says Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is running Hezbollah’s military moves. Analysts say the ties are old and deep, and Beirut has few options while the fighting continues.
Tehran is reportedly building a registration and vetting process run by the IRGC for ships that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz. A handful of countries are in talks, a new 'safe' corridor has appeared, and insurers and shipping firms may still say no.
Israeli officials say they killed Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani, the 62-year-old head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary. Here’s a clear, slightly sarcastic look at who he was, how he rose through the ranks and what the Basij does.
Killing Iran’s supreme leader was a massive shock, but the system was built to keep running. Constitutional rules, a three-person interim council and the IRGC’s muscle mean the regime is more likely to harden than collapse.