Former Director of the Iran Desk in Israeli Military Intelligence: If the US Takes Further Action Against Iran, the Yemenis Will Enter the War by Closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait and Blocking Saudi Oil

Danny Citrinovich:

I have no doubt that eventually the Houthis (Ansar Allah) will come in and do two things. First, close the Bab al-Mandab Strait and second, prevent Saudi tankers from entering the port of Yanbu to transport oil.

If the situation escalates or Trump attacks energy facilities, the Iranians may show the world a higher level of economic pain by closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The Iranian regime is not as eager for a deal as Trump says, and we are not in a position where the Iranians will surrender.

US President Donald Trump has reportedly detailed how the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, came under a coordinated 17-angle attack by Iranian armed forces in the Red Sea.

Delivering a speech at a Saudi investment forum in Miami on Friday, Trump described the moments leading up to the attack as “a serious situation” for the US Navy.

He said the naval forces were prepared, but the intensity of the attack by Iranian naval forces quickly escalated the situation.

“It was one o’clock in the morning,” Trump said, when the warship came under attack “from 17 different angles.”

“We knew we were in trouble,” the president admitted.

“They were here, they were there.

We ran for our lives, it was over,” Trump said, citing one of his Navy commanders who was on board at the time the warship came under attack.

The US Navy's most advanced and largest supercarrier, which was deployed to West Asia ahead of US-Israeli joint military aggression against Iran, was engulfed in flames earlier this month.

Following the incident, the aircraft carrier retreated from its positions to the Greek island of Crete, as the Pentagon attempted to frame the withdrawal as a mere mishap.

US officials claimed that the ship was limping for repairs after a "non-combat-related" fire broke out in the ship's main laundry spaces.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) rejected the Pentagon’s narrative as absurd, asking, "What kind of military giant is this that faces a crisis and is forced to leave the battlefield due to a fire occurring in its laundry room?"

The IRGC had already warned that the presence of the aircraft carrier in the Red Sea made it a legitimate target for the Iranian armed forces, as its presence in regional waters constitutes a direct threat to Iran.

Iran’s armed forces have previously reported successful drone and missile strikes against another US carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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The Yemeni Armed Forces says it has officially joined the war against the US-Israeli front in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Resistance Front in Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine.

“In implementation of what was stated in the last statement of the Yemeni Armed Forces regarding direct military intervention in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the resistance fronts in Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine, and in view of the continued military escalation, the targeting of infrastructure, and the perpetration of crimes and massacres against our brothers in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, and Palestine,” the Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on Saturday.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out the first military operation using a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting sensitive Israeli military sites in southern occupied Palestine, it added.

This operation, it added, coincided with the heroic operations carried out by Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“By the grace of Allah Almighty, the operation successfully achieved its objectives,” it noted.

It further said that the operation will continue until the aggression against all fronts of the resistance ceases.

On Friday, Saree had warned that they are prepared for direct military intervention if American-Israeli aggression against Iran and the Axis of Resistance continues to escalate.

The statement came nearly a month into the launch of the United States' and the Israeli regime's latest bout of unprovoked aggression targeting the Islamic Republic, which has run in tandem with the escalation of their attacks on regional resistance groups.

According to Saree, in addition to the continuation of the escalation, other factors potentially prompting an intervention by the Yemeni servicemen would include other parties' participation in the ongoing aggression, and the use of the Red Sea to carry out hostile operations against the Islamic Republic or any other Muslim country. "We will not allow that," he asserted.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned against the Israeli regime’s “vicious” plans to expand the ongoing war with the Islamic Republic to countries across the region.

In a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, Pezeshkian said regional countries should remain cautious to ensure that their territory is not used by aggressors to attack other Muslim countries.

It is regrettable that the aggressors are using some Muslim countries’ territory to carry out attacks against Iran, he added.

“Iran’s defensive response to the origin of these attacks is natural while the Islamic Republic considers Muslim countries as its brothers and does not wish for even a single Muslim to be harmed,” the president emphasized.

Pezeshkian noted that Muslim countries enjoy religious and human bonds and a vast capacity to confront common threats, particularly those arising from the Israeli regime.

He expressed appreciation for the Pakistani people’s support and solidarity with Iran in the face of the US-Israel military aggression and hailed great efforts by some friendly and neighboring countries, including Pakistan, to stop the imposed war.

He slammed attacks on Iran’s economic and energy infrastructure despite claims and promises by American officials, saying, “Definitely, such contradictory statements and actions have led to Iran’s increased distrust toward the aggressor United States.”

The US and Israel started a fresh round of unlawful military aggression on Iran on February 28, some eight months after they carried out unprovoked attacks on the country. The attacks led to the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several military commanders.

Iran has carried out extensive retaliatory attacks on Israel and US with missiles and drones, hitting targets in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military assets in regional countries.

The Pakistan prime minister, for his part, reiterated his country’s principled stance on condemning the US-Israel military aggression against Iran and strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on Iran’s economic infrastructure in the cities of Ahvaz and Isfahan.

On Friday, the United States and the Israeli regime carried out separate attacks on Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company and Khuzestan Steel Company -- two main Iranian steel companies in the central and southwestern provinces of Isfahan and Khuzestan.

One person was killed and two others injured in the attack on parts of the electricity facility of Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Company in the city of Mobarakeh in Isfahan.

Sharif also commended measures taken by Iran to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels of some countries, including Pakistan, through the Strait of Hormuz, expressing hope that this process will continue.

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva Ali Bahreini said on Friday that the Islamic Republic has agreed to the safe passage of aid ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

He added that Tehran, in line with its longstanding principles of humanitarian law and in respect to the request from the United Nations, has made the decision to facilitate and further hasten the safe passage of vessels carrying humanitarian goods through the strategic waterway.

The Pakistani premier also emphasized that any dialogue between Tehran and Washington must take place based on trust and mutual respect which requires an end to military aggression and the killing of Iranian officials and civilians.

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The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters says over 500 US troops were targeted in the Iranian Armed Forces’ latest operations, which inflicted “very heavy losses” among them.

The spokesperson for the headquarters, Lieutenant-Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, said on Saturday that the US forces had fled their regional bases due to “powerful assaults” and were hiding in two locations outside their conventional bases.

According to the statement, the first hideout in Dubai housed over 400 personnel, while the second contained more than 100.

Both sites were targeted by precision missiles and drones launched by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force and Navy.

The spokesperson described the strikes as inflicting “very heavy losses” and stated that ambulances have been transporting American soldiers, including commanders, for hours.

The statement further warned US President Donald Trump and US military commanders that the region would become a “graveyard for American soldiers” and asserted that the only option is surrender.

‘US support vessel targeted near Oman’

In a separate announcement, the spokesperson reported that on early Saturday, a support vessel belonging to the US military was targeted by Iranian armed forces at a significant distance from Oman’s Port of Salalah.

The statement emphasized that Iran respects the national sovereignty of Oman, described as a brotherly and friendly nation.

The United States and Israel launched a large-scale and unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28 by assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and high-ranking military commanders, despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Within the framework of their legitimate response, the Iranian armed forces immediately initiated powerful missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.

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The IRGC announces a large-scale missile and drone operation targeting heavy industries belonging to the American-Israeli enemy in occupied territories and other locations in the region. 

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced a large-scale missile and drone operation targeting heavy industries belonging to the American-Israeli enemy in occupied territories and other locations across the region.

In a statement, IRGC’s Public Relations Department said the operation was a retaliation for recent attacks on Iranian non-military industries, as part of the 85th wave of Operation True Promise 4.

The IRGC described the strikes as a tribute to the resilience of the Iranian people and the nation’s industrial workers.

According to the statement, IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force personnel carried out successive barrages of missile and drone attacks, destroying parts of several industrial facilities belonging to the aggressor American-Zionist enemy in occupied territories and elsewhere.

During the operation, the IRGC reported that enemy air forces attempted to target their launch platforms using fighter jets and drones. It added that the elite force’s air defense units shot down an American MQ-9 unmanned strategic aircraft over Shiraz.

The American news agency Bloomberg reported that Trump has been surprised by Iran's resilience and is furious that Tehran has not surrendered.

Bloomberg wrote about Trump's failures: "His statements change from threats of destruction one day to promises of an imminent peace deal the next. But all the while, Iran's position remains stubborn," and said that Trump's behavior means one thing to Iran: "Don't hesitate to maximize the leverage it has."

Al Jazeera news bombshell: Iran has acquired a new weapon and system that can hunt Israeli and American planes!

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The surprise of "Ali Hashem", the senior correspondent of Al Jazeera English, about the continuous hunting of American and Israeli planes by Iran's internal defense systems:

It seems that the Iranians have something that they are using; we are talking about a new system and weapon! We saw that Iran hunted down F-35, F-18, F-16 and F-15 in the sky.

We do not know what this weapon is; we do not know what this system is?! But the point is, the narrative that had been formed over the past three weeks that Iran's skies are completely open now seems to have been questioned and the Iranians are able to target Israeli and American planes!

Iran will reveal new surprises, Trump should take his head out of his mobile phone and look at the sky

A military source told Tasnim News Agency: Iran has planned new surprises for the coming days in the war, the implementation of which could produce very big results.

He said: Trump sees all his military options as defeated in the war and is thinking of a way out of the impasse; that is why he has dragged the war from his runaway ships into social networks.

This military source noted: Trump knows that his offensive and defensive military ammunition is in a very bad condition and he has no hope of military victory and the military opening of the Strait of Hormuz; therefore, by reducing his military ammunition, he has resorted to firing words, which will also buy him more disgrace.

He emphasized: Contrary to Trump's empty promises, Iran has prepared surprises for the coming days that will make the outcome of the war more obvious than ever.

Trump should take his head off his phone and social media for a while and from now on, his eyes should only be on the sky, the stock market, and the price of oil.

George Galloway, former MP: There have been no negotiations between Trump and Iran, not good, constructive negotiations or anything else, this is a market manipulation lie that the media is naively repeating.

Investors are being deliberately misled. This is a scam. But it won't change the fact, the war will continue, it will get worse and soon there will be no oil or gas left.