📸 Marco Rubio wearing oversized shoes that Trump ordered for him by just guessing his size.

Trump has been buying $145 Florsheim dress shoes for allies, using the gifts as a lighthearted way to encourage loyalty and unity within his circle.

Source: The Times

Iran has shipped about 11.7–12 million barrels of crude oil to China through the Strait of Hormuz since the war began on Feb. 28, despite attacks and heavy disruption in the key waterway.

Many tankers have turned off tracking systems to avoid detection.

Iran is also using the Jask terminal on the Gulf of Oman as an alternative export route, though it is slower and less efficient.

Source: CNBC

EU's von der Leyen:

Returning to Russian fossil fuels in the current crisis would be a strategic blunder.

EU's von der Leyen:

We are exploring subsidizing or even capping the gas price.

Italy's Meloni on Iran:

We cannot afford an Ayatollah regime in possession of a nuclear weapon, combined, moreover, with a missile capability that could soon be able to directly strike Italy and Europe.

Italy's Meloni on Iran:

I express firm condemnation of the massacre of little girls that occurred at the Minab school in southern Iran, solidarity with the families of the young victims, and request that the responsibilities for this tragedy be quickly established.

Hezbollah is shifting back to guerrilla warfare as it prepares for a possible Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

Fighters are operating in small units, avoiding electronic communications to prevent Israeli surveillance, and conserving anti-tank rockets.

Source: Reuters

Chevron and Shell are close to signing the first major oil production deals in Venezuela since the U.S. captured President Maduro in January.

Chevron plans to expand production in the Orinoco Belt (Ayacucho 8 area), while Shell is targeting the Carito and Pirital fields in Monagas North.

Venezuela recently changed its oil law to give foreign companies more control over operations and exports.

The government may finalize contract reviews by the end of March.

Source: Reuters

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Steve Bannon on Iran:

Trump’s original objective was to back the dissident groups in Persia who hate Ayatollah and Mullahs.

Instead, Israel has managed to unite the Persian people who were not united.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out its “most intense” operation since the war began, launching missiles at Israeli and U.S. targets in the region, while Israel reported sirens but no casualties.

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Steve Bannon:

Lindsey Graham should be registered as a foreign agent for the Netanyahu government.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

We have to put an end to the veto power in the UN Security Council.

Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of strategic cruise missiles from a new 5,000-ton North Korean destroyer.

Türkiye deployed ASELSAN’s ŞAHİN 40mm anti-drone system to Northern Cyprus, where it is now operational to defend against low-flying mini and micro UAVs using airburst smart grenades.

Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

While there was an opportunity and possibility to resolve the problems at the table, due to miscalculations, wrong assessments, and of course the provocations of a bloodthirsty network, our region has once again been covered with the smell of blood and gunpowder.

Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

We sadly see that, without making any distinction between women, children, the elderly, or civilians, an entire people—who bear no responsibility for the developments—are being made to pay a heavy price.

Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

This war must be stopped before it escalates and sets the entire region on fire.

If diplomacy is given a chance, it is certainly possible to achieve this.

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was reportedly injured in his legs on the first day of US-Israeli strikes, according to reports, but the son of Iran’s president said he is “safe and sound.”

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