U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released imagery of the Esfahan Khomeynishahr Drone Production Plant in Central Iran both before and after it was destroyed by U.S. strike(s) sometime between March 3rd and 12th.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump states that the United States doesn’t use or need the Strait of Hormuz.

In a post moments ago on TruthSocial, President Trump stated that they are getting “very close” to meeting their objectives in the Iran War and are considering winding down military efforts in the Middle East directed at Iran, with those objectives including:

1. “Completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them.”

2. “Destroying Iran's Defense Industrial Base.”

3. “Eliminating their Navy and Air Force, including Anti Aircraft Weaponry.”

4. “Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear Capability, and always being in a position where the U.S.A. can quickly and powerfully react to such a situation, should it take place.”

5. “Protecting, at the highest level, our Middle Eastern Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others.”

President Trump closes the post by stating regarding the Strait of Hormuz: “The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it - The United States does not! If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn't be necessary once Iran's threat is eradicated. Importantly, it will be an easy Military Operation for them.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is weighing whether to send possibly thousands of American troops into Iran as he looks for a way to achieve some of his key goals and end the war, according to the two current U.S. officials, two former U.S. officials and another person familiar with the discussions who spoke to NBC News.

Several options are under discussion, with one aimed at freeing up passage in the Strait of Hormuz by deploying troops to Iranian ports or small islands in the Persian Gulf to mitigate the threat to vessels, while others include an operation to retrieve Iran’s highly-enriched uranium or using troops to seize Iran’s oil facilities to cut off a key financial lifeline and attempt to extract concessions from the Islamic Regime.

The scale and duration of any deployment of U.S. troops inside of Iran would depend on the type of operation, but it could range from hundreds of specialized forces operating on the ground for a number of hours, to thousands over a matter of weeks, though none of the options that are being seriously considered are expected to involve large-scale deployments like those in Iraq or Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bombers seen taking off this morning from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England for strikes against Iran, fully-armed with AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM).

Heavy explosions being reported in several areas across the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an evacuation warning for Ras al-Khaimah in the north of the United Arab Emirates, telling residents to immediately evacuate the city, stating that the area will be targeted in the near future due to its use in strikes against Iran.

Reports of a large fire burning following an Iranian drone strike on the U.S. State Department’s Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center (BDSC) in the Iraqi capital, located on the site of Baghdad International Airport.

According to Reuters, Iraq has declared force majeure on all oilfields developed by foreign oil companies, citing the ongoing conflict, including Iranian strikes on Gulf nation energy infrastructure, for the move. Per the report, citing officials with knowledge on the matter, "Based on the situation, the ​ministry ordered a full shutdown of production at affected concession areas, with no compensation arising from the measure ‌under ⁠contract terms."

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing multiple U.S. officials, Iran has targeted the joint US-UK military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM). According to the report, one missile failed in flight whilst the other was engaged by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer utilizing an SM-3, but a successful interception was not confirmed. None of the missiles hit the base. This is notable as Iranian long-range precision fires have not previously been publicly assessed as having the range to hit such a target as Diego Garcia, as the base is some 4,000 kilometers from Iran.

The Khorramshahr-4 is likely the intermediate-range ballistic missile that Iran used in the attempted attack on Diego Garcia, which analysts had previously assessed may have a range of +4,000km, though it had only been proven at between 2,000-3,000km. Such an attack would suggest that the Khorramshahr-4, which can carry a cluster and other unconventional warheads, could be used by Iran to strike almost the entirety of Europe, possibly as far as France and the United Kingdom.

CNN has confirmed reports that Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles, likely Khorramshahr-4s, at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on Friday, over 2,300 miles from Iran, with neither missile impacting the joint American-British military base, according to a U.S. official.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage of recent strikes carried out on short-range air defense systems and military aircraft on the ground at air bases in Iran.

Explosions and air defense activity reported over Dubai as well as several other areas of the United Arab Emirates, amidst a drone and missile attack by Iran.

Five people are lightly hurt after a Hezbollah rocket struck a home in the northern town of Ma'alot-Tarshiha