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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’”Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani, the 14-month-old granddaughter of Iranโ€™s Supreme Leader, was reportedly killed in the US-Israeli attack

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๐Ÿ“ˆ Forget crude: natural gas prices are about to go through the roof if Hormuz isnโ€™t reopened soon

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œGas prices may rise, because approximately 20% of the worldโ€™s LNG transits through the Strait of Hormuz, including all of Qatarโ€™s production,โ€ Igor Yushkov, a top Russian energy expert, told Sputnik, commenting on the Persian Gulf crisis.


๐Ÿ—ฃ โ€œQatar is one of the largest producers of LNG in the world, second only to Australia and the US. If thereโ€™s a shortage of LNG on the global marketโ€ฆthe exchange price could easily exceed $1k or even 1.5k. Weโ€™ve seen similar prices in Europe even without such a shortage. So the price could skyrocket.โ€

๐Ÿ“ According to Yushkov, โ€œeverything will depend on how long the tension in the Strait of Hormuz lasts,โ€ including not only Iranโ€™s readiness to reopen it, but gas producersโ€™ willingness to resume transit.

๐Ÿ‘‰ โ€œIn any case, we will see higher shipping costs, higher insurance costs for ships,โ€ with the situation โ€œfurther exacerbatedโ€ by the fact that the Northern Hemisphere is still in the heating season, with Europeโ€™s underground gas storage facilities being gradually depleted.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œEven though Qatar gas physically goes primarily to Asian markets, the exchange price will rise everywhere,โ€ same as oil, Yushkov clarified. Qatar itself also has no alternative to Hormuz. โ€œTherefore, if it is unable to export LNG, Qatar will simply have to stop production.โ€


๐Ÿ“จ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Message to China

๐Ÿ—ฃ The present crisis is also โ€œa major wake-up call for China,โ€ Yushkov says.

๐ŸŸ  โ€œChina is being shown that anything coming from the south is unsafe. Passage through the Strait of Hormuz may be interrupted today as part of the current conflict, but tomorrow the Americans could close it off to Qatari LNG supplies to the Chinese market.โ€

๐ŸŸ  โ€œOr they could close the Strait of Malacca, through which all the hydrocarbons going to China from Africa and the entire Middle East flow. Therefore, this is a signal to China that anything coming from the north is much safer, and much more difficult to shut down,โ€ the observer summed up.

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๐Ÿšจ IRGC says it launched missile strikes against three US and UK tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ'I have agreed to talk': Trump signals possible return to Iran negotiations US President Donald Trump told website The Atlantic that Iranian leaders are seeking to restart talks โ€“ and that he has agreed to engage. ๐Ÿ’ฌโ€œThey want to talk, and I have agreedโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIranโ€™s FM Araghchi on resolving the conflict with the US through talks: "We have had a bitter experience negotiating with Washington"

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐ŸšจStrike on girls' school in Iran is a WAR CRIME - FM Araghchi to ABC

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๐ŸšจAhmadinejad's spokesman denies death reports

Press secretary for former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a comment to Sputnik, refuted reports of his death:

"News that the respected Ahmadinejad has been killed are false. He is healthy and safe."

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš”๏ธ Trump seems to prefer launching his military campaigns on weekends

๐Ÿ”ถ On February 28 โ€” a Saturday โ€” the US struck Iran, killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

๐Ÿ”ถ On January 3 2026, also on a Saturday, US forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolรกs Maduro.

๐Ÿ”ถ In October 2019, overnight from Saturday to Sunday, US special forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.

๐Ÿ”ถ On April 13 and 14 2018, Friday night into Saturday, the US, UK and France launched joint strikes on Syrian targets.

๐Ÿ”ถ In January 2020, the US drone attack that killed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Qasem Soleimani took place late on a Thursday โ€” not the weekend, but timed as markets were closing.

๐Ÿ“ One viral theory suggests Trump deliberately attacks when oil markets are closed, letting tradersโ€™ nerves cool off before trading resumes.

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๐Ÿšจ New footage shows Israeli strikes on Tehran

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTrump says the US has destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval ships and largely destroyed Iranโ€™s naval HQ, vowing to target the remaining vessels

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๐Ÿ“นMourning processions are taking place in Tehran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iranโ€™s state broadcasting company in Tehran was hit by US and Israeli strikes, though broadcasts are reportedly continuing as normal

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Protests resume in Baghdadโ€™s Green Zone amid Iran escalation

๐Ÿ›ฐ A Sputnik correspondent in Iraq reports that protests have resumed at the gates of the suspension bridge leading into Baghdadโ€™s Green Zone.

The demonstrations come as supporters of Iran protest against the US-Israeli attack on the country.

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’ฅ IRGC strike in UAE allegedly hit CIA officersโ€™ residence - report

๐Ÿ”ธ A missile strike by the IRGC in the UAE targeted a residence housing CIA officers, Iranโ€™s Tasnim news agency reports, citing defense sources.

๐Ÿ”ธ As a result, six senior officers were reportedly killed and two were wounded.

๐Ÿ”ธ Earlier reports had claimed that a CIA facility in the United Arab Emirates was hit in the attack.

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๐Ÿšจ Tasnim reports that US and Israeli strikes have hit Gandhi Hospital in central Tehran

It is the largest private clinic in the country.

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๐Ÿšจ IRGC confirms Iran's Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh killed in US-Israeli attack

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ US base in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, hit by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE closes embassy in Tehran, recalls ambassador and all diplomats amid regional escalation โ€” Foreign Ministry

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Strikes on Tehran will not affect Iran's ability to continue military operations โ€” FM Araghchi

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ After bases, next logical step for Iran will be to target US warships - retired Russian Navy captain

๐Ÿ—ฃ โ€œJudging by satellite pictures, one thing is certain: some of [Iranโ€™s] missile strikes hit their targets, including the base of the US 5th Fleet,โ€ Russian military expert and retired Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin told Sputnik, commenting on Iranโ€™s retaliation to the US and Israelโ€™s unprovoked aggression.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œWhile there were no ships there, itโ€™s clear that the strike itself was significant. Itโ€™s clear the baseโ€™s famous radar dome โ€“ one of the most important and expensive elements of the US missile defense system, was damaged. Some estimates suggest it cost over $1B, and detects missile launches at long ranges. This is a major loss for the US, and because it probably works in Israelโ€™s interest, theirs as well.โ€


๐Ÿ”ถ Iranโ€™s targeting of US bases likely also included โ€œreal lossesโ€ of personnel, something the administration may try to minimize, Dandykin believes.

๐Ÿ”ถ Going forward, Iran could launch additional strikes on the bases it already hit, find new targets, and, โ€œmost likely,โ€ target โ€œAmerican naval forces,โ€ according to the observer.

๐Ÿ”ถ The USโ€™s big difficulty will be related to anti-missile ammunition, which is limited.

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œThis operation was designed to last a short time โ€“ 3-4-5 days. Last yearโ€™s escalation lasted two weeks. What if the current one lasts three or four weeks?โ€ Dandykin asked.


๐Ÿ”ถ As for the US โ€˜achievementsโ€™, apart from killing Iranโ€™s supreme leader and IRGC commanders, the only practical accomplishment has been to unite Iranian society in hatred of the aggressors, the observer summed up.

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle heads from Baltic Sea to eastern Mediterranean, BFMTV reports

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