🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Confirmation, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz!

"This is the IRGC Navy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran. Effective immediately, all navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is prohibited. No vessels of any type are permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz until further notice. This is the IRGC Navy. Out," - IRGC transmission.

🇺🇸🇮🇷- "U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commenced Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, at the direction of the President of the United States.

U.S. and partner forces began striking targets at 1:15 am ET to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat. Targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields.

“The President ordered bold action, and our brave Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Guardians, and Coast Guardsmen are answering the call,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM.

Following the initial wave of U.S. and partner strikes, CENTCOM forces successfully defended against hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks. There have been no reports of U.S. casualties or combat-related injuries. Damage to U.S. installations was minimal and has not impacted operations.

The first hours of the operation included precision munitions launched from air, land, and sea. Additionally, CENTCOM’s Task Force Scorpion Strike employed low-cost one-way attack drones for the first time in combat.

Operation Epic Fury involves the largest regional concentration of American military firepower in a generation." - U.S. Central Command

🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Vessels are actively turning away from the Strait of Hormuz, confirming the IRGC’s shutdown of the strait.

🇺🇸⚡️- "No American casualties in the Iranian retaliation" - United States Department of War

🏳️🇵🇰⚡- Clashes have erupted between the Afghan Taliban forces and the Pakistani military along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "Israel, not the U.S., was the one that attacked Khamenei.

Thirty bombs were dropped on the compound.

Khamenei’s military secretary is dead, and apparently so are family members.

Khamenei is “almost certainly dead.”" - Israeli Journalist Amit Segal

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- The Iranian intelligence department is in panic mode after Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and four top spies were assassinated earlier today, the Washington Post reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Insane video of an Iranian drone impacting a building in Bahrain.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Another hostile drone infiltration alert from southern Lebanon into Northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- While the US and Israel have gained air control over the western and southern parts of Iran, Israel believes complete air superiority is expected tomorrow, i24 reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- US-Iran talks were intended to be a deception, Israeli Channel 11 reports.

🇫🇷🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Emmanuel Macron says France was neither implicated nor warned in advance by the U.S. that strikes would be conducted.

He maintained that the dismantling of the Iranian nuclear program has to be done diplomatically.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Awkward silence across the Middle East...

There have been just two US/Israeli strikes in the past hour, hitting the Isfahan Province.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "There are many signs that Khamenei is gone." - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The operation will continue as long as necessary. Patience is also required." - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "This war will lead to true peace." - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The roar of the lion is now heard all over the world." - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "People of Iran, do not miss this opportunity. It is a once in a generation opportunity. Take to the streets. Overthrow your murderous regime. We are with you." - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- BREAKING: Sirens sounding in Kuwait.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- The U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan has been closed.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu and Trump had agreed upon this week as the start of the war a long time ago, everything else was deception," - Israeli Channel 11.