🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — UAV activity reported above Kermanshah, Iran. Likely American MQ-9A Reaper UCAVs or LUCAS one-way attack UAVs.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Around 20 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours in coordination with the U.S. military, while several others crossed without U.S. coordination, Axios reports, citing a U.S. official.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Continuous explosions in Dezful, Iran, a local tells Tabz.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Explosions in Behbahan, southwestern Iran.

🇮🇷⚡️ — Khuzestan's Deputy Governor has denied reports of strikes on Ahvaz Airport, stating no hits were recorded at the facility.

➡️ Two areas near the city limits of Ahvaz have reportedly been struck.

🇮🇷⚡️ — IRIAF fighter jet takeoffs from Vahdati Air Base, Iran, around the same timeframe as the explosions, local sources inform Tabz.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Minutes ago, explosions occured in Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Several U.S. strikes have been reported throughout Khuzestan Province this round of strikes.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Note that Khondab is home to a nuclear research facility, and an accompanying air defense unit.

➡️ The site has now been targeted at least three times since last year by both the US and Israeli air forces.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — A lot of areas in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran, have been struck by U.S. airstrikes.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Bakeri Garrison in Dezful, Iran, was struck.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. airstrikes struck Abadan and Shadegan counties in Khuzestan province.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — A U.S. strike has been reported on the Ahvaz–Haftkel road in Khuzestan province.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Power outages in Dezful.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — A local source tells Tabz that there are power outages throughout Behbahan.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Power outages in Andimeshk, located near Dezful, a local source tells Tabz.

🇺🇸⚡️ — The death of Senator Lindsey Graham has triggered an immediate scramble among South Carolina Republicans to fill his seat, with party leaders maneuvering behind the scenes even as they publicly mourn him, POLITICO reports.

➡️ Governor Henry McMaster will appoint a temporary replacement, while a snap Republican primary is scheduled for August 11, followed by a possible runoff on August 25.

➡️ Senior House Republicans are pressing McMaster not to appoint a sitting representative, warning that doing so would further weaken the GOP’s already narrow House majority.

➡️ Potential contenders include Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, Representatives Nancy Mace, Russell Fry, and Ralph Norman, and former Graham challenger Mark Lynch.

➡️ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also received encouragement to run, though people close to him say he intends to remain in the administration.

🇬🇧⚡️ — Britain will spend more than £250 million over the next three years to strengthen security for Jewish communities.

➡️ The funding will provide more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales, increasing security in Jewish neighborhoods and around schools, synagogues, and community centers, according to the government.