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Iran war live: Blasts heard in Qeshm; US moves to block land supply routes

Michael Mulroy, a former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, says CENTCOM’s new task force “Iron Gate” aims to build upon Washington’s economic “strangulation strategy” by targeting Iran’s ability to use land routes to transport weapons and sanctioned materials.He told…

Iran war live: Blasts heard in Qeshm; US moves to block land supply routes
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Michael Mulroy, a former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, says CENTCOM’s new task force “Iron Gate” aims to build upon Washington’s economic “strangulation strategy” by targeting Iran’s ability to use land routes to transport weapons and sanctioned materials.He told…

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Unlike Operation Epic Fury, which primarily focused on military targets, I think these targets will be focused on economic and infrastructure targets as part of this comprehensive plan to cut the regime off from its ability to fight and ability to fund itself,” he said.Mulroy, who is also a former CIA paramilitary operations officer, said that the task force is a “combatant command”, indicating that its purpose is to prepare….

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. pic.twitter.com/C6WasLiq3o— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) November 7, 2026The IRNA state news agency is reporting that explosion-like sounds were heard in Qeshm, Jask, Sirik, and also in Bandar Abbas.

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However, they have not said that this is an attackWhat we are understanding from these statements is that these are Iranian tests – a military exercise or a show of readiness for any new round of war.So far there is no confirmation neither from the US side nor from the Iranian side that any attack has happened in the locations that I just mentioned.However, having said that, the situation is….

What we are seeing is the US attacking Iranian ships and then Iranians directly or indirectly stopping or attacking the vessels over there, and that is creating an extremely delicate situation.The concern is that these kind of back-and-forth attacks could ignite a new round of war.The US Central Command says it’s launching a new taskforce against Iran and expanding its months-long naval blockade on Iranian ports.CENTCOM says the operation will….

It says the operation will block revenue streams, not only across Iran’s land borders, but also the Caspian Sea.Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.Stay with us for the latest developments, reactions and analysis about the war and its fallout across the Middle East and beyond, including Yemen and Saudi Arabia.You can find our updates from Saturday, November 7 here.

Iranian state media report blasts on Qeshm Island in Strait of Hormuz and the cities of Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas.

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