MidEast Insights

⚡️🇮🇷🇴🇲 — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed in the press conference that Tehran is nearing a maritime agreement with Muscat over legal management of the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that the "opening of the Strait" remains contingent on the U.S. providing compensation for "violations of the Islamabad agreement" — Tasnim citing Iranian Foreign Ministry. ➡️ Tehran has declared the existing Traffic Separation System (TSS) no longer acceptable and is negotiating a new framework; given current "technical and legal complexities," both parties are establishing a "temporary route" to serve as the immediate operational basis for vessel traffic. ➡️ Technical negotiations between Iranian and Omani military and naval forces are currently utilizing maritime maps to coordinate the new route's parameters, with the final transit corridors to be determined strictly by the outcome of these bilateral military-to-military assessments. ⭐️ Follow @MaxOsintIntel

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: A cargo vessel was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz – UKMTO @Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Hezbollah says it fired a guided missile at a Merkava tank in Al-Bayada, south of Lebanon, and scored a direct hit. @MidEastInsights

#NEW ⚡️🇱🇧🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 - Hezbollah has announced thwarting an IDF advancement attempt to cross the 'Litani' river towards southern Lebanon's 'Zawtar ElCharqiyeh' from 'Deir Seryan', after engaging the force using rifles and machine guns from near point-blank, confirming causalities at 12:30. Hezbollah targeted the IDF Armored Reinforcements with artillery shelling, and the presence of MANPADS in the area forced IAF airpower away from the area, delaying medivacs. @GeoPWatch

Something is cooking, why would Iran order ships to move away from Ras Al-Khaimah coast towards Dubai? No logical reason I can see for now.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘Iran’s proposal is not acceptable to me, it’s simply not acceptable’ @Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli troops can shoot Palestinian stone-throwers if they pose a threat, but the same does not apply to "settlers" due to "severe sociological consequences," IDF Central Command chief Avi Bluth says. @MidEastInsights

🚨🇬🇧The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that the captain of a cargo ship was attacked by several small boats 11 nautical miles off the coast of Sirik in Hormozgan province, Iran. ✅Follow @MaxOsintIntel

— 🇮🇷/🌍 NEW: Iran's proposal includes a third phase calling for strategic dialogue with Arab and regional parties to build a comprehensive security architecture for the entire region, sources tell Al Jazeera. @MidEastInsights

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: "The education sector strike continues, and we feel we are in a war zone due to the failure to eliminate the threat of Hezbollah," Kiryat Shmona Mayor says. @MidEastInsights

⚡️🇮🇷🇷🇺Iranian Foreign Ministry: Araqchi will hold consultations on bilateral relations between Iran and Russia, in addition to regional and international developments. ✅Follow @MaxOsintIntel

— 🇵🇰/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Pakistan is working behind the scenes to mediate a potential deal in which Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. would partially lift its naval blockade, Reuters reports. @MidEastInsights

— 🛢/🌍 BREAKING: "We are facing the greatest threat to energy security in history," the Director of the International Energy Agency warns. @MidEastInsights

— 🇮🇷 NEW: "The hands of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps must be kissed, for they have been and remain the protectors of Iran's security, dignity, and Islam," Sayyed Hassan Khomeini says. @MidEastInsights

— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli Army Radio correspondent reports the Israeli army has yet to comment on Hezbollah operations in southern Lebanon. @MidEastInsights

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran possesses greater military capabilities than the White House or Pentagon has publicly acknowledged, CBS reports citing U.S. officials. @MidEastInsights

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The IRGC Navy announces that it seized two ships attempting to violate the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz The ‘MSC-FRANCESCA’ and ‘EPAMINODES’ were both transferred to Iran’s territorial waters until further notice. These are the same two ships that were fired upon today, according to UKMTO. @Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Israeli army launched an interceptor missile over southern Lebanon today due to a misidentification, Yediot Ahronot reports citing a military source. @MidEastInsights

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 NEW: Iran has informed mediators it will send a delegation to Islamabad — IF the U.S. naval blockade is lifted, WSJ reports. @MidEastInsights