Strategic Intelligence
US-Iran two-week ceasefire in effect — Hormuz reopening, Islamabad talks begin Friday April 10 · Israel excludes Lebanon from ceasefire — central Beirut struck hours after deal; 1,500+ dead · Iran enrichment dispute — Farsi text includes “acceptance of enrichment,” English version omits it; Trump calls it “fraudulent” · Oil crashes 14–16% — WTI ~$95, Brent ~$94; still 30%+ above pre-war levels
WSO rescued from Iran mountains after 30-hour manhunt — CIA deception campaign, heavy firefight, both F-15E crew now safe · Trump April 6 deadline live — energy infrastructure strikes threatened if Hormuz remains blocked by Monday 8 PM ET · Indonesia buries 3 UNIFIL peacekeepers; 3 more wounded Friday — thousands protest at US Embassy in Jakarta · US 10% global tariff enters force today; 60+ nations face higher rates from April 9 — J.P. Morgan: effective rate now 23%+
4th STRIKE on Bushehr NPP perimeter — 1 guard killed, IAEA confirms no radiation increase · Rosatom begins mass evacuation: 198 workers departing toward Armenian border · Trump issues new 48-hour Hormuz ultimatum — “all hell will reign down” by Monday · Missing F-15E WSO — search continues inside Iran for 2nd day
BREAKING: F-15E shot down over Iran — first confirmed combat air loss; 1 crew MIA, Iran offering civilian reward for capture · Iran rejects US 48-hour ceasefire request — “field response”: continued strikes · US intel: ~50% of Iranian missile launchers intact; contradicts Trump’s “almost none left” address · B1 Bridge near Tehran destroyed mid-strike on Nature Day holiday; 8–13 killed civilians
Iran strikes Kuwaiti oil tanker Al-Salmi anchored at Port of Dubai — first direct strike on a GCC state vessel since war began · US gas hits $4.00/gallon nationally; Los Angeles at $5.99 — highest in four years; USS Tripoli (3,500 Marines) in Indian Ocean as ground operation debate intensifies · Hegseth declares “regime change has occurred” in Iran; Pezeshkian signals willingness to stop fighting “if conditions met” — statements unreconciled with each other · Italy denies US aircraft landing rights at Sigonella base in Sicily; Spain closes full airspace to US Iran-war flights; France blocks supplies to Israel
Trump threatens to “obliterate” Iran’s water desalination plants if no deal reached “shortly” · Spain closes airspace to all US military aircraft involved in Iran war — NATO alliance fracture widens · Iran Foreign Ministry confirms parliament reviewing NPT withdrawal legislation · IRGC targets Israeli-linked container ship “Express Rome” in Persian Gulf
HOUTHIS FIRE FIRST MISSILES AT ISRAEL IN CURRENT WAR — TWO SEPARATE ATTACKS MARCH 28; SPOKESMAN VOWS CONTINUED OPERATIONS · FOUR-NATION ISLAMABAD SUMMIT UNDERWAY — PAKISTAN, TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA, EGYPT CONVENE TO PREPARE US-IRAN DIRECT TALKS · IRAN FORMALIZED YUAN-DENOMINATED HORMUZ TOLL SYSTEM; IRANIAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATING FEE COLLECTION; GCC SECRETARY-GENERAL CONFIRMS · THREE JOURNALISTS KILLED IN MARKED VEHICLE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON — ISRAEL ACKNOWLEDGES TARGETING ONE, PROVIDES NO EVIDENCE FOR OTHER TWO
Israel strikes Arak heavy water reactor & Yazd yellowcake plant — Iran vows “heavy” retaliation · Trump extends energy deadline to Apr 6 — Iran denies talks ongoing · Pakistan resumes Afghan ops post-Eid — HRW: Kabul rehab strike “possible war crime” · Sudan: 28 civilian dead in dual RSF drone strikes — UN warns “Syria-scale” refugee crisis