Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait. A second Marine amphibious group is now heading to the Middle East. Iran tells Trump they are waiting for his ground invasion

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It comes directly from Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview with NBC News. He said:

“We are waiting for them.” Iran is ready for a U.S. ground invasion.

https://time.com/7382836/iran-us-israel-war-trump-araghchi-ground-invasion-cease-fire/

Araghchi told NBC News that Iran is prepared for a U.S. ground invasion and is expecting it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-foreign-minister-interview-rcna261920

IRGC contradicts Bibi: says missile production is ongoing, is of “no concern” – even as IRGC spokesman Ali Mohammad Naeini is reported killed.

Energy war ongoing: Major sites damaged across the region – Haifa refinery hit, Qatar LNG output cut 17%, Kuwait facilities ablaze.

Kharg Island escalation looms: Trump admin weighing seizure of Kharg Island to reopen Hormuz; Thousands of Marines in route, reports of low US jet strafing runs over strait.

Signal of zero restraint from Ayatollah & FM: Iran sends warning if energy sites are hit again, leadership structure grows opaque; supreme leader says enemies will be denied security.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hormuz-showdown-begins-us-warplanes-apaches-launch-sea-lane-offensive-trump-eyes-high

Trump | We can take Kharg Island anytime we want.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603192077

Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a US company, a first since the war started
An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack of a medical tech company, in what appears to be the first significant instance of Iran hacking an American company since the start of war between the countries.

The company, Stryker, produces a range of medical equipment and technology, and is headquartered in Michigan.

Historically, Iran has conducted some of the most infamous “wiper” cyberattacks on national enemies, aiming to simply erase all data on a computer’s networks. Victims include Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, in 2012, and the Sands Casino in 2014.

Since the war started, some established hacker groups sympathetic to Iranian leadership have claimed minor attacks, but most have been relegated to briefly altering the appearance of a website and none have appeared to have had major impact. Some tech and cybersecurity companies, including Google, and the email cybersecurity company Proofpoint, have told NBC News that they have largely seen Iran’s hackers conducting espionage related to the war.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/iran-appears-to-have-conducted-a-significant-cyberattack-against-a-us-company-a-first-since-the-war-started/ar-AA1Yr96P?cvpid=69bc00d54ba348b69acbcee734e66515

NOBODY KNOWS HOW FUCKED THE SITUATION IN THE PERSIAN GULF ACTUALLY IS.

3,200 ships are TRAPPED in the Persian Gulf right now.

Crews are running out of drinking water.

One ship called the local port authority and BEGGED for permission to dock — just to get water.

They were DENIED. 💀

Let that sink in.

These aren’t military ships. These are commercial vessels — carrying oil, grain, electronics — with civilian crews who are now stranded with NO supplies and NO way out.

– 3,200 ships STUCK ⚠️
– Crews running out of WATER 💀
– Port authorities REFUSING to let them dock ⚠️
– Multiple ships reporting the SAME situation 💀

⚠️ For context — the Suez Canal crisis in 2021 blocked 400 ships. This is EIGHT TIMES worse. And nobody is talking about it.

They’re showing you missile interceptions and oil price charts.

They’re NOT showing you thousands of crew members slowly running out of drinking water in the middle of a war zone.

If these ships start getting abandoned, the environmental disaster alone would be catastrophic. Thousands of tons of fuel, cargo, chemicals — just sitting there.

This is not a shipping disruption. This is a HUMANITARIAN CRISIS unfolding in real time.

Prepare accordingly.