US Warns Iran Over Weekend Live Fire Drills Close To American Forces https://t.co/5z35RQf4Vp
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 1, 2026
Iran’s military starting Thursday issued a warning to ships at sea that it planned to run a drill starting this weekend which is to include live firing in the Strait of Hormuz, potentially disrupting traffic through a waterway which sees 20% of all the world’s oil pass through it.
This prompted a US warning in response, given US forces are also in the region – but quite a bit further away. On Iran’s two-day live-fire naval exercise, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it will not tolerate any unsafe behavior which threats US forces, and somewhat awkwardly called on IRGC forces to operate professionally.
Iranians Seal Windows & Store Food, Water As They Prepare For Attack https://t.co/CKRWBi6R3W
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 31, 2026
Via Middle East Eye
As night fell on Friday, a tense sense of dread settled over Iranians at home and abroad, with rumors of an imminent US military strike took hold across Iran.
“I kept waiting for it to hit. I couldn’t sleep until morning. I was waking up and straining to hear any sound of explosions. Let’s see what happens tonight,” Milad*, a 43-year-old engineer living in the capital Tehran, said about that night. Shohreh, a 68-year-old woman, goes to a park near her home in east Tehran every morning for group exercise. When she returned home on the morning of 31 January, she said, “Today, all my friends were saying that it would hit tonight.”
Shohreh, who opposes a foreign attack on Iran, said people seemed to be losing their minds. “They think that if the US strikes, everything will be fine,” she said. “Because of the killings committed by the Islamic Republic, people are becoming desperate. They no longer know what is in their interest and what is against them.”
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