"IAF fighter jets precisely struck military targets across Iran, eliminating 7 senior officials of the Iranian Defense Leadership:
Ali Shamkhani, Mohammad Pakpour, Saleh Asadi, Mohammad Shirazi, Aziz Nasirzadeh, Hossein Jabal Amelian, Reza Mozaffari-Nia.
The world is a better place without them", - tweeted Israel Defence Forces.
Iran suffers major casualties; defence minister, chief of armed forces declared dead after Khamenei
Aziz Nasirzadeh and Abdolrahim Mousavi killed in the US-Israel joint attacks (social media)
Israeli defence also said: ONGOING STRIKE: 30+ targets so far, in western and central Iran, including aerial defense systems, missile launchers, regime targets and military command centers.
The IDF will continue to degrade the Iranian terror regime’s capabilities until they can no longer threaten our people."
Well, this is only side of the story.
US President Donald Trump said the attacks would eliminate a security threat to the United States and give Iranians an opportunity to topple their rulers.
Of course, there has been 'no confirmed damage' to oil and gas infrastructure from retaliatory Iranian strikes.
However, it goes without stating that the scale of the disruption will likely be determined by the duration of the conflict, but for now the threat and the uncertainty are already enough to ....
--- severely impact flows from the region that accounts for 20 percent of global oil supplies.
Aerial image shows the Valero Wilmington Oil Refinery adjacent to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles - AFP snap
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, has been killed. His daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were also killed. The Iran Govt declared 40 days of national mourning and seven public holidays.
Experts say global energy markets face one of their gravest shocks in decades as joint US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory missile attacks across the Gulf disrupt oil exports from the world’s most important producing region.
In the meantime ... ex military officers and geo-strategic analysts with experience in Gulf say --
- Iran will be Targeting of Israel & Citizens abroad
- has already and at times 'successfully' Targeted US Bases and Ships
- Targeting of US allies Jordan, Qatar, UAE & Pakistan
(Pakistan not attacked so far !! )
- Employment of Proxies to Target Israel and Assets in Mediterranean,
Persian Gulf, Red Sea.
- Cyber Attacks on US Networks
- Homeland Attack in US undertaken by Aligned proxies/ Lone Wolf adversaries especially
Indian missions in multiple countries had issued advisories urging Indian nationals to stay indoors, avoid military bases and pay heed to emergency alerts sent by local authorities.
Advisories were issued by the Indian embassies of Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.
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Debris from a drone intercepted by Dubai's military caused a fire at one of the berths of Jebel Ali Port, a known frequent stop for US Navy ships in the Gulf.
Dubai Civil Defense teams immediately responded to handle the fire.
Economic Fallout:
Of course, the aviation sector is the first victim already.
Delhi analyst told the blogger : "Dubai and larger middle East and West Asia airspace presently closed or about to close …
Hence --- the digital money ought to flow in and out.
Prospects brighten that 'digital money' from the Middle East also shall start moving towards Hong Kong or other hubs in South East Asia and even to the United States ... from Dubai / Saudi / Bahrain.
"This is expected more in fear or in panic and also combination of both the factors," the expert added.
Crucially, there have so far been no reports of disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that handles nearly 20 million barrels per day of crude oil and refined products.
There is also a suggested viewpoint that in the modern-era and treacherous world; nuclear weapons are the ultimate deterrent.
If you make a bomb, make it, don't talk. Iran is being bombed not because it wants to make a bomb, but because it did not make one.
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