US intelligence warns Iran unlikely to ease Hormuz Strait chokehold soon, sources say
The Strait of Hormuz, controlled on one side by Iran, carries a fifth of the world's oil trade.
The Strait of Hormuz, controlled on one side by Iran, carries a fifth of the world's oil trade.
The global surge in food prices comes as the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route in the Middle East, remains shut down as governments scramble to reopen it.
A source with knowledge of the incident confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that search-and-rescue operations are underway to locate the second pilot.
The vessel passed through the Strait a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to reopen it.
CNN's sources, after reviewing the US intelligence assessment, determined that Trump's two-or three-week prediction for ending the war was wholly unrealistic.
Addressing the council, Al Zayani praised international efforts to maintain stability but pointed to what he described as escalating Iranian aggression.
Additional attacks on Thursday included attacks on a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad Airport and an Amazon cloud computing center in Bahrain.
The report describes what it calls the most significant political upheaval in Iran since the 1979 revolution, driven by a convergence of war, economic crisis, and a growing leadership vacuum.
Amirhossein Hatami was among 11 men said to have been at imminent risk of execution, and who had been "subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in detention."
Iranian ballistic missile commander killed • Kindergarten struck in Hezbollah barrage on North • Bahrain calls for UN vote to defend Strait of Hormuz
According to assessments conducted by multiple US intelligence agencies, the Iranian regime believes it is in a strong enough position to continue the war and not cede to US demands.