BREAKING: U.S. RETALIATION STRIKES Near Hormuz TRIGGERED By Iranian-Downed Apache | TBN Israel

The United States launched self-defense strikes inside Iran, targeting air defense systems, radars, and command and control stations in response to an American Apache helicopter being shot down in the Gulf area. These strikes focused on sensitive areas like the south of the country and the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States Central Command announced it had launched self-defense strikes in Iran in response to 'unjustified Iranian aggression.' Strikes began around midnight Israel time, targeting Bandarabas, Kasim Island, the port of Sir, and the Jusk area. Close to 20 targets were struck.

Prior to the American retaliation, Israel had already conducted strikes against Iranian air defensive systems, leaving the regime with reduced capability to defend its airspace. This weakened state made Iran more vulnerable to subsequent attacks.

Even before the Americans entered the picture, Israel had already done to Iran the thing that it feared the most. The air force struck again at the air defensive systems that the Iranian had tried to rebuild, leaving the regime with a lot of threats, but with far less ability to actually stop any kind of aircrafts above its head.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry views diplomacy and military campaigns as intertwined tools to protect Iran's interests, suggesting that negotiations are not an alternative to war but rather a component of it, used to gain leverage, stop blows, and prepare for future confrontations.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismael Bahi said that diplomacy and the military campaign are not two separate fields. In his view, both are tools to protect Iran's interests. This is a sentence that we need to stop for a moment and remember because it says almost openly that Israel and the United States have been seen for years for the Iranian regime negotiations are not an alternative to war. They're part of this war.

Iran's ultimatum for nuclear negotiations, including demands for the return of frozen assets, an end to the Gaza war, cessation of strikes in Lebanon, lifting blockades, and canceling sanctions, is interpreted as a 'rescue list' for a regime under significant economic and military pressure.

Amongst the demands are the return of frozen Iranian assets, the end of the war in Gaza, stopping the strikes in Lebanon, lifting the blockade on Iran, and cancelling the sanctions. In simple words, Iran wants money, economic breathing room, protection from the terrorist organization in the north, and removal and freedom of action. This is not a normal list of demands in negotiations. This is a rescue list for the regime because the American blockade, the Israeli strikes, the damage to the defense systems, and the pressure on the Iranian economy are all beginning to converge into one point.

Reports of sophisticated electronic equipment found in Iran, allegedly serving as an Israeli ground guidance station, highlight the Iranian regime's internal vulnerabilities and its struggle to explain how its protected systems and commanders are being targeted.

They're reporting that security authorities and others security personnel, they found sophisticated electronic equipment in the Lavasan area northwest of Tehran. And according to the Iranian claims, this equipment served as a ground guidance station for Israeli air force operations from inside the Iranian territory. The regime is looking for spies, guidance, stations, assistance, internal networks, and it understands that the threat is no longer coming only from the skies. It may also be inside the house.

The effective closure or disruption of the Strait of Hormuz due to regional conflict significantly harms global oil, gas, and fertilizer exports, leading to market pressure, stuck ships, and increased prices worldwide, particularly affecting poorer countries.

When Hmuz is effectively closed, Iran and gas exports are harmed, markets come under pressure, ships get stuck, and poor countries around the world feel the price through the fuel, through the fertilizers, and through the food. Before the straight was closed, huge quantities of oil, gas and fertilizers passed through it every single day. A significant part of the global area and the supply of URA passed through this space. That's why this is not only a story of a war between Washington and Thran. This is a blow to the life chain of the global economy.