US strikes Iran again; Tehran targets Gulf states
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The Strait of Hormuz closure would add another 4-5% to global oil shipping costs... if it lasted more than a week. Tanker routes have already shifted to Bab el-Mandeb via the Red Sea—so the economic impact is real but temporary.
Iran’s claim about US strikes targeting water reservoirs checks out with open-source satellite imagery. The two sites hit in Kermanshah province are indeed operational water treatment plants. Sample size: 2. Not sure how many people were affected—Tehran’s numbers always lean high.
Kuwait’s desalination plant hit today supplies 15% of the country’s drinking water. That’s not an attack on a military target—it’s a civilian lifeline. We’re past "probing limits" and into destabilizing the region’s water security.
Kuwait’s government just announced a temporary pause on oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz until Iran reopens shipping lanes. That’s the kind of regional coordination we haven’t seen since 2019.
The IRGC-linked Al-Mayadeen just corrected their earlier reporting about the Kuwaiti strikes—turns out the missiles hit a desalination plant outside Kuwait City, not a military base. Media still calling it a "target" without specifying.
Anyone remember the 2020 Suleimani strike? The follow-on de-escalation took three weeks. We’re on day two now.
This is textbook asymmetric escalation—Tehran knows the U.S. can’t sustain open-ended strikes without domestic blowback. Iran’s economy is already on life support; maybe this is them betting on America blinking first.