Commercial satellite imagery shows six holes where the bunker-busting bombs appear to have penetrated the mountain, & ground that looks disturbed and covered in dust.
While the strait has never been closed in the past, there has also never been a situation where both Israel and the US have directly attacked Iranian nuclear installations.
Before US attack, analysts at Oxford Economics modeled 3 scenarios, including de-escalation, complete shutdown in Iranian oil production and closure of Strait of Hormuz.
This is the second time this year that the Egyptian FM's visit to India has been postponed due to geopolitical situation in West Asia. Abdelatty was set to travel to New Delhi Monday.
Some analysts suggested that Trump could be drawn into seeking 'regime change' if Tehran carries out major reprisals or moves to build a nuclear weapon.
LIVE UPDATES | Trump on Truth Social at 3.32am (IST): 'It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now...).'
US hit Fordow with 30,000-pound bunker bombs, while it fired tomahawk missiles at Natanz & Isfahan. A US official said the strikes were complete & no follow-up attacks were expected.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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