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Iran has created a new agency to regulate shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, announced as the country reviews a peace deal with the United States, signaling broader regulatory control over critical waterways during ongoing diplomacy.
The United States is pivoting from military action to economic pressure on Iran, expanding sanctions and targeting the country’s financial system to curb Tehran’s influence, a strategy framed as using financial leverage against Iran’s leadership (including Ali Shamkhani) amid ongoing regional tension and international scrutiny.
One month into the conflict, Iranians are coping with ongoing bombings, eroding livelihoods, rising prices and broad anxiety about the future as the war and its economic toll continue to unfold.
The United States and Israel launched a major attack across Iran as tensions over its nuclear program and talks with world powers heighten, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to “take over your government”—a message suggesting possible regime-change aims, while details on casualties and scope remained unclear.
Yousef Pezeshkian, the president’s son, urged lifting Iran’s internet blackout, arguing that restoring connectivity won’t solve the protests crackdown and could reduce public dissatisfaction, as a topp-level debate unfolds about easing restrictions while rights groups cite thousands of deaths and widespread detentions amid the upheaval.