1 00:00:16,810 --> 00:00:20,970 The new supreme leader of Iran has spoken, his first statement 2 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:24,770 since assuming power read out by a news anchor on state 3 00:00:24,770 --> 00:00:27,970 television, his face displayed on a photograph on the screen 4 00:00:27,970 --> 00:00:29,930 behind her, his own voice absent. 5 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:33,650 He vowed vengeance. He vowed the Strait of Hormuz 6 00:00:33,650 --> 00:00:36,720 stays closed. He told Gulf states to remove 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,160 American military bases or keep taking Iranian fire. 8 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,280 He said Iran had studied opening new fronts in which the enemy 9 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,360 has little experience. He did not elaborate. 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,600 Within hours of that statement, Donald Trump posted on Truth 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,160 Social. He said the United States has 12 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,880 unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition and plenty 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,400 of time. He called Iranian leaders 14 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,960 deranged scumbags. He said it was a great honor to 15 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,320 be killing them. Then AUS Air Force KC135 16 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,080 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq for crew members dead, Two 17 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,160 more unaccounted for. The 4th US aircraft loss since 18 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,480 the war began. Oil crossed $100 a barrel and 19 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,600 Pete Hegseth went to the Pentagon podium and said Iran's 20 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,800 new supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. 21 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,280 Day 14. The war is not winding down, it 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,120 is widening. This is epic fury. the US Iran 23 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,160 War podcast daily coverage of the conflict reshaping the 24 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,840 world. The Supreme Leader breaks his 25 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,000 silence 4 Four days after his appointment, Mojtaba Khamenei 26 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,200 said nothing. He did not appear on camera. 27 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,480 He did not issue audio. There was no press conference, 28 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,520 no speech, no address to the Iranian nation. 29 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,360 Reports circulated that he was hospitalized, his legs, hand and 30 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,840 arm injured, in the same bombardment that killed his 31 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,800 father on February the 28th. His wife was killed in that 32 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,080 strike, his sister too. He assumed the highest office in 33 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,960 Iran from a hospital bed. On Thursday, the silence broke, 34 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,720 but not in the way the world expected. 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,480 Iranian state television broadcast a written statement 36 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,600 attributed to the new Supreme Leader. 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,200 A news anchor read it aloud. A photograph of Mojtaba Khamenei 38 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,360 was displayed on the screen behind her. 39 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,160 There was no video of him, no audio, no appearance. 40 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:41,120 The most powerful man in Iran could not or would not show his 41 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,520 face. The statement itself left 42 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,040 nothing ambiguous about Iran's intentions. 43 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,960 He called the Strait of Hormuz blockade a lever of pressure 44 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,240 that must continue to be used. He said Iran would keep 45 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,840 attacking U.S. military bases in the Gulf. 46 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,280 He addressed Gulf neighbors directly. 47 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,440 Shut down those American bases as soon as possible. 48 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,240 He said the US claim to provide security and peace had been 49 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,360 nothing but a lie. He vowed vengeance for the blood 50 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,800 of martyrs. He specifically named the 51 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,280 children killed in the min of school strike. 52 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,080 He said Iran had studied opening new fronts where the enemy has 53 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,640 little experience and is highly vulnerable. 54 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,160 Iran's foreign minister had previously warned the entire 55 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,680 region could be dragged into a wider war. 56 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,840 He called on armed groups in Yemen to do their part. 57 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,000 He said armed factions in Iraq also want to help the Islamic 58 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,440 Revolution. CNN analysts noted the statement 59 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,320 offered Iran's neighbors nothing except more threats. 60 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,120 Analyst Arash, as Isaac told CNN the statement was full of 61 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,440 threats and bravado, offered Iranians nothing short of 62 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,800 eternal strife and gave very little hope for a better future. 63 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,720 Netanyahu responded. He said Mojtaba Khamenei cannot 64 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,400 show his face in public. He said Israeli operations are 65 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,280 designed to create the optimal conditions for the Iranian 66 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,840 government to fall. The Iranian UN ambassador then 67 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,880 contradicted the statement within hours of its broadcast. 68 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,760 He said Iran would not close the Strait. 69 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,600 That was almost immediately contradicted by the 70 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,519 Revolutionary Guard, which announced that, in keeping with 71 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:20,279 the Supreme Leader's orders, the Straight would remain shut. 2 72 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:25,040 Iranian officials diametrically opposite statements about the 73 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,640 same policy on the same day. Trump deranged scumbags. 74 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,280 Unlimited ammunition and plenty of time. 75 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,240 Donald Trump's Friday morning Truth Social post set the tone 76 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,080 for Day 14. He said the United States is 77 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,640 totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran militarily, 78 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,200 economically and otherwise. He said Iran's Navy is gone, 79 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,640 their Air Force is no longer. Their missiles, drones and 80 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,440 everything else are being decimated. 81 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,360 Their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth, he 82 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,080 said. We have unparalleled firepower, 83 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,600 unlimited ammunition and plenty of time. 84 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,720 Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. 85 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:11,040 He added that it was a great honor as the 47th president to 86 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,480 be killing people who have been killing innocent people for 47 87 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,640 years. This is the sitting president of 88 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,680 the United States posting on social media about a live 89 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,160 military operation in which four American service members died 90 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,920 the same day. Earlier in the week, Trump had 91 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,200 said there was practically nothing left to bomb. 92 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,760 On Friday, he was promising. Watch what happens today. 93 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,400 The messaging has been whiplash throughout this conflict. 94 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:42,120 Short term excursion 4 to 5 weeks almost over most intense 95 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,040 day yet nothing left. Deranged scumbags. 96 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,800 Unlimited ammunition, plenty of time. 97 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,560 When asked what the US needs to do to end the Iran war, Trump 98 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:57,440 said more the same. Four Americans dead in KC135 99 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,880 crash. The aircraft went down in 100 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:04,080 western Iraq. AUS Air Force KC135 101 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,360 Stratotanker, A refueling aircraft, crashed while on a 102 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,480 combat mission. Central Command confirmed the 103 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,040 incident. It said the loss of the aircraft 104 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,800 was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire. 105 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:18,920 The circumstances were under investigation. 106 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,800 Four of the six crew members on board were confirmed dead. 107 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,120 Recovery efforts continued for the remaining 2. 108 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,880 An Iranian aligned umbrella group of armed factions in Iraq 109 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,880 claimed it had shot the aircraft down. 110 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,600 Central Command did not support that claim. 111 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,600 General Dan Cain said the crash occurred over friendly territory 112 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,440 in western Iraq while the crew was on a combat mission. 113 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,040 Hegseth addressed the crash at the Pentagon briefing. 114 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,960 He said war is hell, war is chaos. 115 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,000 And as we saw yesterday with a tragic crash of our KC 135, bad 116 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,800 things can happen. He called the crew American 117 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,000 heroes and said their sacrifice would recommit the US to the 118 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,080 mission. The KC135 is the 4th US aircraft 119 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,120 reported loss since the conflict began. 120 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,040 The first three were F15 E Strike Eagles down a friendly 121 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,960 fire incident by Kuwaiti forces on March the 1st. 122 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,840 The second KC 135 from the same mission also suffered damage. 123 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,840 That aircraft diverted and landed at Ben Gurion Airport in 124 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,480 Israel. Photographs showed the plane on 125 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,120 the tarmac with part of its tail fin missing. 126 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,160 Both aircraft were identified as coming from Beale Air Force Base 127 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,960 in California, home of the 940th Air Refueling Wing. 128 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,200 Hegseth, the supreme leader, is wounded and likely disfigured. 129 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,240 Pete Hegseth opened his Pentagon briefing with a direct statement 130 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,680 about Iran's new supreme leader. He said Iran's leadership is in 131 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,520 no better shape, desperate and hiding. 132 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,840 They've gone underground, cowering. 133 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,040 That's what rats do. We know the new so-called not so 134 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,160 supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. 135 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,480 He added his father is dead, he's scared, he's injured, he's 136 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,640 on the run and he lacks legitimacy. 137 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,920 It's a mess for them. Who's in charge? 138 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,600 Iran may not even know. He then cast doubt on Thursday's 139 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,440 written statement. He said Iran has plenty of 140 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,640 cameras and plenty of voice recorders. 141 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,160 Why a written statement? He said. 142 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,240 With every passing hour, we know, and they know that the 143 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,480 military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling. 144 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:34,240 They can barely communicate, let alone coordinate. the US 145 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,679 government publicly asserting that the head of state of a 146 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,559 foreign nation is disfigured, hiding and on the run is not 147 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,320 standard diplomatic language. It is not standard briefing 148 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,440 language. It is an unprecedented degree of 149 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,800 personal targeting of an adversary leader. 150 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,560 From an official Pentagon podium, General Kane separately 151 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:57,080 confirmed that US and partner forces have now struck more than 152 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,800 6000 targets inside Iran since the start of Operation Epic. 153 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,360 Fury. Oil above $100 Crude oil crossed 154 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,640 $100 per barrel on Friday. The price milestone came despite 155 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,200 2 significant interventions designed specifically to prevent 156 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:18,280 it, the IE as record 400 million barrel emergency reserve release 157 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,280 and the US Treasury's extraordinary decision to 158 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,640 temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil, authorizing the 159 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,080 delivery and sale of Russian crude loaded onto tankers before 160 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,640 March the 12th through until April the 11th. 161 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,960 Markets were unmoved. Putin's investment envoy Karil 162 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,440 Dmitriev called the US move a recognition of the obvious. 163 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,120 Without Russian oil, the global energy market cannot remain 164 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,480 stable. The Russian exemption covered 165 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,720 approximately 100 million barrels of stranded oil. 166 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,640 It is a short term measure. It does not address the 167 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,880 structural problem. The structural problem is the 168 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:59,240 Strait of Hormuz. It is still closed. 20% of the 169 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,640 world's daily seaborne oil supply is still not moving. 170 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,760 Strategic reserve releases can slow the price rise temporarily. 171 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,400 They cannot replace that supply. Trump posted on Truth Social 172 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,320 that ensuring Iran never develops a nuclear weapon is a 173 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,120 far greater interest and importance to him than the cost 174 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,480 of crude. He said oil prices are 175 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,280 temporary. US GasBuddy reported the 176 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,400 national average price of regular unleaded petrol in the 177 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,600 United States had reached $3.61 per gallon, up sharply from pre 178 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,240 war levels. The increase is directly 179 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,520 attributable to the Hormuz disruption. 180 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,960 Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC that the US Navy was 181 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,160 not yet ready to begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait 182 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,720 of Hormuz. He said that capability would 183 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,680 likely not be available until the end of March. 184 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,920 Shipping companies have been waiting. 185 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,920 Without naval escort, no commercially insured vessel will 186 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,040 transit the Strait. The risk is uninsurable. 187 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:01,160 The major shipping lines have all diverted. 188 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:07,080 Global stock markets fell. Japan's Nikkei was down 1.59%. 189 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,760 South Korea's Kospi fell more than 3%. 190 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,800 Taiwan and Hong Kong also declined. 191 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:18,720 Tankers attacked in Iraqi waters The war on shipping reached 192 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,920 Iraqi territory on Thursday night. 2 oil tankers were struck 193 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,240 near the port of Basra in southern Iraq. 194 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,720 The attack was the first oil related strike in Iraqi 195 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,240 territorial waters during the conflict, images verified by 196 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,720 Reuters. Film from the Basra shoreline 197 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,520 showed ships engulfed in massive orange fireballs lighting up the 198 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:43,080 night sky. the US owned crude tanker Safe C Vishnu was one of 199 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,560 the vessels struck sailing under a Marshall Islands flag but 200 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,600 owned by a New Jersey company. It was hit by what Iraqi 201 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,280 officials described as explosive laden boats. 202 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,120 An Indian sailor was killed in the attack. 203 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:58,720 The Indian Embassy in Baghdad confirmed the death and said the 204 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,480 remaining 15 Indian crew members were evacuated and are safe. 205 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,080 Iraq State Organization for Marketing of Oil confirmed the 206 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,840 attacks and suspended all oil terminal operations at Basra. 207 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,800 Basra is the main export terminal for Iraqi crude. 208 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,040 Its suspension directly effects Iraq's oil export revenue and 209 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,760 further tightens global supply. The total number of maritime 210 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,480 incidents in the conflict now exceeded 20. 211 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,680 Since the start of the war. Iran's attacks have now struck 212 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,720 shipping in the waters of the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, 213 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:36,400 Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Iraq. The war at sea covers the entire 214 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,520 Persian Gulf. A French soldier is killed in 215 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,080 Iraqi Kurdistan. France confirmed on Friday that 216 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,080 one of its soldiers was killed in a drone attack in northern 217 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,280 Iraq on Thursday. Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud 218 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,680 Fryin was killed when a drone struck the Malakara base in the 219 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:56,520 Erbil region of Iraqi Kurdistan, France's Ministry of Armed 220 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,920 Forces confirmed. He was treated on site by 221 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,080 medical teams and later died of his wounds in hospital. 222 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,600 Six other French soldiers were wounded in the same attack. 223 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,560 The Malakara base is home to French forces training Iraqi 224 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:12,520 Kurdish units. An Iranian aligned armed group 225 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,000 claimed responsibility. It marks the first confirmed 226 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,280 fatality among European NATO forces in the conflict. 227 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:23,240 France is not a formal party to Operation Epic Fury. 228 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:27,400 Its soldiers are in Iraq in an advisory and training capacity. 229 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,560 Their presence at a base struck by an Iranian linked group 230 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,880 raises direct questions about Article 5 of the NATO Charter, 231 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,240 which treats an attack on one member as an attack on all. 232 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,840 France has so far avoided being drawn into the direct US Israeli 233 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,040 military campaign. The death of a French soldier 234 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,440 changes the political calculus in Paris significantly. 235 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,520 Dubai Financial District struck Explosions rattled buildings in 236 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,000 central Dubai on Friday morning. The Dubai International 237 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,880 Financial Center, the hub housing regional offices of the 238 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,720 world's largest banks, hedge funds and law firms, sustained 239 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,320 damage after what Dubai authorities described as a 240 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,160 successful interception. The building struck was the DFC 241 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,800 Innovation Hub. Photographs from the scene 242 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,120 showed fire damage and sections of the facade torn away. 243 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:20,440 A drone also crashed in the Sohar Industrial area of Oman, 244 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,000 killing two people. The second drone crashed in an 245 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,520 open area nearby without casualties. 246 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,920 Iran's strikes have now hit landmark financial and 247 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,000 commercial infrastructure across the Gulf. 248 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,680 This is not accidental. Iran's stated strategy is to 249 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,600 inflict sufficient economic pain on Gulf states to pressure them 250 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,440 to demand the United States and the war. 251 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,600 The Navy escort problem, one of the most consequential 252 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,360 operational gaps of the war, has received almost no attention 253 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,120 amid the daily headline coverage. the US Navy has not 254 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,160 begun escorting commercial oil tankers through the Strait of 255 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,880 Hormuz. Energy Secretary Chris Wright 256 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,800 confirmed it on CNBC. He said the Navy was not ready 257 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,760 for that mission and would likely not be until the end of 258 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,280 March. Trump has been publicly saying 259 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,640 for days that the US is prepared to escort tankers whenever 260 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,120 needed. His own energy secretary 261 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,800 contradicted that on camera. 5 tankers have been recorded 262 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,600 crossing the Strait of Hormuz since the war began. 263 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,560 All 5 sailed under flags of convenience. 264 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,480 All five were owned by companies from India, the United Arab 265 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,480 Emirates, or Turkey. None were American. 266 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,680 None were from US coalition allies. 267 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,400 Iran's IRGC naval commanders stated explicitly that any ship 268 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,360 whose cargo benefits the United States, Israel or their partners 269 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:47,000 is a legitimate target. The IRGC has been enforcing that 270 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,800 policy. The closure of the Strait is not 271 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,440 a theoretical threat, it is the operating reality of the Persian 272 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,520 Gulf right now, and the world's most powerful Navy does not yet 273 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,640 have a plan to reopen it. Khud's Day in Tehran thousands 274 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,680 March under bombardment On Friday, 10s of thousands of 275 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,400 Iranians took to the streets in Tehran for the annual Khud's Day 276 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,760 rally, held each year on the last Friday of Ramadan in 277 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,920 solidarity with a Palestinian cause. 278 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,360 The rally took on a different dimension in 2026. 279 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,360 It was held while US and Israeli aircraft were actively striking 280 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,960 targets across the country. Chants of death to Israel and 281 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,240 death to America echoed through the streets of a city under 282 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,960 bombardment. A large explosion struck near a 283 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,600 square where demonstrators had gathered for the event, 284 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,920 according to Iranian state television. 285 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,240 The Iranian government used the mass turn out as evidence of 286 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,120 public defiance and support for its war posture. 287 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,840 Opponents noted that significant internal divisions remained over 288 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,080 Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment and that the economic suffering 289 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,880 caused by the war has fallen most heavily on ordinary 290 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,560 Iranians rather than the leadership. 291 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,800 Iran's Internet blackout, meanwhile, reached 240 hours. 292 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,320 Cybersecurity watchdog Net Blocks described it as one of 293 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,160 the most severe government imposed nationwide Internet 294 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:10,040 shutdowns on record Globally. 3.2 million Iranians displaced 295 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,960 the United Nations refugee agency released a preliminary 296 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,119 assessment on Thursday. As many as 3.2 million people 297 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,920 have been displaced inside Iran since the war began on February 298 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,920 the 28th. The agency warned the figure was 299 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,240 likely to continue rising as hostilities persist In Lebanon. 300 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:33,720 More than 820,000 people have been registered as displaced. 301 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:38,000 Lebanon's health ministry reported 687 killed in the 302 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,360 country since fighting resumed. the United Nations World Food 303 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:44,600 Program warned that the war is driving significant long term 304 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:48,440 increases in global food prices. The near total halt of tanker 305 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,280 traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted the supply of fuel 306 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,920 and fertilizers. The Fertilizer Institute 307 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,520 estimates nearly 50% of global urea and sulfur exports transit 308 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,440 through the Strait. Both are critical feedstocks for 309 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,160 fertilizers used in food production worldwide. 310 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,720 A global food security crisis is emerging inside a global energy 311 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,560 crisis. Iran's cultural heritage has 312 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:17,160 also sustained permanent losses. US and Israeli strikes damaged 313 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,640 at least four historical sites. The Rashke Gin and Palace as a 314 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,600 favorite era building in Isfahan was destroyed. 315 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,000 The Chehal so town pavilion sustained damage. 316 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,640 The Rakib Khanna mansion was struck. 317 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,720 The windows of Ali Kapa Palace were blown out. 318 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,600 Iran and Lebanon formally requested UNESCO place 319 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,040 additional sites on its World Heritage Enhanced Protection 320 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,040 list. The four aircraft lost the cost 321 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,000 in aircrews. The KC135 crash brings the total 322 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,760 number of U.S. military aircraft lost in this conflict to four. 323 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,400 The first three were F15 E Strike Eagles shot down on March 324 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,720 the 1st in a friendly fire incident by Kuwaiti air defenses 325 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,600 on high alert from Iranian attacks. 326 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,200 Three US aircrew were killed. Now four more Americans are dead 327 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,720 in the KC135 crash, two more unaccounted for. 328 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,160 The total confirmed U.S. military fatalities are 329 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,680 approaching 15 when ground casualties from the Kuwait drone 330 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,520 attack in the opening hours of the war are included. 331 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,000 This is not the picture of a cost free air campaign. 332 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,880 American pilots and aircrew are dying, some from enemy action, 333 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,880 some from friendly fire, some from operational failure in an 334 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,400 environment where every system is under extraordinary stress, 335 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:42,200 Hegseth said. War is hell, that is true, but 336 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,880 it is not a strategy. Day 14 of Operation Epic Fury, 337 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,280 the supreme leader of Iran, issued his first statement while 338 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,960 unseen, unheard and hospitalized. 339 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:58,120 It contained no off ramps, no overtures, no conditions for 340 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:00,920 peace. It promised vengeance, closed 341 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,520 straits and new fronts. Trump posted about deranged 342 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,680 scumbags and unlimited ammunition. 343 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,280 Hegseth said the supreme leader is wounded and likely 344 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,160 disfigured. Four Americans died in a plane 345 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,720 crash in Iraq. A French soldier was killed by a 346 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,240 drone. An Indian sailor died when 347 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,600 Iranian boats hit an American owned tanker near Basra. 348 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,160 Dubai's financial district took a hit. 349 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:31,320 Oil crossed $100 a barrel. 3.2 million Iranians are displaced, 350 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,520 6000 targets have been struck, and the Navy of the most 351 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,080 powerful country on earth is not yet ready to escort a tanker 352 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,720 through a straight it was supposed to have secured 2 weeks 353 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,560 ago. Day 14 is underway, the strikes 354 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,680 continue, the straight remains closed, and the new Supreme 355 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,720 Leader of Iran has told the world he is not interested in 356 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,760 peace. This has been epic. 357 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:59,720 Fury, the US Iran war podcast. 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