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US and Israeli strikes against Iran - 28 February 2026, Media, Maps & Timelines *NO DISCUSSION*
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U.S. Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at 10 a.m. ET.
CENTCOM said the blockade will be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations.” It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump wants to weaken Iran’s key leverage in the war after demanding that it reopen the strait to all global traffic on the waterway that was responsible for 20% of global oil shipping before fighting began.
Traffic in the Strait has been limited even in the days since the ceasefire. Marine trackers say over 40 commercial ships have crossed since the start of the ceasefire.
A U.S. blockade could further rattle global energy markets. “It’s going to be all or none, and that’s the way it is,” Trump told Fox News.
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CENTCOM said the blockade will be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations.” It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump wants to weaken Iran’s key leverage in the war after demanding that it reopen the strait to all global traffic on the waterway that was responsible for 20% of global oil shipping before fighting began.
Traffic in the Strait has been limited even in the days since the ceasefire. Marine trackers say over 40 commercial ships have crossed since the start of the ceasefire.
A U.S. blockade could further rattle global energy markets. “It’s going to be all or none, and that’s the way it is,” Trump told Fox News.
Trump threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran ceasefire talks end without agreement
President Donald Trump says the U.S. Navy will immediately begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Some members of Iran’s Assembly of Experts have protested plans to announce Mojtaba Khamenei as the next supreme leader, arguing it could amount to “hereditary leadership,” Iran International has learned.
- Azerbaijan summoned Iran’s ambassador after drone attacks on the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan left two injured on Thursday.
- Israel’s military said it was continuing strikes in central Tehran, targeting infrastructure linked to Iran’s ballistic missile system.
- A 12,000-seat indoor arena in Tehran was hit in airstrikes by the US and Israel on Thursday morning.
- US President Donald Trump hinted that Ali Khamenei’s potential successors will be killed as the conflict with Iran escalates.“Their leadership is just rapidly going. Everybody that seems to want to be a leader, they end up dead,” Trump said on Wednesday.
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"Iran occasionally allowed ships to pass, for example towards China. "The US Government says: it is everyone or no one.
They want to stop the ships that managed to get through with Iran's permission. In doing so, the US Government wants to cut off Iran's exports and put the country under economic pressure until it clears the Strait of Hormuz again.
But that will come at the expense of quite a few other countries."
They want to stop the ships that managed to get through with Iran's permission. In doing so, the US Government wants to cut off Iran's exports and put the country under economic pressure until it clears the Strait of Hormuz again.
But that will come at the expense of quite a few other countries."
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Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff denounces 'delusion of omnipotence'
Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on Pope Leo XIV, saying he is “weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy” and is hurting the Catholic church.The US president also posted on his Truth Social platform that it was only because he was president that the US-born Leo became pope.
Trump said in the post:
Trump’s attack came after Leo denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” as fuelling the US-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
Leo also presided over an evening prayer service in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday as the US-Iran talks began in Pakistan amid the fragile ceasefire, the Associated Press reports
The pope didn’t mention the US or Trump by name in his prayer but the pontiff’s tone and message appeared directed at Trump and US officials, who have boasted of US military superiority and justified the war in religious terms.
Trump spoke to reporters in Maryland soon after his social media post and said: “I don’t think he’s doing a very good job,” adding that “I’m not a fan of Pope Leo”.
Middle East crisis live: Iranian negotiator says ‘we will not bow to any threats’ as Trump says US navy will blockade strait of Hormuz
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says ‘if you fight, we will fight’, reports state media, as US president also threatens to bomb Iran’s water treatment facilities
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Trump truth socials viz. the pope -
Starmer confirms UK will not support US blockade of strait of Hormuz
Asked if the UK would support the US with its blockade, Starmer replied:
Starmer confirmed that the UK does have “minesweeping capability”. He said he would not go into “operational matters”, but he confirmed that Britain has been talking with allies, in a reference to discussions on what could be done to keep the strait open after the conflict between Iran and the US is over.
Having the strait open was a priority, he said.
Starmer confirms UK will not support US blockade of strait of Hormuz – UK politics live
PM says opening waterway is ‘vital’ as he rules out any UK involvement in US moves to blockade strait
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Donald Trump had previously said on Fox News that “it won’t take long to clean out the strait” and that “numerous countries are going to be helping us”, adding that the UK and other nations were sending minesweepers.
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Middle East crisis live: US blockade of Iran’s ports to begin later today as Trump says he doesn’t care about further talks
Centcom says blockade to begin at 10am ET; US president says ‘I don’t care if they come back or not’
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In a report issued amid doubts over a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said the world was facing a “triple shock” involving energy, food and weaker economic growth, reports the Guardian’s Richard Partington.
The agency tasked with tackling poverty said the conflict was reversing gains in international development, with the impact expected be felt unevenly across regions.
Alexander De Croo, administrator of the UNDP and former prime minister of Belgium, said:
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Iran war could plunge 32 million into poverty, says UN
More than 32 million people worldwide could be plunged into poverty by the economic fallout from the Iran war, with developing countries expected to be hit hardest.In a report issued amid doubts over a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said the world was facing a “triple shock” involving energy, food and weaker economic growth, reports the Guardian’s Richard Partington.
The agency tasked with tackling poverty said the conflict was reversing gains in international development, with the impact expected be felt unevenly across regions.
Alexander De Croo, administrator of the UNDP and former prime minister of Belgium, said:
Energy prices have surged since the first US-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran, and Iran’s closure of the strait of Hormuz has choked global oil and gas supplies to the world economy. With a knock-on impact on fertiliser supplies and global shipping, experts warn that a “food security timebomb” has been set for the developing world.
Middle East crisis live: US blockade of Iran’s ports to begin later today as Trump says he doesn’t care about further talks
Centcom says blockade to begin at 10am ET; US president says ‘I don’t care if they come back or not’
Starmer refrained on Monday from responding to Trump’s jibes and instead reiterated his position that any UK action in the conflict will remain purely defensive and in protection of British lives and interest.
“My decision has been very clear that whatever the pressure – and there has been some considerable pressure – we are not getting dragged into the war. The UK is not getting dragged into the war,” Starmer said. “That is not in our national interest because I’m not going to act unless there’s a clear lawful basis and a clear thought-through plan.”
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“My decision has been very clear that whatever the pressure – and there has been some considerable pressure – we are not getting dragged into the war. The UK is not getting dragged into the war,” Starmer said. “That is not in our national interest because I’m not going to act unless there’s a clear lawful basis and a clear thought-through plan.”
Middle East crisis live: US blockade of Iran’s ports to begin later today as Trump says he doesn’t care about further talks
Centcom says blockade to begin at 10am ET; US president says ‘I don’t care if they come back or not’
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Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff denounces 'delusion of omnipotence'
Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on Pope Leo XIV, saying he is “weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy” and is hurting the Catholic church.
The US president also posted on his Truth Social platform that it was only because he was president that the US-born Leo became pope.
Trump said in the post:
Trump’s attack came after Leo denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” as fuelling the US-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
Leo also presided over an evening prayer service in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday as the US-Iran talks began in Pakistan amid the fragile ceasefire, the Associated Press reports
The pope didn’t mention the US or Trump by name in his prayer but the pontiff’s tone and message appeared directed at Trump and US officials, who have boasted of US military superiority and justified the war in religious terms.
Trump spoke to reporters in Maryland soon after his social media post and said: “I don’t think he’s doing a very good job,” adding that “I’m not a fan of Pope Leo”.
Middle East crisis live: Iranian negotiator says ‘we will not bow to any threats’ as Trump says US navy will blockade strait of Hormuz
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says ‘if you fight, we will fight’, reports state media, as US president also threatens to bomb Iran’s water treatment facilities
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"I have no fear of the Trump administration, or speaking out loudly of the message of the gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do," he told reporters.
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Pope says he has 'no fear' of Trump after scathing criticism
The US president accuses Leo of being "weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy".
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The blockade of the blockade has begun.
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US blockade of Iran's ports takes effect - follow live
Donald Trump said the blockade would take effect from 10:00 ET (14:00 GMT / 15:00 BST).
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US President Donald Trump appears to have deleted a controversial Truth Social post depicting him as a Christ-like figure.
The picture - which showed Trump with light emitting from his hands, held over a man in a hospital bed - was criticised by notable figures from both sides of the political spectrum, including some of Trump's most ardent supporters
Reporting from the White House
Truth Social
US President Donald Trump appears to have deleted a controversial Truth Social post depicting him as a Christ-like figure.
The picture - which showed Trump with light emitting from his hands, held over a man in a hospital bed - was criticised by notable figures from both sides of the political spectrum, including some of Trump's most ardent supporters
Trump says his timeline to deal with this conflict has not changed.
"Right now, there's no fighting," he says. "Right now we have a blockade, they're doing no business," he says, referring to the Iranians.
"I didn't like seeing boats come out, if they were doing business with Iran," he says, seemingly in reference to vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire.
The Iranians are currently doing no business in the strait, Trump says, and "we're going to keep it that way, very easily".
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The picture - which showed Trump with light emitting from his hands, held over a man in a hospital bed - was criticised by notable figures from both sides of the political spectrum, including some of Trump's most ardent supporters
Reporting from the White House
US President Donald Trump appears to have deleted a controversial Truth Social post depicting him as a Christ-like figure.
The picture - which showed Trump with light emitting from his hands, held over a man in a hospital bed - was criticised by notable figures from both sides of the political spectrum, including some of Trump's most ardent supporters
Trump says his timeline to deal with this conflict has not changed.
"Right now, there's no fighting," he says. "Right now we have a blockade, they're doing no business," he says, referring to the Iranians.
"I didn't like seeing boats come out, if they were doing business with Iran," he says, seemingly in reference to vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire.
The Iranians are currently doing no business in the strait, Trump says, and "we're going to keep it that way, very easily".
US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect as Trump says Tehran wants a deal 'very badly' - follow live
UK maritime officials advise vessels in the area they may encounter a "military presence" and "right-of-visit procedures during passage".
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"Meloni criticizes Trump,
with comments about the Pope.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
called Donald Trump's recent statements regarding Pope Leo XIV 'unacceptable'.
She emphasized that the Pope's pontificate is focused on appealing for world peace.
'I find President Trump's words about the Holy Father unacceptable.
The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church
and it is right and normal
that he appeals for peace
and that he condemns any form of war',
is Meloni's statement published on Monday
by the office of the Prime Minister of Italy."
Giorgia Meloni krytykuje Trumpa. W tle komentarze o papieżu
Premier Włoch Giorgia Meloni uznała ostatnie wypowiedzi Donalda Trumpa dotyczące papieża Leona XIV za "niedopuszczalne". Podkreśliła, że pontyfikat papieża skoncentrowany jest na apelowaniu o pokój na świecie.
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From drones to rocket fuel, China and Russia are helping Iran through supply chains
Trade and technology transfer between China, Russia, and Iran—and the associated supply chains—are the result of geography as well as significant Western economic pressure. Due to restrictive export controls and sanctions, these states cannot easily access Western technology and components directly from the United States and other Western countries.
What began as a sanctions-driven workaround has evolved into a self-reinforcing production network, fueled by Western components, Chinese procurement channels, and Russian manufacturing capacity.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
Trade and technology transfer between China, Russia, and Iran—and the associated supply chains—are the result of geography as well as significant Western economic pressure. Due to restrictive export controls and sanctions, these states cannot easily access Western technology and components directly from the United States and other Western countries.
What began as a sanctions-driven workaround has evolved into a self-reinforcing production network, fueled by Western components, Chinese procurement channels, and Russian manufacturing capacity.
From drones to rocket fuel, China and Russia are helping Iran through supply chains
The US will need to confront China and Russia about their support for the Iranian regime and their schemes to evade sanctions and export controls.
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"Trump refuses to apologize to the Pope.
Donald Trump's conflict with the Pope is escalating.
The US president announced on Monday
that he will not apologize to Leo XIV for his remarks.
He also accused the media of misinterpreting a graphic he posted on social media.
Trump argues that it depicts him as a doctor, not Jesus Christ.
'It wasn't a depiction of Jesus.
I posted it because I thought it was me, as a doctor.
It was related to the Red Cross which we support,
it was me as a Red Cross employee',
Trump said when asked by reporters about the controversial post."
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Donald Trump's conflict with the Pope is escalating.
The US president announced on Monday
that he will not apologize to Leo XIV for his remarks.
He also accused the media of misinterpreting a graphic he posted on social media.
Trump argues that it depicts him as a doctor, not Jesus Christ.
'It wasn't a depiction of Jesus.
I posted it because I thought it was me, as a doctor.
It was related to the Red Cross which we support,
it was me as a Red Cross employee',
Trump said when asked by reporters about the controversial post."
Trump idzie w zaparte. Nie chce przeprosić papieża
Zaostrza się konflikt Donalda Trumpa z papieżem. Prezydent USA oświadczył w poniedziałek, że nie przeprosi Leona XIV za swoje słowa na jego temat. Oskarżył też media o błędne zinterpretowanie grafiki, którą...
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