“We are watching your cowardly officials and commanders, pilots and wicked soldiers,” the Iranian armed forces spokesperson #AbolfazlShekarchi said, quoted by state TV.
“From now on, based on the information we have on you, the promenades, resorts and tourist and entertainment centres in the world will not be safe.”
Good one Merica, good one 👏
#Extremism / #MiddleEast / #Merica <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/us-considering-occupying-iran-kharg-island-hormuz-strait-trump>
“#Hormuz, Japan’s #KyodoNews is reporting Iran’s foreign minister as saying.
It quoted #AbbasAraghchi as saying negotiations with Japan on the issue were ongoing.
He also said in the interview of Friday that “we have not closed the strait – it is open”, while stressing that #Tehran is seeking “not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war”, Kyodo reported.
It quoted Araghchi as saying **Iran had not closed the strait of Hormuz** but had imposed restrictions on vessels belonging to countries involved in attacks against Iran, while offering assistance to others in the vital waterway amid heightened security concerns.
Araghchi said #Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for countries such as #Japan if they coordinated with #Tehran, the report said.”
🥕and 🏏 … think #Stray-an Politicians will take this offer? …na we’ll just run out 🛢️
#Straya / #energy ⛽️ <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb#block-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb>
Move to allow shipments already at sea comes amid a supply crisis and after US president says he does not ‘want to do a ceasefire’; IDF says it is attacking regime targets in Iran’s capital after strikes on Beirut
“#USA President Donald Trump is urging the #Albanese government to take a bigger role in the Middle East #conflict amid his growing disappointment that allies are not stepping up to help solve the energy crisis his war in Iran has created. Trump expressed disappointment that Australia, like many other allies, had ruled out sending #troops to the #MiddleEast or warships to the region, which has been embroiled in #fighting for the past three weeks leading to more than 2000 deaths so far. “Well, they should get involved, and I was a little bit surprised they said no, because we always say yes to them,” he said when a reporter at the #WhiteHouse asked him what he wanted from #Australia.”
Aus has just come out of a 20 year BS sandpit war; Aus chooses it’s *partners* carefully; Iran will bleed foreign aggressors to death.
<https://afr.com/world/middle-east/more-marines-deployed-to-middle-east-iran-threatens-tourist-spots-20260321-p5rm9s> / <https://archive.md/dLCVn>
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