Tim Mak1d ago

#Iran claims it downed U.S. jet; Half of #Iran’s missile launchers intact; #Trump vows more strikes on civilian infrastructure after destroying bridge in Iran.

Meanwhile, a #UN resolution on Hormuz fails, and #Hegseth forces out senior officers amid the Iran war. https://www.iranwar.news/p/iran-claims-it-downed-us-jet-half

Iran claims it downed U.S. jet; Half of Iran’s missile launchers intact; Trump vows more strikes on civilian infrastructure after destroying bridge in Iran.

Meanwhile, a UN resolution on Hormuz fails, and Hegseth forces out senior officers amid the Iran war.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
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HALF OF #IRAN’S MISSILE #LAUNCHERS INTACT: Despite daily attacks by the U.S. and #Israel, Iran still has about 50 percent of its #missile launchers and thousands of #drones, #CNN reported citing U.S. intelligence. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/02/politics/iran-missiles-us-military-strikes-trump
Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say

Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes against military targets over the past five weeks, according to recent US intelligence assessments, three sources familiar with the intel told CNN.

CNN
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#TRUMP VOWS TO #ATTACK MORE CIVILIAN #INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER DESTROYING BRIDGE IN #IRAN: In his post on Truth Social, Donald Trump showed a video of the U.S. armed forces bombing the new B1 bridge between #Tehran and Karaj. As a result, at least 8 people died and 95 were injured. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-vows-target-more-iranian-infrastructure-nations-seek-open-hormuz-2026-04-03/
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#UN RESOLUTION ON HORMUZ FAILS: #Russia, #China and #France opposed a push to get the UN Security Council to approve using force to open the Strait of #Hormuz on Thursday, New York Times reported. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/middleeast/arab-iran-hormuz-force.html?smid=url-share
A Bid to Use Force to Open Strait of Hormuz Hits Roadblocks at U.N. Security Council

Several permanent members of the Security Council opposed the resolution, drafted by Bahrain in coordination with its Gulf neighbors, officials said.

The New York Times
Apr 3 at 2:35pmWeb
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Also in today's news:
Hegseth forces out senior officers amid #Iran war; Oil refinery hit in #Kuwait; #Marines training for amphibious attack; #Kellogg suggests new defence alliance.
Find out more through the link! https://open.substack.com/pub/irandispatches/p/iran-claims-it-downed-us-jet-half?r=6rf4sj&utm_medium=ios
Iran claims it downed U.S. jet; Half of Iran’s missile launchers intact; Trump vows more strikes on civilian infrastructure after destroying bridge in Iran.

Meanwhile, a UN resolution on Hormuz fails, and Hegseth forces out senior officers amid the Iran war.

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Show threadaxel.1d ago
@timkmak Two of these are obvious (China is probably getting a deal with Iran to let tankers pass), but Macron must be royally pissed to side like that.
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@timkmak Hold on: there is something in the air. I wonder if the rest of the EU is in the loop.

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