IRAN UPDATE – 04/05/26 AM – US Navy Destroyers Transit Hormuz Strait As Iranian Factions Reportedly Clash Over UAE Attacks; Pentagon Insists Ceasefire Still On
Summary
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Pentagon addresses whether ceasefire over or violated: Caine says Iran’s Monday operations were “all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point.“
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Contradictory statements out of Tehran on UAE attack, amid reports of division between IRGC & civilian leaders.
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Two US Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi travels to Beijing to discuss crisis with Chinese counterpart.
- Araghchi: “Events in Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis.”