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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Hours after markets priced a possible deal, CENTCOM struck Iran's Qeshm island—"limited and defensive"—as Qatar mediates in Tehran. The IRGC downed two MQM-170 decoys and an MQ-9; Tehran may read the strike as the opening of a campaign, not a warning.
The administration is negotiating and shooting at the same time. We are all on the razor's edge.
Iran keeps the Hormuz permit system and tolls in rials; China enters shuttle diplomacy with a special envoy to Iran, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. If Iran answers at sea and Vance answers through Pakistan, the window stays open. If not, the November 4 date goes live.
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