Pentagon says more than 750 US soldiers wounded and 18 killed in war with Iran injured to its casualty database. The update comes amid renewed US attacks on Iran, stalled efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a major new economic campaign against Iran. Maroosha MuzaffarAugust 22, 2026 09:45 Iran grants Iraq permission for its oil tankers to pass through Hormuz. Iran agreed to allow some Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, after the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Haibat al-Halbousi, requested special permission from his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. According to Iran’s official IRNA news agency, the move is aimed at protecting Iraq’s oil exports and economic interests, but Iran has not said how many tankers will be allowed through or for how long. Maroosha MuzaffarAugust 22, 2026 09:15 Reza Pahlavi condemns fuel price increases in Iran Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, has criticized the government’s proposed fuel price increases, calling them an “unforgivable mistake” that would worsen the plight of Iranians. In a post on other countries when the income of Iranians is in rials and below the poverty line. “Fuel and energy issues are managed daily without crisis in almost all countries in the world, even in many with far fewer resources than Iran.” fuel “The Islamic Republic is an incompetent, corrupt and anti-Iranian regime that is itself the root of these disorders and will never be able to resolve them.” In response to any attack, the Iranian military has adopted a more “offensive” than “defensive” approach following the experience of recent wars, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said, according to Iranian state media. Akraminia said: “Our country’s military doctrine was defensive in nature. “We will respond to any act of aggression immediately and on a broader scale than the aggression itself.” According to Akraminia, Iran has restored military equipment damaged in previous combats and put additional systems into operation. “We are continually working so that if the enemy miscalculates again, we can give a more overwhelming response than before,” he said. Akraminia also said that Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz had become a “decisive geopolitical influence” after the war. new defense partnership between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan as evidence of what he described as waning US influence in the region. Maroosha MuzaffarAugust 22, 2026 08:13 Israel faces backlash over construction of gallows site to hang Palestinians online video showing construction of the facility at an unidentified location, which will include observation posts for victims’ relatives to witness the executions. It follows the passage of a highly controversial “Terrorist Death Penalty Law” earlier this year that made death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts for deadly attacks. that the US military has helped transport more than 15 million barrels of oil from Hormuz on Tuesday. “Combined with the pipelines, the total oil leaving the region was close to 20 million barrels,” he said in Alisha Rahaman SarkarAugust 22, 2026 07:09Donald Trump declares Strait of Hormuz ‘US territory’US President Donald Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz as ‘US territory’ and said Iran should never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. Trump told reporters last night: “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon; we can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon, or we’re going to see some very bad things.” [a deal] “Because I see the Strait of Hormuz as an American territory right now, it is an American territory,” Trump added. Alisha Rahaman SarkarAugust 22, 2026 07:08 The maps and charts that debunk Trump’s claim that the route has reopened Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has plummeted to single digits as US-Iran peace talks have come to a complete halt. Observed numbers in weeks, according to Kpler data. Four ships entered the Gulf, while only three left. against any country that provides “any kind of lifeline to Iran,” he said that Washington was watching “what happens” in the conflict. “They would love to make a deal, but in my opinion they are not ready to make a proper deal,” Trump said of Iran. Alisha Rahaman SarkarAugust 22, 2026 06:17 Iran says Trump sanctions are an ‘affirmation of extraterritorial sovereignty’ Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said this morning that the imminent US announcement of new economic sanctions against Iran was an “affirmation of extraterritorial sovereignty over each independent member state of the United Nations.” “These secondary sanctions have no basis in international law,” he said in a post on
