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29.05.2026 17:21 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is taking additional action against Iran's military oil sales, which is enabling the regime's ability to fund the rebuilding of its armed forces and pose continued threats to the United States and its partners in the region. Iran's military generates revenue through Iranian crude oil sales via an array of front companies to help fund its reconstitution and threaten its neighbors.

29.05.2026 17:21 US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent on Thursday warned Oman against facilitating tolls on vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, threatening aggressive action against those involved.

29.05.2026 17:21 The US Department of the Treasury said it has imposed sanctions on Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a body created to review passage requests through the Strait of Hormuz.

29.05.2026 17:21 Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has claimed that the United States and Israel were seeking to destabilize the Islamic republic through war, economic pressure, and social divisions.

29.05.2026 17:21 The Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the United States' threat of targeting Oman with sanctions after Washington warned it would attack the country if it cooperated with Iran towards exercising control over the Strait of Hormuz.

29.05.2026 17:21 Iran's deputy foreign minister has warned that Tehran will deliver a "proportionate response" to any continued US provocations, hours after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps struck an American military site in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for a US attack on an airport in southern Iran.

29.05.2026 17:21 Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz are lawful and consistent with international law, its UN ambassador has told the Security Council, as he hit out at the US and Israel for waging "an unwarranted, large-scale war of aggression" against the country.

29.05.2026 17:21 Iran has strongly condemned the United States' repeated threats against the Islamic Republic and violations of the ceasefire that halted the recent illegal war of aggression, urging the UN to intervene.

29.05.2026 17:21 A senior Iranian security official urges the United States to "unconditionally" release all the country's frozen assets, describing the demand as the "legal right" of the Iranian people.

29.05.2026 17:21 Electricity and diversification are driving growth in energy spending with countries seeking to respond to 2nd energy crisis in 5 years with new routes and domestically available resources

29.05.2026 17:21 As conflicting signals continue to emerge from Washington and Tehran over reports of a possible interim agreement, the White House has struggled to clarify whether the US and Iran are actually on the verge of a deal.

29.05.2026 17:21 As Washington and Tehran weigh diplomacy against the risk of renewed conflict, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Michael Patrick Mulroy, says both sides now have strong incentives to prevent the crisis from escalating again if they are prepared to compromise.

29.05.2026 17:21 At 10:17 p.m. ET on May 27, Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces. This egregious ceasefire violation by the Iranian regime occurred hours after Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones that posed a clear threat in and near the Strait of Hormuz. All drones were successfully intercepted by U.S. forces which also prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas.

29.05.2026 17:21 The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation expressed its strong condemnation of the repeated hostile attacks against the State of Kuwait with missiles and drones, in violation of its sovereignty and security and a threat to the security and stability of the region, at a time when efforts continue to reduce tensions and spare the region from further escalation.

29.05.2026 17:21 Cementing the digital infrastructure required to build enduring advantages and deter near-peer adversaries, the Department of War announced the award of the Microsoft Department of War Enterprise Software Agreement II Core Enterprise Technology Agreement , to Dell Federal Systems, L.P., of Round Rock, Texas. This is a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement valued at approximately $9.7 billion.