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- 06:00:44
- CENTCOM said as of Aug 9 it had rerouted 55 merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, rendered two vessels inoperable and boarded two others to ensure compliance with a blockade order.
- 04:50:41
- CFTC data show leveraged funds reduced net short JPY positions by 74,440 contracts over the five weeks to Aug. 4, leaving a net short of 63,600 contracts — the largest reduction in shorts since the 2008 financial crisis. At end-June leveraged funds held a net short of 138,000 contracts, the largest since 2007. The adjustments followed the first coordinated U.S.-Japan FX market intervention in 15 years.
- 03:40:59
- ISNA reported Iran convened the Economic Relations Coordination Council to discuss the role of northern ports in securing supplies of essential commodities.
- 01:21:30
- HEZBOLLAH said authorities should bear responsibility for pursuing a path toward compromise in response to Israel's foreign ministry publishing a map that includes southern Lebanon.
- 01:21:17
- Lebanon's Hezbollah urged the government to halt direct negotiations with Israel and to lodge an urgent complaint with the UN Security Council.
- 01:21:00
- 黎巴嫩真主党:以色列与黎巴嫩进行直接谈判,是为争取时间并在当地强加新既成事实的一种不加掩饰的企图。
- 01:20:42
- HEZBOLLAH said direct talks between Israel and Lebanon are an undisguised attempt to buy time and impose new facts on the ground.
- 01:20:24
- Axios reports President Trump said on Iran, 'we are handling it quietly'.
- 23:01:33
- Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas said Netanyahu needs a 'perpetual war' and that Israel's rejection of the Gaza plan should be read in the context of the Oct. 27 election. Pinkas said Netanyahu calculated it was 'no risk' to openly defy Trump because he assesses Trump is less concerned, timing is favorable, Hamas remains armed, and he can act without punishment, tying the stance to prolonged conflict and electoral strategy.
- 19:33:13
- State TV said Iran's supreme leader Mujtaba met President Pezeshkian as Pezeshkian begins his third term. They discussed household livelihoods, the ongoing third war of aggression, future prospects, military development and economic engagement with foreign partners.