The US continues its naval blockade of the gulf but diminished munition stocks remain a big concern regarding readiness on this and other fronts. The Supreme Leader, still not seen in public, bans “expressions of weakness” as harms to social cohesion as the IRGC fears more mass protests as the price of staple items double as the war drags on. Washington strikes a deal with Caracas that would secure American control over sixty-five billion barrels from Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump noisily contemplates re-annexing formerly federated countries of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, adding them to the list of US territories marked New—along with the Strait of Hormuz.
Friday, 28 August 2026
day one hundred seventy-five (13. 749)
The Revolutionary Guard reasserts that Iran retains firm control over the Strait of Hormuz, despite the American propaganda campaign to the contrary, crafted to deflate energy markets. 
The US continues its naval blockade of the gulf but diminished munition stocks remain a big concern regarding readiness on this and other fronts. The Supreme Leader, still not seen in public, bans “expressions of weakness” as harms to social cohesion as the IRGC fears more mass protests as the price of staple items double as the war drags on. Washington strikes a deal with Caracas that would secure American control over sixty-five billion barrels from Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump noisily contemplates re-annexing formerly federated countries of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, adding them to the list of US territories marked New—along with the Strait of Hormuz.
The US continues its naval blockade of the gulf but diminished munition stocks remain a big concern regarding readiness on this and other fronts. The Supreme Leader, still not seen in public, bans “expressions of weakness” as harms to social cohesion as the IRGC fears more mass protests as the price of staple items double as the war drags on. Washington strikes a deal with Caracas that would secure American control over sixty-five billion barrels from Venezuela’s proven oil reserves. Trump noisily contemplates re-annexing formerly federated countries of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, adding them to the list of US territories marked New—along with the Strait of Hormuz.