Iran Update

Annika Ganzeveld, Ashka Jhaveri, Brian Carter, Peter Mills, Kathryn Tyson, Karolina Hird, and Nicholas Carl

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Key Takeaways:

• Russia: Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate reported that elements of Lebanese Hezbollah and the IRGC are training Russian drone operators at the Shayrat Air Base in Syria.

• Northern Gaza Strip: The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement stated that it reestablished contact with its “combat units” in southwestern Gaza City.

• Southern Gaza Strip: Israeli forces conducted an overnight raid to rescue Hamas-held hostages in Rafah.

• West Bank: Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian fighters two times.

• Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: Lebanese Hezbollah conducted seven attacks from southern Lebanon into northern Israel.

• Iraq: The Iraqi Parliament discussed the removal of US-led international coalition forces from Iraq in a session.

• Yemen: The Houthis launched at least two anti-ship missiles targeting a Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged commercial vessel carrying Brazilian corn to Iran.

• Iran: Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is conducting a regional tour and politically coordinating with senior Axis of Resistance leaders in Lebanon, Syria, and Qatar.

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