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Iran Update, June 1, 2024

The Houthis launched one drone from Houthi-controlled Yemen into the Red Sea on May 31.[29] CENTCOM reported that the drone crashed in the Red Sea without causing damage to any surrounding vessels. The Houthis also launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) into the Gulf of Aden from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen on May 31. CENTCOM reported that the missiles did not cause any injuries or damage to vessels in the area.

CENTCOM intercepted one drone over the Gulf of Aden and three drones over the Red Sea on May 31.[30]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-june-1-2024


911 posted on 06/01/2024 11:40:11 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered his candidature in the June 28 snap #election. He served two terms in office from 2005 to 2013 and is now seeking a third term. The Guardian Council barred him from running in the 2017 and 2021 presidential elections.

https://x.com/h2newsagency/status/1797155411151270359

912 posted on 06/01/2024 11:50:57 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, June 2, 2024

The Houthis claimed six drone and missile attacks targeting US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean on June 1.[36] The Houthis claimed that they conducted two attacks targeting the US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower north of the Red Sea in the past 24 hours.[37] The Houthis purportedly used drones and missiles in the first attack and unspecified weapons in the second attack.[38] There is no evidence that these attacks occurred. The Houthis also claimed they “directly hit” a US destroyer in the Red Sea using drones.[39] US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that it intercepted two Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles targeting the USS Gravely destroyer in the southern Red Sea on June 1.[40]

The Houthis additionally claimed two attacks targeting the Malta-flagged MAINA merchant vessel in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, one attack targeting the Marshall Islands-flagged AL ORAIQ LNG tanker in the Indian Ocean, and one attack targeting the Malta-flagged ABLIANI crude oil tanker in the Red Sea.[41] CENTCOM reported that it intercepted one Houthi drone in the southern Red Sea on June 1 and that two other Houthi drones crashed into the Red Sea without causing damage or injuries.[42] The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a vessel observed an explosion “a significant distance from the vessel” approximately 48 nautical miles southwest of al Hudaydah, Yemen, in the southern Red Sea on June 1.[43]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-june-2-2024


913 posted on 06/03/2024 12:59:22 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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