⚠️ PENTAGON PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE RENEWED STRIKES ON IRAN AS U.S. WEIGHS EXPANDED OPERATIONS, TERROR ARRESTS, AND REGIONAL PRESSURE CAMPAIGN

🚨 The Pentagon is preparing for a possible resumption of war with Iran in the coming days, potentially under a new operational name instead of “Epic Fury.”

Two Middle Eastern sources told The New York Times that the U.S. and Israel have been carrying out their most intensive preparations since the ceasefire took effect, amid expectations that attacks on Iran could resume as early as this week if President Trump approves renewed military action.

According to The New York Times, options under discussion include expanded bombing campaigns against Iranian military sites and infrastructure, as well as possible special forces operations to secure nuclear materials buried underground.

A potential mission to extract enriched uranium from Iran could involve hundreds of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. The report also said they may take part in a possible operation to seize Iran’s Kharg Island.

❗️ The Telegraph reported that Trump administration officials are encouraging the UAE to become more heavily involved in the conflict and seize one of Iran’s Gulf islands.

Some figures within President Trump’s circle have reportedly suggested that the UAE take Lavan Island, which the report said was previously bombed in secret Emirati strikes in early April.

⚠️ Iranian parliament National Security Committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei warned: “A return to war may cause damage, but certainly - the enemy will be hurt more, much more”.

❌ The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest and transfer to the United States of Mohammed Baqir al-Saadi, a senior figure in the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah.

According to the statement, al-Saadi directed and encouraged attacks against U.S. and Israeli interests inside the United States and abroad.

A senior Turkish security official said al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey and handed over to U.S. authorities.

The New York Times reported that terrorism charges filed against him accuse him of planning at least 18 attacks in Europe, the United States, and Canada since late February, allegedly in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

According to the indictment, al-Saadi planned attacks targeting American and Jewish civilians in Los Angeles and New York and had already begun planning an attack on a synagogue in New York City.

The indictment also states that he personally knew former IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was eliminated in January 2020.

❌ Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a close ally of former President Nicolás Maduro, was deported to the United States, according to Venezuela’s migration agency and Reuters.

Saab, a Colombian-born businessman of Lebanese descent, is considered a liaison between Venezuela, the IRGC, and Hezbollah.

Reuters reported that Saab had previously faced U.S. bribery charges following his 2020 arrest in Cape Verde. He was later pardoned in 2023 in exchange for the release of detained Americans in Venezuela.

He was arrested again in Caracas in February during a joint U.S.-Venezuelan operation shortly after Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces.

🎯 President Trump announced that U.S. and Nigerian forces eliminated Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as ISIS’s second-in-command globally, during an overnight joint operation in Nigeria.

President Trump stated: “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield.”

President Trump added: “Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing. He will no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans. With his removal, ISIS’s global operation is greatly diminished.”

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