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Iran denies any ceasefire extension talks as Hormuz closure hardens into stalemate

Tehran publicly killed the ceasefire-extension story on Wednesday. A senior Iranian official told Reuters there are no talks at all on extending the 60-day MoU window: "There are no discussions about extending, because from Iran's viewpoint no period ever began, so there is nothing to extend." That directly contradicts yesterday's Anatolia/Pakistani-sourced claim of an agreed extension. Pakistan says the mediation file is not closed and the window, with roughly five days left, "can be extended." The clock expires around 17 August with no visible off-ramp.

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Iran • United States • Gulf • Lebanon

CENTCOM admits firing on merchant ship as Iran widens Hormuz reopening terms

US Central Command confirmed for the first time that it fired on commercial shipping, putting two Hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged *Vela Nova* in the Gulf of Oman, and published a blockade tally of 55 vessels redirected, 3 disabled, 2 boarded. Hours later, Iran's new SNSC secretary Mohsen Rezaei widened the price of reopening Hormuz to include ending the war in Lebanon and Gaza, even as Qatar and Pakistan briefed that a US-Iran arrangement is close.

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Iran • United States • Gulf • Lebanon • Israel

Israel's heaviest Lebanon strike wave since ceasefire kills six Hezbollah commanders

Israel launched its deadliest single-day decapitation campaign in Lebanon since the ceasefire, with Lebanon's Health Ministry counting 27 killed and 15 wounded across at least ten strikes and Hezbollah confirming six commanders dead by name. Netanyahu owned it publicly. Simultaneously, Iran hardened its Hormuz terms to include lifting the US naval blockade plus compensation, Trump counter-demanded reparations from Tehran, and Brent closed up nearly 5% near $87.72.

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