❗Conflict Overview: Day 163

▪Iran and Oman have agreed to establish new mechanisms to ensure security in the Strait of Hormuz as part of talks on an agreement to manage the waterway, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said

▪The United States plans to lift the blockade on Iranian ports immediately after an agreement is reached on the resumption of unimpeded shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported

▪The United States thought it could bring Iran to its knees – a big mistake, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said

▪Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed six senior military commanders, including new Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Gen. Ali Abdollahi

▪The Iranian Armed Forces now possess ballistic missiles with advanced capabilities, including the ability to alter their trajectories after launch to evade enemy air defenses, according to Hossein Mohebi, spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of Iran's military

▪The conflict with Iran and the deteriorating economic sentiment in the United States could serve as a double-edged sword for Donald Trump, hurting the GOP in this November's midterm Congressional elections as well as his standing as president, CNN reported

▪US forces have redirected 55 commercial vessels since the maritime blockade of Iran resumed on July 14, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said