❗Conflict Overview: Day 173

▪Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is trying to conceal Iran’s destruction of the US Navy’s main supply base in the Middle East amid growing concerns over living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, MS Now reported

▪The US carrier strike group led by the USS George Washington arrived in the area under the US Central Command’s jurisdiction on Wednesday and is operating in the Middle East, the command said on X

▪The hostilities in the Persian Gulf have become a testing ground for Iran's defense industry and confirmed the need to effectively utilize the domestic resources, the Iranian Defense Ministry stated

▪US President Donald Trump has demonstrated Washington’s weakness by turning to its allies on the Iran issue, Iranian Consul General in Mumbai Saeid Reza Mosayeb Motlagh emphasized

▪The announced tightening of US sanctions against Iran constitutes economic terrorism, and those involved will inevitably face appropriate punishment, Iran’s Foreign Ministry noted