🇮🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy sank a livestock carrier and seized a Chinese floating armory in the Gulf of Oman today.
The Indian-flagged Haji Ali was attacked earlier in the day off the coast of Oman by what was reportedly an Iranian cruise missile or drone.
The attack caused a fire that eventually sank the vessel.
All 14 crew members were rescued by the Omani Coast Guard.
Meanwhile, Iran also seized the Honduran-flagged, Chinese-owned Hui-Chuan, a floating armory that supplied weapons to security firms conducting anti-piracy operations in the region.
The vessel was off the coast of the Emirate of Fujairah when it was reportedly seized by “unauthorized personnel whilst at anchor,” according to the UKMTO. The ship is currently heading toward Iranian territorial waters. $AKE $GWEI $IRYS
🇸🇦🇮🇷 Saudi Arabia Wants a Regional Non-Aggression Pact With Iran
According to the Financial Times, Riyadh and its allies are exploring a Cold War-style “Helsinki Process” for the Middle East once the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran ends.
The Gulf states are terrified of what comes next: • A more aggressive Iran • Reduced long-term U.S. military presence • Regional instability spilling across the Gulf
The fact Saudi Arabia is already discussing coexistence frameworks with Tehran shows Gulf leaders know Iran is not disappearing, even after the war.
The conversation is no longer about regime change. It is about containment, survival, and how to prevent the next regional explosion.
🇺🇲🇮🇷U.S. Lost One Aircraft Per Day During War with IRAN: Congressman Confirms 39 Destroyed
US Congressman Ed Case said during a special Senate committee hearing that the US lost 39 aircraft during hostilities with Iran which began on February 28.
Following the shootdown of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle long range fighter over Iranian territory in early April, U.S. efforts to recover the two airmen that ejected and parachuted into Iran resulted in losses of 9 more U.S. aircraft and one Israeli aircraft. These included HC-130J Combat King II personnel recovery support aircraft, HH-60W combat rescue helicopters, UH-60 Black Hawk transport helicopters, an A-10 attack jet and an MQ-9 drone.
🇮🇷🇨🇳 Iran says 30 ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz with its authorization since Wednesday, with Chinese vessels among the first to transit under Tehran's new "management protocols."
- Iran is framing this as proof it controls the Strait, not that it has opened it - Chinese ships were prioritized - The IRGC Navy is presenting each crossing as requiring Iranian permission
🚨 HERE'S THE EXACT CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT JUST HAPPENED WITH NVIDIA AND CHINA — AND WHAT COMES NEXT:
**January 13, 2026** — U.S. replaces presumption-of-denial policy with case-by-case H200 licensing. The valve cracks open.
**January 28, 2026** — China approves ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent for a first batch of 400,000+ H200 chips combined.
**May 14, 2026** — U.S. formally approves ~10 Chinese firms to purchase H200s:
→ $BABA Alibaba → ByteDance → $TCEHY Tencent → $JD → Lenovo → Foxconn → and more
**Also May 14, 2026** — NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is in Beijing, personally pushing to break through the final bottleneck.
Here's what nobody is saying out loud:
→ 400,000 H200 chips × $27,000 per unit = **$10.8 BILLION** in potential revenue at list price → ZERO units have shipped. Not one. Beijing hasn't cleared imports yet. → The U.S. takes a **25% fee** on every China sale that goes through → This isn't a reopening — it's a controlled valve that keeps American leverage intact → Every day Beijing delays its own clearance is another day Huawei gains ground domestically
The U.S. approved the sale. China approved the buyers. Jensen Huang flew to Beijing himself.
And still — not a single chip has crossed the border.