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Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia — the joint US-UK bomber base in the Indian Ocean, two thousand three hundred miles from Iran's coast. Neither missile hit. But Iran just demonstrated it has weapons that can reach far beyond the Middle East. The targeting doctrine has expanded.

Natanz was struck again. Iran's armed forces spokesman threatened that tourist and entertainment centres worldwide will no longer be safe for American and Israeli officials. Iran launched its seventy-first wave of strikes against Israel, hitting Rishon LeZion with cluster warhead missiles including fragments that struck a kindergarten.

Trump said the US is considering winding down. Hours later, thousands more Marines were confirmed heading to the region. An Israeli official said strikes will increase significantly this week. CENTCOM reported one hundred and thirty Iranian naval vessels destroyed — the largest naval elimination in a three-week period since World War Two.

Goldman Sachs warned oil could stay above one hundred dollars through twenty twenty-seven. The US lifted sanctions on one hundred and forty million barrels of Iranian oil to try to calm markets. The Houthis are debating a naval blockade. Washington is reportedly considering occupying Kharg Island. Trump called NATO allies cowards. Putin congratulated Iran's Supreme Leader on Nowruz.

Three thousand vessels sit anchored in the Gulf. The four-week timetable Trump originally set expires in one week. The war has not ended. It has reached the Indian Ocean.