🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iran's hardliners sabotaged a potential peace deal with the United States after an operation targeting three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz was carried out in early July.

Senior cleric Hossein Taeb, who was recently appointed head of the Basij, made the final decision to carry out the strike without prior approval from IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi or Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to The New York Times.