Trump's latest TACO lies

• Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally urged President Trump to de-escalate amid fears that new US strikes on Iranian energy targets could trigger a major regional war. Meanwhile, Qatar, UAE, Turkey, and Pakistan are all pushing for diplomacy. 
• Qatari mediation – mediators separately held talks with Iranian and US officials over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with “some progress” reported.
• Iran’s armed forces, early this morning, carried out drone strikes against terrorist group positions in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, Iraq. During these attacks, U.S. Army supplied C-RAM defense systems were activated to intercept the suicide drones, but the drones successfully struck their predetermined targets. Iran has pledged that it will not tolerate any terrorist activity against its national security via Iraqi Kurdistan, and will certainly suppress it.
• An Iranian source close to the negotiating team told Fars News that no agreement has been reached regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormoz, and the reports regarding this, are false. A well-informed military source also said that as long as the US continues its hostile actions, the Strait of Hormoz will remain closed, and vessels will only be allowed to pass through the designated route with authorization from the IRGC Navy.