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10/16United States Armed Forces: The CENTCOM commander, Admiral Cooper, said US operations had stopped Iran exporting at least $25 billion of crude, helped freeze nearly $350 million in cryptocurrency, and that Iran was withholding salaries including from the IRGC.

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09/15United States Armed Forces: CENTCOM confirmed to Axios that it hosted senior military leaders from eight nations at a scheduled conference to discuss Middle East security cooperation; Israeli officials told Axios the chiefs of Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt met in Germany the previous week and that Adm. Brad Cooper said US forces would not leave the region.

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07/14United States Armed Forces: CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said Iran had intentionally targeted civilians and attacked seven commercial ships in seven days, with about a dozen crew killed, missing or injured.

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06/20United States Armed Forces: CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said 'Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz' and that 'traffic continues to flow, and U.S. forces are monitoring the situation to ensure this remains the case'.

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04/29United States Armed Forces: At his first public hearing on the war, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon put the war's cost at 25 billion dollars, mostly munitions, and said Iran's nuclear facilities had been 'obliterated' in 2025; Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine cited 14 US military deaths.

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03/26United States Armed Forces: CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said the killing of Tangsiri makes the region safer and that US forces had destroyed about 92 percent of Iran's large naval vessels.

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03/21United States Armed Forces: CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said Iran's ability to attack ships had been degraded after US jets dropped 5,000-pound bombs on an underground coastal facility storing anti-ship cruise missiles and mobile launchers.

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03/12United States Armed Forces: US Central Command said about 6,000 targets had been struck in Iran and more than 90 Iranian vessels, including over 30 minelayers, damaged or destroyed.

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03/06United States Armed Forces: US Central Command said it had struck more than 3,000 targets in Iran and destroyed 43 Iranian warships since 28 February.

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08/24United States Armed Forces: Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the initial US assessment was that Prigozhin was likely killed, and that there was no information to corroborate reports that a surface-to-air missile brought down the plane.

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