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13 April 2026
4 events recorded (0 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
13 April 2026 in brief
Israeli strikes killed at least five people in southern Lebanon, and the health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 2,055, while UNIFIL said an Israeli tank twice rammed peacekeeping vehicles and Hezbollah said it fired rockets at Kiryat Shmona. [1] A US naval blockade of Iranian ports took effect, US Central Command said, and Lloyd's List said shipping through the Strait of Hormuz immediately halted, while Iran called the blockade piracy. [1] Bahrain handed Iraq's charge d'affaires a protest over drone attacks launched from Iraq at Gulf states, and Baghdad rejected the use of its territory for such attacks. [1] Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran had been inches from a memorandum of understanding in Islamabad when it met shifting goalposts and a blockade, and Trump said Iran's navy had been obliterated, with 158 ships destroyed.
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Trump said Iran's navy was completely obliterated with 158 ships destroyed and warned that its remaining fast attack boats would be immediately eliminated if they approached the blockade; he later said the right people in Iran had called wanting a deal.
Government of the United States
13 Apr · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
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Market
$123.28
Brent crude, per barrel
+74% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
13 Apr · US Energy Information Administration
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Said: 2 statements, not counted as events
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Government of Iran: Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran had met maximalism, shifting goalposts and a blockade when it was inches from an Islamabad memorandum of understanding, adding zero lessons learned.
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Government of the United States: Trump said Iran's navy was completely obliterated with 158 ships destroyed and warned that its remaining fast attack boats would be immediately eliminated if they approached the blockade; he later said the right people in Iran had called wanting a deal.