Lindsey Graham on Iran’s Kharg Island: ‘We Did Iwo Jima. We Can Do This.’

Synagogue In Tehran 'Completely Destroyed' In US-Israeli Strikes On Area The AP, AFP, and others have cited Iranian state media to say that US-Israeli strikes have "completely destroyed" a synagogue in Tehran, as attacks have intensified overnight and into Tuesday. "According to preliminary information, the Rafi-Nia Synagogue … was completely destroyed in this morning's attacks," the Shargh newspaper reported. Mehr news agency describes the synagogue was destroyed when an adjacent residential building in central Tehran was bombed in an aerial attacks. Jerusalem Post: A reported photo of the damage to the Rafi Niya Synagogue...

Wheat Futures Volatile As Black Sea Crisis And Hormuz Chokepoint Spark Concerns Chicago wheat futures are coiling for a breakout (one way or another) as ongoing Russia-Ukraine attacks on Black Sea grain infrastructure and bulk carriers threaten exports from one of the world's most important breadbaskets. Most-active Chicago wheat has been choppy in the last few days... Hard red winter wheat gained as much as 2.7% to $7.505 a bushel. Soft Red Winter wheat futures are poised for a much larger breakout if prices sustain a move above $7 a bushel. Bloomberg noted Monday that...

IRGC Says Three More Tankers Ablaze In The Strait Of Hormuz On Sunday Iran announced that three more international tankers are ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after presumably hitting mines in an 'illicit' transit area as Tehran continues to try and clamp down on passage under its protocol."Since the early hours of this morning, three non-compliant tankers have exploded and caught fire while they were sailing in the illegal channel in the Strait of Hormuz," the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement. via Reuters The statement didn't identifiy...