Iran conflict preparations US order; Hormuz warning

Oct 7

CCTV relays October 7 U.S. media reports, citing several U.S. officials, that the Pentagon recently instructed CENTCOM to prepare for a resumption of major operations against Iran. No restart date was given and Trump had not made a final decision. In the same coherent bulletin, Iranian media report senior IRGC adviser Naghdi's October 7 assertion that Iran fully controls the closed Strait of Hormuz and will soon close the few routes he calls illegal. He says the strait will not reopen unless Iran's demands are met. The reported preparatory order is not authorization or an actual strike, and the threatened additional route closures are not established completed closures.

CCTV relays Iranian media's October 7 statement by senior IRGC adviser Naghdi, who asserts complete Iranian control of the closed Strait of Hormuz, threatens imminent closure of the few routes he calls illegal and says reopening depends on Iran's demands being met. These are his control claim, prospective threat and condition; they do not establish newly completed route closures or a reopening agreement. Tagesschau's October 9 Bandar Abbas report relays the same distinctive IRGC threat that routes it considers illegal will soon close, after describing U.S.-guided tankers off Oman and recent Iranian attacks. Weber identifies it as a warning to the United States. The report does not name a new statement date, confirm completed closures or repeat the earlier reopening-demand condition. The named October 7 attribution and that condition remain supported by the earlier CCTV account.