by Tyler Durden

Update(1934ET): FT and others have reported that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has moved to activate emergency contingency plans, aiming to secure critical supplies and ensure continuity of government operations amid fears of renewed US or Israeli attacks, at a moment President Trump has said a "beautiful armada" of US warships, including the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier, has arrived in regional waters. He said the following Tuesday:

"In June, we obliterated Iran’s nuclear capacity in Operation Midnight Hammer," Trump stated. "People had been waiting for 22 years to do that... They were about a month away from having a nuclear weapon. We had to do it."

"There's another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now," Trump added, explaining further that he hopes Iran will "make a deal" and "should have made a deal the first time."The FT report earlier described, "Iran’s president began implementing emergency measures to shore up supplies of essential goods and keep government running in case of new attacks on the country by the US or Israel."

"In a meeting on Tuesday with governors of border provinces, Masoud Pezeshkian issued orders designed to “eliminate redundant bureaucracy and accelerate the import of basic commodities," according to state media, as cited in the report.

"We are handing over authorities to provinces so that governors can contact the judiciary and officials in other organisations and make decisions themselves," Pezeshkian said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-weighs-precision-strikes-iranian-officials-govt-weakest-1979

(Iran has been making hints about sinking an aircraft carrier. They plan to take out all US military bases in the region. They have the means to destroy all 10 Israel airbases plus their  British airbase in Cyprus plus all of their public and private airfields. They can take out all of their refineries and electrical generation. And they can shut the Straits of Hormuz sending oil to $500 a barrel for 6 months. That would trigger 2 quadrillion dollars in derivatives.)