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<v Sarah>CENTCOM says the wave wrapped at 10:15 p.m.

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<v Sarah>Eastern Monday — five hours, six named sites: Bushehr, Chabahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas.

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<v Sarah>Coastal defense, missile and drone sites, maritime capabilities.

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<v Sarah>What stands out is the geography.

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<v Sarah>Every one of those targets sits on the coast or on an island — Abu Musa's the contested one — and CENTCOM's stated aim is Iran's ability to

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<v Sarah>hit commercial shipping. Not inland.

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<v Rich>Walk that map and it looks like strip-mining.

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<v Rich>Chabahar, Jask, Konarak, Bandar Abbas — the nodes that let Tehran reach into the Gulf and out to the Arabian Sea.

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<v Rich>Gut those in one window and you're left asking what's physically left to threaten a tanker with.

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<v Rich>And notice what set this off — per Iran International, the IRGC hit Oman's Duqm port Sunday, carrier refueling infrastructure.

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<v Rich>Oman summoned Iran's ambassador.

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<v Rich>Oman was the mediator everybody was counting on, and now it's condemning Tehran as 'irresponsible.'

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<v Sarah>That's the piece I'd hold up.

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<v Sarah>Muscat isn't a party to the shooting — it's the channel.

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<v Sarah>If Oman's summoning the ambassador, the go-between just got pulled into the fight.

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<v Quote>BEIRUT/ROME July 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon and Israel resumed talks on Tuesday in the Italian capital

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<v Quote>although expectations for swift progress were low.

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<v Quote>A U.S. State Department official said in a brief statement that the Rome talks were positive and would continue on Wednesday

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<v Rich>So while the U.S. is blockading Iranian ports and hitting Bushehr

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<v Rich>there's a delegation sitting in a hotel in Rome trying to negotiate an Israeli pullout from south Lebanon.

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<v Rich>This is the one table in the whole war that isn't on fire.

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<v Sarah>Right — Lebanon and Israel resumed U.S.-brokered talks Tuesday

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<v Sarah>and a State Department official called them positive and said they'd continue Wednesday.

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<v Sarah>The diplomatic track is still moving alongside the shooting, not replacing it.

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<v Sarah>And the sourcing matters here.

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<v Sarah>That's a U.S. State Department line, plus Beirut's hopes — the official also kept expectations for swift progress low.

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<v Sarah>So: talks are happening; no promised breakthrough.

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<v Rich>Here's my problem. Lebanon's whole leverage is its patron.

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<v Rich>Hezbollah's own position, per the reporting, is that only Iranian pressure on Washington ends the war.

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<v Rich>And Iran is currently getting its coastline strip-mined.

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<v Rich>So what exactly is the Lebanese delegation bargaining with?

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<v Sarah>That's the seam. Iran demanded an end to the Lebanon war as part of its interim deal with Washington last month

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<v Sarah>and the Gulf hostilities have strained that deal all week.

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<v Sarah>Rome is now tied to a document the blockade is putting under real pressure.

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