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The US on Thursday said that it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and would ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oil supply is dropping and regional tensions are rising.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed reports about poor conditions aboard the Lincoln, calling them "completely misrepresented."

The U.S. lost 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones in the Iran war, prompting India to procure 31 more by 2029.

The losses, worth over $1.3 billion, cut a quarter of the Reaper fleet, an Air Force general told the Senate he was 'concerned' about.

US received repeated warnings from Israel that Iran was allegedly planning to assassinate President Donald Trump, but intelligence agencies could not independently verify some of the specific threat.

Iran-US war LIVE: The U.S. has tightened economic sanctions against Iran and other individuals and entities that it says are helping it procure weapons. Follow The Hindu for more updates.

Iran-US War News LIVE Updates: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US Navy could sustain the blockade by rotating ships in and out of the region.

US agencies could not independently verify several Israeli warnings about alleged Iranian plots to kill Donald Trump. The disputed intelligence still shaped White House security measures and exposed gaps between US and Israeli threat assessments.

US intelligence could not corroborate some of the specific threats shared by Israel since early last year, the officials said.

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