Categories Articles and Tweets Tweets - Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter The Telegraph (@ttindia) on X Post author By wawiimuy Post date July 22, 2026 Iranian drone attacks on #CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, ← RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Iranian drone attacks on #CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with U.S. intelligence. #Iran → RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 American forces could probably seize Iran’s Gulf islands. Holding them is the part nobody has solved… The military logic is seductive. Kharg moves roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude exports. Qeshm hosts the fast boat fleet harassing shipping. Larak watches the strait. Take those three and the chokehold weakens overnight. Geography ruins it. Kharg sits about 25 kilometers off the mainland, which means any garrison lands inside artillery, drone, and missile range of a country that has spent five months proving it keeps firing no matter what gets bombed. Marines would be defending fixed positions with the sea behind them and Iranian television filming