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Three sources told Reuters that Iran has asked the Houthis in Yemen to prepare to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea if the United States attacks Iran's electricity grid infrastructure, posing a serious new threat to global energy supplies. Meanwhile, Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council and Supreme Commander of the Yemeni Armed Forces, said, "The time has come to end the suffering created by the terrorist Houthi militias," calling on all segments of the Yemeni people to "rally around the state project and support the armed forces and security services in the battle to restore state institutions and end the coup." Separately, Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni is visiting Islamabad, which is playing a mediating role between Washington and Tehran. A source told AFP that Momeni is holding talks with Pakistani officials, but did not specify whether the visit is related to Pakistani mediation efforts to end the conflict between the United States and Iran. These developments come after a Washington Post report revealed that the United States and Iran are nearing a large-scale military confrontation, with continued exchanges of fire and a rising death toll among US forces since the resumption of fighting. A week has passed, amid warnings of a widening conflict. The newspaper quoted an unnamed US official as saying that Washington is "preparing for a broader war," noting that the Pentagon is reinforcing its military aircraft deployment in the region in anticipation of further escalation. However, he also warned that stockpiles of long-range munitions and air defense systems are dwindling, and that there are limitations on sending more troops and aircraft due to damage to military equipment. #Iran #BabAlMandab #Houthis #AlArabiyaChannel