Trump: We achieved a victory in Venezuela and we will achieve a great victory over Iran soon.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The Strait of Hormuz is under our control and there are no warships inside the Gulf waters.
Lukashenka ordered a combat readiness review of the Belarusian Armed Forces, according to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense. Particular attention will be paid to testing the use of modern firearms, taking into account the experience of the wars in Ukraine and Iran.
Iran's Minister of Energy: We have rebuilt the four power plants that were attacked at the beginning of the war
Qatari Foreign Ministry: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed Qatar's support for efforts to reach a solution that guarantees freedom of maritime navigation.
Qalibaf: Iran and Iraq play a crucial role in establishing the regional order.
Netanyahu: A diplomatic agreement with Iran is impossible.
According to two high-ranking Iranian sources familiar with the matter, Russian officials informed Iran that CIA Director Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow carried a message from the United States requesting Moscow to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The message warned that Russian entities would face economic sanctions if they failed to do so. Russia rejected the request, informing Iran that the threatened measures would have limited impact. The message also warned that Russian banks, traders, and maritime entities involved in Iranian oil, gold, and aviation would be subject to sanctions under the sanctions unless Moscow took action to close those channels.
Iraqi News Agency: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad for clarification regarding publications by Iranian diplomatic missions
Trump on Truth Social: I have just been informed by the United States Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed. Through Space Force, we are watching every square inch of the Strait, as we are, also, with Pickaxe Mountain and the already destroyed three other Nuclear sites. There is a Zero Tolerance policy on mine placement in full force and effect
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with his Omani counterpart Badr Al Busaidi in Tehran
1 day agoTrump says Iran is failing to pay "large segments" of its military while killing protesters and others at unprecedented levels, calling it "a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions" that "must be stopped, NOW"
Trump: There is a massive humanitarian crisis in Iran and it must be ended immediately.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that all Gulf states support reaching a peaceful solution to the crisis between the United States and Iran.
The U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are unilateral, Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, adding that Qatar supports ongoing mediation efforts aimed at resolving the dispute
China foreign ministry, on U.S. Iran-related sanction threats: China's cooperation with Iran always done under framework of Interanational law
Pakistan and Iran discuss restoring MoU, as Islamabad says 'significant progress' made in talks
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sweeping new sanctions targeting over 100 international entities to cut off Iran's economic lifelines, backed by million-dollar bounties on top regime leaders
Saudi-French statement: Paris and Riyadh call on Iran to resume its full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
2 day agoTrump: We're winning against EVERYONE, including Iran, whose Country is in Economic and Military Death Spiral
UN Secretary-General Guterres: Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has almost completely stopped.
Iran has executed a man accused of carrying a chainsaw during January anti-government protests who was charged with acting as an agent of Israel and the United States
Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir will arrive in Tehran tomorrow while heading a delegation for an official visit, the Iranian FM Spokesperson says
Netanyahu: There will be no Palestinian state controlled by Iran as long as I am prime minister.
Iranian army spokesman called the attack on the US base in Jordan part of the shift in Iran's military doctrine to an offensive mode. Explaining the country's military doctrine's shift from a defensive to an offensive mode, Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said that this approach has been reflected in the recent war in rapid and extensive responses and preemptive operations. Mohammad Akraminia said in an interview with IRNA that at one point in this war, in the attack on the US base in Jordan, we actually showed a preemptive approach and before the entered the war, we targeted the base in Jordan. In July of this year, three American soldiers were killed in Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks on the country's base in Jordan on July 17. The army spokesman continued the interview by saying that this is one dimension of the concept of an offensive military doctrine, but it has other dimensions, including that any act of aggression will definitely be responded to immediately and the response can definitely be broader than the act of aggression. For the first time, Ali Abdullahi, then commander of the Khatam Central Headquarters Al-Anbiya had said that the doctrine of the armed forces had changed from defensive to offensive. But in recent days, Iranian military officials have once again emphasized this change in approach
Iranian Ministry of Defense Spokesperson: Our production volume in the past year has increased two-fold in terms of weapons and defense equipment produced in our country. This is despite the fact that during the 12-day war, some limited and specific parts of our defense industry were also among the targets of the 's strikes during their aggression against our country
Reuters, citing shipping data firm Kpler, reported a decrease in the number of ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, with only 7 ships passing through the strait.
Reports of explosions in the Strait of Hormuz caused by Iran firing anti-ship missiles at violating vessels.
Omani Foreign Minister: Safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is inseparable from the stability and security of the region.
Iran executes man over charges related to January protests, state media says
