Former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati, who currently serves as a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, has warned US Marines they are being sacrificed by US President Donald Trump and his ambitions to remain in office even after the end of his current term in 2028.

China has hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for talks in Beijing, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calling the US-Israeli war on Tehran “illegitimate” and urging a complete ceasefire.

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Abdul-Jabbar Sa’eid has affirmed that the Zionist regime’s threats to resume the war while negotiating the second phase of the ceasefire agreement are “meaningless” and will not force the Movement to make concessions.

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Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stressed that no talks will take place with Zionist regime until attacks being carried out by the occupying regime against the Arab country stop.

IRGC Public Relations says that "No commercial vessels or oil tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past hours.

A deputy commander of the IRGC says that Iran fully controls transit through the Strait of Hormuz and any ship must secure Iran's permission before travelling through the waterway.

A massive blaze at oil facilities in Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday was a direct consequence of 'American adventurism' in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to a report.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stated that recent developments in the Strait of Hormuz have once again made it crystal clear that there is no military solution to the political crisis in the West Asian region, reaffirming the Islamic Republic’s policy of pursuing diplomacy from a position of strength.

The Hezbollah secretary general says the Israeli regime's plots will never materialize as the resistance movement is forcefully fighting them off, dismissing illusions that Lebanon is a weak county and under the guardianship of others.

Trump's plan about the seizure and piracy of ships by US Navy

Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters Major General Ali Abdollahi warned that any foreign military force, particularly the US, will come under attack if it attempts to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz.