How a 400-year-old event underpins Iran’s sovereign control over Strait of Hormuz

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says any attempt to impose naval restrictions and blockade contravenes international regulations and poses a threat to the interests of regional nations and global peace and stability and is doomed to fail.

Former Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi has urged the world’s parliaments to boycott members of Israel’s Knesset who approved a death penalty law authorizing the execution of Palestinian prisoners.

The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) said Thursday morning that Zionist regime’s naval forces hijacked and disabled several of its vessels in international waters, leaving hundreds of activists stranded at sea as a storm approached.

The spokesman for the Iranian Army said the force has updated and completed its databank of targets and upgraded its equipment during the halt in the US-Israeli war of aggression, stressing that Iran remains in a state of full military readiness.

A series of new Zionist regime's strikes have martyred at least five Palestinian civilians, including a 9-year-old boy, in the besieged Gaza Strip as Zionist regime continues its relentless violations of a ceasefire.

Yemen's foreign ministry has warned against the adventurism and barbarism of the Trump administration in the Persian Gulf and declared Sana'a's support for Iran's measures in the Strait of Hormuz, the ministry said in a statement.

Iran's ambassador to the United Nations underlines that the Islamic Republic reserves all rights to duly confront the United States' seizure of Iranian vessels as part of Washington's continued illegal blockade against the country.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy's deputy for political affairs says the naval force's "surprise tactics" await the United States in the event of any fresh miscalculation.

An international and independent medical charity says Israeli authorities are systematically depriving the Palestinian population in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip of the water they need to survive, condemning a campaign of “collective punishment” against residents of the coastal region.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei lashed out at the United States for the outright legalization of piracy and armed robbery on the high seas, as oil prices are continuing to climb.

The hacking group Handala says to have obtained comprehensive identification data for all US Navy personnel in the Persian Gulf.