Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baqaei condemned Zionist regime's attacks against Lebanon, holding Washington the direct responsible of the continued violations of the ceasefire in the Middle Eastern country.

The heads of Iran’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches mounted a joint backlash against US President Donald Trump, condemning his remarks about alleged divisions between extremists and moderates in Iran as baseless and provocative.

The martyr toll from the Zionist regime’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,562 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Wednesday morning.

At least five Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were injured, including a woman and a girl, on Wednesday evening, in Zionist regime’s attacks in separate areas of the Gaza Strip.

Pete Hegseth has removed US Navy Secretary John Phelan, the latest casualty of the US secretary of war's abrupt dismissal campaign amid reported top-level opposition to Washington's unprovoked aggression against Iran.

Lebanese Civil Defense has confirmed the death of Amal Khalil, a journalist with the country's al-Akhbar daily, saying she was deliberately targeted in an Israeli strike in the southern town of at-Tiri, where her body was later recovered from the rubble.

The Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has strongly protested to the world body over the United States’ misuse of the airspace and territory of five Persian Gulf Arab countries for illegal strikes on the Islamic Republic during the imposed war.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has invariably welcomed dialogue and agreement, but Washington’s constant breach of commitments, naval blockade and military threats remain the main obstacles to genuine negotiations, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said its forces stand ready to deliver greater military surprises than adversaries can comprehend, marking the 48th anniversary of the force's establishment.

A senior member of Yemen's Ansarullah popular resistance movement says US President Donald Trump's erratic behavior signals his entanglement in a deadlock amid Iran's continued successful steadfastness in the face of Washington's demands.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denounced the US’ naval blockade of Iran’s ports as an act of war and a breach of the ceasefire, warning that targeting commercial vessels and detaining their crews constitutes an even more serious violation.

If the enemy oversteps and commits any act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran after the ceasefire, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will target wherever the people want them to, the IRGC aerospace commander said on Tuesday.

Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the Yemeni armed forces will return to fighting if a fragile ceasefire that halted 40 days of American-Israeli aggression against Iran expires without an agreement to permanently end the war.

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that Israel continues to tighten its blockade on the Gaza Strip by closing crossings and controlling the entry of aid and the number of travelers through the Rafah crossing.

 Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters said military response to an American naval attack on Iranian container vessel Touska in the Gulf of Oman has been postponed to ensure the safety of the crew’s families.

President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized that Iranians do not submit to force.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the United States is not serious about negotiations with Iran, asserting that Washington will face the Islamic Republic's decisive retaliation if it repeats its past mistakes concerning the country.

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has said that Tehran will not accept negotiations with Washington under the shadow of threats.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says strengthening unity among Islamic countries is the most important way to counter conspiracies and prevent foreign powers from taking advantage.

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi has strongly denounced the Israeli reestablishment of the illegal Sanur settlement in Jenin, calling the step a “dangerous escalation targeting the Palestinian presence in the occupied West Bank.”

The spokesman of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced that Iran will soon retaliate for the US military’s armed piracy in the Sea of Oman.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has urged the European Union to stop using international law as a political tool, describing the bloc’s conduct as “peak hypocrisy,” as tensions continue amid the United States’ naval blockade of Iran and the Islamic Republic’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. 

Medical personnel held a solidarity protest on Sunday in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, reaffirming their support for fellow doctors, nurses, and paramedics detained in Israeli prisons amid escalating violations against them since the outbreak of the genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023.

The chief commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army has hailed the message of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei on the occasion of the Army Day.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem Hezbollah Secretary General stresses that the ceasefire would not have been possible without the sacrifices of the resistance fighters on the front lines.   In a message released on Saturday night, Hezbollah's Secretary General appreciated Iran's support for the resistance, emphasizing that the ceasefire in Lebanon would not have been possible without the legendary performance of the resistance fighters. “Many thanks to ...

Palestinian resistance forces have discovered and seized a number of Israeli spying devices inside makeshift tents set up by refugees in the southern flank of the Gaza Strip.

At least 75 members of the British Parliament have signed a motion to sanction Israel over its genocide in Palestine and Lebanon.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy says Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz after the United States chose to maintain its blockade of the Islamic Republic's ports in violation of the conditions of the ongoing ceasefire.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, in remarks on Saturday, said the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully pushed back the enemy despite its superior financial and material resources by applying the asymmetric warfare strategy.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i has said that the United States and the Israeli regime must be held legally accountable by competent international bodies for war crimes and for paying full war reparations to Iran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a message on the occasion of National Army Day, stressing the need for continuous development of military capabilities.

The spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters emphasized that the Strait of Hormuz is under strict control of the Iranian Armed Forces and will remain in its previous operational state.

Speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open if the United States continues the blockade of the Iranian southern ports.

Iran’s Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Talaei Nik said the Strait of Hormuz is only open during a ceasefire and conditionally, with military vessels and those linked to hostile forces having no right of transit.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh called for an effective and decisive UN reaction to the continued blatant violations of international law resulting from US and Israeli aggression against Iran.