In response to Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, the Speaker of the Parliament wrote: Enjoy the current pump figures. With the so-called "blockade," soon you'll be nostalgic for $4–$5 gas.
Abbas Zalzali, a journalist and professor of media at the Lebanese International University, believes that the failure of the Islamabad talks lies in the fundamental difference in the goals of Tehran and Washington; a gap that, according to him, not only led to a deadlock in the talks, but also brought the regional equations in Iraq and Lebanon to a more sensitive stage.
A former Indian government official assessed the temporary suspension of Russian oil sanctions after the disruption of ships' passage through the Strait of Hormuz as a failure of Washington's sanctions policy against Moscow.
The Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC during the eight-year Sacred Defense, referring to the US threat of a naval blockade of Iran, said: Iran is not a place to be surrounded by tweets and imaginary plans.
Benjamin Netanyahu's aggressive statements, calling the Turkish President a "paper tiger" and demanding that he remain silent, provoked an angry reaction from Turkish politicians and senior officials.
In a message explaining the Islamabad talks, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasized that Iran entered into negotiations with the United States in good faith to end the war.
The occurrence of heavy hand-to-hand clashes in southern Lebanon and the continuation of the Zionist regime's attacks on this region are among the latest news related to developments in Lebanon.
The new Iraqi president, Nizar Amidi, declared his political slogan "Iraq First" and condemned the attacks by the Iranian armed forces and the Iraqi Resistance on the bases of separatist terrorists in the Kurdistan Region.
The Iranian embassy in Vienna reacted to the use of a fake name for the Persian Gulf by the US Secretary of War and advised him to repeat the name of the Persian Gulf 10 times every morning.
News sources reported the continuation of the Zionist regime’s airstrikes on southern Lebanese towns, in which several Lebanese citizens were martyred, and several others were injured.
The new Iraqi president took a stance on regional developments and said: "I emphasize my commitment to cooperate with the three powers. We welcome the efforts to end the war."
A Russian Foreign Ministry official said that the Bahraini resolution on the Strait of Hormuz was not balanced and did not provide a complete picture of what was happening in Iran.