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IRGC warns US

IRGC spokesman says the Strait of Hormuz is fully under Iranian Naval control, warning that non-compliant vessels risk hitting mines until Tehran's conditions are met.

Speaking to reporters, Brigadier General Mohebbi stressed that Iran's absolute authority over the strategic waterway is already felt globally through surging oil prices and depleted Western reserves. Mohebbi dismissed CENTCOM’s newly announced "Iron Gate" task force, labeling the US land and maritime blockade plan as mere wordplay that will fail to destabilize Iran’s economy. He emphasized that US blockades have repeatedly failed across all domains, asserting that the plan will remain strictly on paper.

Iran Hormuz control

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has confirmed that a third oil tanker attempting to illegally cross the Strait of Hormuz has exploded and caught fire. The IRGC Navy announced that all three tankers suffered explosions and massive fires since dawn, after navigating an unauthorized route in the strategic waterway. The statement said the defiant vessels exploded after switching off their navigation and identification systems. The IRGC blamed their fate on defying Iranian regulations and colluding with the American aggressor army, warning any vessel defying these rules will meet the same end.

Yemen retaliatory operations 

Yemen has launched a wave of retaliatory missile and drone attacks deep inside Saudi Arabia, striking critical infrastructure following deadly Saudi massacres. The spokesperson vowed that Yemen will continue to enforce the equation of a siege for a siege and an escalation for an escalation, until the aggression stops and the siege on Yemen is lifted. The retaliatory operations followed a Saudi attack in Sana’a province that killed 33 civilians, including 13 children, and another massacre in Tai’z. Yemen's health ministry said around 35 people killed in the past 24 hours, raising the cumulative toll from the recent Saudi escalation to 340 martyrs. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Saudi airstrikes on civilian areas in Yemen, describing them as violations of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.