Iran holds all the cards: victorious on the battlefield, united at home, and armed with non-negotiable strategic assets, allowing it to dictate terms and seek concessions from the enemy.

At least 87 international lawyers have issued an unprecedented joint statement calling the US-Zionist war on Iran and Lebanon a gross violation of international law and crime of aggression.

Iranian students and teachers have published an open letter, calling on their counterparts around the world to break their silence over crimes committed by the Israeli regime and the US against the Iranian people.

Battlefield gains have fundamentally changed Iran's strategic posture, shifting from giving concessions to dictating terms, forcing the United States to surrender all demands and concede.

Iran is now a bona fide regional power, and key decisions run through Tehran – so countries in the region will need friendly relations with Iran, says a US-based journalist and analyst.

In a message marking Army Day, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei hailed the country's army for courageously defending the nation in the recent war, like in previous imposed wars.

The closure of the Red Sea in the event of American escalation in the region would cripple global supply chains, trigger economic shocks, end Western maritime hegemony, and accelerate a multipolar world order.