Iran’s deputy Parliament speaker says the US must accept new arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz and the wider West Asia region.

Iran has commissioned its first domestically produced 3.5-MW magnetic-bearing turboexpander at South Pars, marking a major engineering milestone and strengthening technological self-reliance, industrial resilience, and energy security.

President Masoud Pezeshkian asserts that Iran will not accept pressure aimed at forcing the country into submission.

Iran calls for greater regional convergence and cooperation, stressing reliance on regional capabilities towards exclusion of foreign interference.

A senior Iranian diplomat says security in the Persian Gulf region must be ensured only by all regional countries within the region.

Kuwait has shut down the country’s only Iranian school as authorities intensify restrictions on pro-Iran expression.

Local sources have reported explosions and the eruption of a subsequent fire along the coast of the United Arab Emirates.