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supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A ceasefire announced two months ago paused all-out warfare though sporadic clashes in the Gulf have continued. In one of a flurry of [social media posts](https://x.com/TrumpTruthOnX),
statement carried by state media that continued US “blockading, banditry and piracy” would lead to retaliation. Trump has ordered the military to “shoot and kill” Iranian vessels that could be placing mines. Though
Strait of Hormuz. “This is because of the war and the defence of our right – that is, according to international law, it is legitimate, legal, and accepted,” he said on Thursday night, Iran’s official
statement on Monday, Netanyahu said he had told Trump that "Israel has a full right to self-defence, and we are exercising it as required". Sunday's exchange of fire had continued on Monday morning
statement carried by Iran’s Student News Agency, the IRGC navy said on Saturday the strait will be closed until the United States lifts its naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports. It said
supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, [is alive and becoming](/news/2026/6/2/irans-supreme-leader-appears-more-active-as-talks-continue-uss-rubio) “increasingly engaged” in negotiations with Washington. Khamenei has not appeared publicly since reportedly being wounded in US-Israeli strikes that killed his predecessor and father, Ayatollah
Hormuz Iran established a new government agency to approve transit and collect tolls from shipping in the strait, shipping data firm Lloyd's List Intelligence said Thursday. The move has raised concerns about eroding
Hormuz on Monday. Photograph: Reuters The brief agreement, which would end the war but not delineate the peace, is fraught with political sensitivity as all sides know they must try to emerge with one they
leaders of Iran.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2d323725e3f9453f37301d15230810eb09f0c0b5/425_0_5600_4480/master/5600.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Supporters of the Iranian regime gather in a square in Tehran. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images The US has insisted that Tehran, which wants to levy lucrative tolls on passage
Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for the US lifting its naval blockade, and to dispose of Tehran’s highly enriched uranium. He said the US understood Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had endorsed
Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei was killed, the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon began firing rockets and drones into northern Israel, and Israel struck back, launching an invasion into southern Lebanon. Iran is adamant that
statement released by the US state department. It was not immediately clear how the Lebanon security zones would be established but the agreement calls for the Lebanese army to take full control of those areas
statement that armed forces under his command will “maintain and manage security of the Strait of Hormuz with all strength” in response to US President Donald Trump’s [announcement](/news/2026/5/3/trump-says-us-will-help-free-up-ships-stuck-in-hormuz-strait) on Sunday that
statement condemning "in the strongest terms... the heinous and repeated Iranian attacks, which represent a dangerous escalation and a direct assault" on Kuwait. It said such attacks "undermine" efforts to deescalate tensions in the region
statements to proclaim unity and continuity to the office of the supreme leader and the state, in response to Trump repeatedly pointing to fractures within the system. Iranian authorities have also continued to support members
statements to get ahead of the curve. An alternative explanation, suggested by [Australian-American economist Justin Wolfers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLb4ivyQA2g), is what he calls the “known liar problem”. The markets know [Trump is an unreliable
supreme leaders since the 1979 revolution: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in this war's first salvos on 28 February; and his successor, his son Mojtaba Khamenei, reported to have been
supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, remains unknown. ## United Kingdom UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer cohosted a summit on a potential military mission to secure the Hormuz Strait with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday
statement, adding another note in English. “Iran is not a land of rifts, but a stronghold of unity,” Aref said. “Our political diversity is our democracy, yet in times of peril, we are a ‘Single
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Saturday. - Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh dismissed Trump’s claims over the uranium and sounded a note of caution with regard to future talks between the two countries. - “There