"On the 5th of December 2023 The Russian Federation and Iran signed the "Declaration by the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Ways and Means to Counter, Mitigate and Redress the Adverse Impacts of Unilateral Coercive Measures"...Guideline 6 says "In the event of economic or financial loss incurred as a result of the adoption of unilateral coercive measures, the State that has inflicted such loss on an affected State, individuals and legal entities by its actions or extraterritorial application of its national laws, shall be primarily held liable for compensation and damages."

This is unequivocal. The west will be held liable for damages and compensation. As I predicted here on the 11th of November (above), Russia "is more likely to invoke the international law of State responsibility which requires a state doing a wrong act to make full reparations for a 'wrong act', which comprises any or all of restitution, reparations, and compensation for damage done, both material and moral."

"War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not confined to the belligerent States alone, but affect the whole world. To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, The Trial of German Major War Criminals, Judgment: 30th September, 1946 - 1st October, 1946, at "Conspiracy and Aggressive War," p.13.

Definition of Aggression
3314 (XXIX). Definition of Aggression
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression, established pursuant to its resolution 2330 (XXII)· of 18 December 1967, covering the work of its seventh session held from 11 March to 12 April 1974, including the draft Definition of Aggression adopted by the Special Committee by consensus and recommended for adoption by the General Assembly
Deeply convinced that the adoption of the Definition of Aggression would contribute to the strengthening of international peace and security,

Approves the Definition of Aggression, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution;

The General Assembly,
Basing itself on the fact that one of the fundamental purposes of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security and to take effective collective measures for the prevention arid removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace,
Recalling that the Security Council, in accordance with Article 39 of the Charter of the United Nations, shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security,
Recalling also the duty of States under the Charter to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in order not to endanger international peace, security and justice,
Bearing in mind that nothing in this Definition shall be interpreted as in any way affecting the scope of the provisions of the Charter with respect to the functions and powers of the organs of the United Nations,
Considering also that, since aggression is the most serious and dangerous form of the illegal use of force, being fraught, in the conditions created by the existence of all types of
weapons of mass destruction, with the possible threat of a world conflict and all its catastrophic consequences, aggression should be defined at the present stage,

Reaffirming the duty of States not to use armed force to deprive peoples of their right to self-determination, freedom and independence, or to disrupt territorial integrity,
Reaffirming also that the territory of a State shall not be violated by being the object, even temporarily, of military occupation or of other measures of force taken by another State in contravention of the Charter, and that it shall not be the object of acquisition by another State resulting from such measures or the threat thereof,
Reaffirming also the provisions of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
Convinced that the adoption of a definition of aggression ought to have the effect of deterring a potential aggressor, would simplify the determination of acts of aggression and the implementation of measures to suppress them and would also facilitate the protection of the rights and lawful interests of, and the rendering of assistance to, the victim,
Believing that, although the question whether an act of aggression has been committed must be considered in the light of all the circumstances of each particular case, it is nevertheless desirable to formulate basic principles as guidance for such determination,

Adopts the following Definition of Aggression:

Article I
Aggression is the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations, as set out in this Definition.
Explanatory note: In this Definition the term "State":
(a) Is used without prejudice to questions of recognition or to whether a State is a member of the United Nations;
(b) Includes the concept of a "group of States" where appropriate.

Article 2
The first use of armed force by a State in contravention of the Charter shall constitute prima facie evidence of an act of aggression although the Security Council may, in conformity
with !he Charter, conclude that a determination that an act of aggression has been committed would not be justified in the light of other relevant circumstances, including the fact that the acts concerned or their consequences are not of sufficient gravity.

Article 3
Any of the following acts, regardless of a declaration of war, shall, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of article 2, qualify as an act of aggression:
(a) The invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State, or any military occupation, however temporary, resulting from such invasion or attack. or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof;

( b) Bombardment by the armed forces of a State against the territory of another State or the use of any weapons by a State against the territory of another State;

(c) The blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State;

(d) An attack by the armed forces of a State on the land, sea or air forces, or marine and air fleets of another State;

(e) The use of armed forces of one State which are within the territory of another State with the agreement of the receiving State, in contravention of thc conditions provided for in the agreement or any extension of their presence in such territory beyond the termination of the agreement;

(f) The action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another State, to be used by that other State for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third State;

(g) The sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries, which carry out acts of armed force against another State of such gravity as to amount to the acts listed above, or its substantial involvement therein.

Article 4
The acts enumerated above are not exhaustive and the Security Council may determine that other acts constitute aggression under the provisions of the Charter.

Article 5
1. No consideration of whatever nature, whether political, economic, military or otherwise, may serve as a justification for aggression.
2. A war of aggression is a crime against international peace. Aggression gives rise to international responsibility.
3. No territorial acquisition or special advantage resulting from aggression is or shall be recognized as lawful.

Article 6
Nothing in this Definition shall be construed as in any way as enlarging or diminishing the scope of the Charter, including its provisions concerning cases in which the use of force is lawful.

Article 7
Nothing in this Definition, and in particular article 3, could in any way prejudice the right to self-determination, freedom and independence, as derived from the Charter, of people forcibly deprived of that right and referred to in the Declaration on Principles of international Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, particularly peoples under colonial and racist regimes or other forms of alien domination; nor the right of these peoples to struggle to that end and to seek and receive support, in accordance with the principles of the Charter and in conformity with the above-mentioned Declaration.

Article 8
In their interpretation and application the above provisions are interrelated and each provision should be construed in the context of the other provisions.

"Iran’s Ministry of Health announced that more than 15,000 citizens have been injured since the start of the US-Israeli aggression on Iran.

According to the ministry, 12,495 people have already been treated and discharged from hospitals, while 670 surgical operations have been successfully performed. Currently, 1,682 injured individuals remain hospitalized, receiving ongoing medical care.

The ministry noted that the healthcare workforce has also been affected, with 12 medical staff members wounded and 72 others sustaining injuries while performing their duties.

Additionally, the war has caused significant damage to healthcare infrastructure, including 87 health units, 24 treatment centers, 21 emergency bases, and 18 ambulances, further straining the country’s medical response capabilities.

Earlier today, Iran’s Emergency Organization announced that the number of victims since the start of the US-Israeli aggression against the country has risen to 1,348 martyrs...civilian casualties continuing to rise"
?9 March 2026

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi

Israel's bombings of fuel depots in Tehran violate international law and constitute ecocide.
Residents face long-term damage to their health and well-being. Contamination of soil and groundwater could have generational impacts.

Israel must be punished for its war crimes.
2:33 PM · Mar 16, 2026

Walter
@googlexrp

Burning petroleum releases sulfur and nitrogen oxides that mix with rain to form sulfuric and nitric acid, essentially turning rainfall toxic.

When Saddam burned Kuwaiti oil wells in 1991, the fallout contributed to what became known as Gulf War Syndrome, with veterans developing chronic illness and cancer decades later.

The difference now: this isn’t a desert battlefield, it’s a city of 10 million people, most of which women and children.

2:37 PM · Mar 16, 2026

"Solid-State Batteries: Wolfpacks of Small UUVs Will Dominate the Seas

UUVs are currently the most dangerous threat to submarines and military surface ships. Their development is accelerating rapidly, and I would argue that the smallest ones are the most dangerous.

This week, the first solid-state battery ready for mass production was announced, with an energy density of 400 Wh/kg. By 2028, several companies are promising to reach 600 Wh/kg, roughly 3–4 times the density of today’s lithium-ion batteries.

This will completely transform naval warfare. 

It not only renders conventional diesel-electric submarines obsolete but also creates an entirely new category of UUVs: small, mini, and extremely fast.

I’m talking about UUVs in the 250–350 kg weight, capable of sprint speeds of 45–50 knots.

They would carry a compact 50 kg warhead using modern explosives, including CL-20-based mixtures, inside a fuselage largely composed of solid-state battery cells, supplemented by a small 2.5 kVA gasoline generator with a snorkel for recharging.

These UUVs could be air-dropped, ships, submarines, from aircraft or larger drones, and operate in Wolfpack, sprinting up to 35 km to engage targets.

If the target pulls out of range, the onboard AI calculates that interception is no longer feasible and switches to recharge mode, surfacing discreetly, running the generator, and continuing to track the target via periscope or mast-mounted sensors. It analyzes surface images, estimates target course and speed, and calculates the exact energy needed for a new high-speed intercept, also getting data from satellites or drones, composing a versatile kill web.

A true high-tech wolfpack: persistent, autonomous, and capable of engaging both surface ships and submerged submarines (by forcing them to surface or detecting them when they snorkel).

Warhead design is evolving toward combined shaped charge + blast configurations: an initial shaped charge penetrates the outer hull or Kevlar spall liners (creating a breach and injecting energy), followed immediately by the main high-explosive blast that causes flooding, shock damage to equipment, and internal compartment failure.

This mirrors the mechanism of modern lightweight torpedoes.

A UUV carrying just 50 kg of advanced explosive in such a warhead would be capable of breaching the pressure hull of a Virginia-class submarine or the hull of an Arleigh Burke-class or Type 055 destroyers, causing serious flooding and likely achieving at least a mission kill. In successive impacts from a wolfpack, the damage would be catastrophic, comparable to that inflicted by an Mk 54 or MU90 torpedo.

Another key development is the refinement of UUV AI to prioritize initial strikes against propulsion systems (shafts, propellers, reduction gears, or waterjets), maximizing the chance of immobilizing the target early.

These are fully autonomous units that can loiter for weeks, hunting targets, making independent decisions, and even receiving software updates while recharging on the surface.

They fit into a broader ecosystem of UUVs,  primarily propeller-driven, torpedo-shaped vehicles weighing 250–350 kg with warheads of 50–100 kg,  but the range of designs and capabilities is expanding fast.

Their cost is orders of magnitude lower than any manned ship or submarine, and effective countermeasures do not yet exist. We are talking about a technology that could put billions of dollars in naval investments at risk.

The trend is clear: UUVs will continue to get cheaper, faster, longer-ranging, and smarter, while traditional platforms (surface ships and submarines) only become more expensive and vulnerable.

These wolfpacks will be supported and coordinated by drones, satellites, and motherships.

Just as drones have reshaped land warfare, UUV swarms are doing the same at sea."
Patricia Marins, Military-Geopolitical analys, X platform 11 January 2026

"What I'm trying to do here is give you a case of why things are going to go to hell in a handbasket as this war goes on—with regard to attacks against US bases in the Persian Gulf from drones as well as ballistic missiles, but also damage to Israel itself from ballistic missiles. This is going to go downhill big, and we're only beginning to see how bad it's going to get."

(Professor Postol goes on to describe Irans ability to use electronic jamming and metallic 'chaff' to defeat US & Israeli defense missiles)

"So all these missile defenses - whether strategic or tactical- are worthless.

All this money spent and all these false claims that we can protect the public from ballistic missiles are now being shown to be false... I've been talking about this for 35 years.

I showed to the International Institute for Strategic Studies—people said, "What can we do about it?" I was in London 35 years ago; people came to me and said, "What can we do about it, Dr. Postol?" And I said, "I'm telling you because I'm trying to alert you to the fact that you can be defeated, and there are no countermeasures to these." I'm trying to warn you that you cannot deal with these things when the adversary chooses to react.

[they replied] "Oh, you're a negative person."  Well, I'm just a scholar trying to inform you of what's technically doable on both sides..."
Ted Postol, Physicist, MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor (Retired) 9 March 2026

"In that last interview I did on the fifth day, I said, we have passed the peak and are heading downhill. Meaning because we hit the radar and the infrastructure.

Today, Trump and Netanyahu are trapped in a slaughterhouse in the Persian Gulf.

Look, the big mistake they made was that they came and designed a short-term war, but they didn't realize this might turn into a long-term one.
Even the greatest international powers, if they initially plan for a short-term war and halfway through it becomes a long-term war, no matter how much power they have, they will be defeated. Why?

Because short-term wars have a specific design. They require limited logistics and limited preparations. A long-term war requires abundant logistics, extensive planning, and they have to anticipate many consequences.

They thought the Islamic Republic would be finished in 48 hours. First, they brought one aircraft carrier, then recently they said, for precaution, let's take another ship too.
But now they are saying, we must bring whatever ships we have from anywhere in the world so maybe we can handle this....

They came for 48 hours, now if they want to stay long-term, from the fatigue of the forces to the shortage of ammunition, they will be burdened with other problems.
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari 9 March 2026

"Vast majority of the British People do not want any part in the Israel-U.S. war of choice on Iran.
Ignoring his own People, Mr. Starmer is putting British lives in danger by allowing UK bases to be used for aggression against Iran. Iran will exercise its right to self-defense."
Seyed Abbas Araghchi 21 March 2026


"Iran reveals new missiles and targets Diego Garcia. Far from showing a reduction in power, the Iranian arsenal continues to expand.
The WSJ has confirmed that hours ago, following the UK’s approval for the US to use its bases in the conflict, Iran launched two ballistic missiles."
Patricia Marins 21 March 2026

 
"What the Iranian people want is the continuation of an effective defense that makes the enemy regret...

Studies have been conducted regarding opening other fronts where the enemy has minimal experience and where it would be highly vulnerable. Should the war continue, activation of such fronts will be carried out based on certain interests."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026

 "If the war continues and the blockade persists, we will expand the conflict beyond the region, from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Mediterranean Sea. That would be very bad for the United States."
Mohsen Rezaei, Senior Advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei  June 5 2026

""I can remind your audience about the capabilities of Iran as a nuclear weapon state.

It is not a non-nuclear weapon state. It is not a nuclear weapon state that has built a nuclear weapon, at least as far as we know. But it is a threshold state that could build a nuclear weapon on very short notice.

And it would not be possible to stop them from building a nuclear weapon - even if you were using nuclear weapons on Iran while they were constructing it.

They have enough enriched uranium hexafluoride to construct 10 atomic bombs, which would be far more than enough to finish off Israel as a state... 10 nuclear weapons would be far more than needed to end Israel as a state.

There is no way to stop Iran.

Basically, what you need to do could be easily housed in a tunnel that's not necessarily especially large. You could do the final enrichment to get weapons-grade uranium and build a nuclear weapon that does not need to be tested. It's important to understand this is a uranium weapon, and it would not need to be tested—it is well within the reach of Iran to build these nuclear weapons. So we need to start thinking about the possibility we could see nuclear weapons used.

Now, I do not think Iran will use nuclear weapons against Israel first, but as this war goes on, Israel's situation is going to continue to deteriorate. ..."
Ted Postol, Physicist, MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor (Retired) 9 March 2026

"Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi

Factual knowledge matters.

Case 1: Iran's proposal to ensure NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS was dismissed because U.S. counterparts didn't grasp the technical details."
13 March 2026

"Iran is much more confident now about itself. And  great harm has been done to its people by adversaries. And Iran sees its strength. The people see their strength. The people on the streets recognize their strength. And this is a reality that the Americans are going to have to deal with from now on."
Professor Seyed Marandi 10 March 2026

"...the bottom line here is the bombs change the political game inside of the target. It infuses nationalism inside the target because they may not like their leader, but do they really want to be run by Donald Trump out of the Oval Office? And ...he picks the leader as he's clearly saying he wants to do ? And he'll kill his way there if necessary? This is not going to work.

And what you're seeing is it's a self-defeating strategy. It's not just a strategy hasn't been tried enough...I've debated these folks for decades here. Since 91,92 I've been debating them and all. Done it in front of the German Air Force, Norwegian Air Force, so all these excuses why it doesn't work, we've tried them all...And the reason is ...that bombs produce game-changing nationalism inside of the society that fuses the society and the regime closer together.

...it means the strategy itself is self-contradictory. It's self-defeating. ...my goodness gracious, when you have a distribution of 100% over a hundred years and you're dealing with dozens and dozens of cases by different country, different actors, different presidents, dot dot dot, you got to start to understand the problem is probably with the strategy."
Dr. Robert Pape, Professor of political science at the University of Chicago, specializing in security affairs. 11 March 2026 "

"Iran's national infrastructure is under attack. This time, a branch of my country's oldest bank was bombed while full of employees. They were laboring to ensure Iranians have food on the table ahead of our New Year.

Our Powerful Armed Forces will exact retribution for this crime"
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi 12 March 2026

"the enemy has opened the door for us to target economic centers and banks affiliated with the US and Israel in the region.”
 Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari 12 March 2026

"Today, our verdict is the rule of 'an eye for an eye', straightforward, without exception… If they start a war on infrastructure, we will undoubtedly target theirs."

“The enemy should know that whatever they do, it will undoubtedly face a proportional and immediate response; no act of aggression will go unanswered"
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament 

"On Wednesday, the spokesman of Iran’s Armed Forces warned that all ports and economic centers in Persian Gulf littoral states will be considered legitimate targets for Iran if the United States attacks Iranian ports as part of the ongoing joint aggression with Israel against the country.

“If the US follows through with its threat against Iran’s ports, there will definitely be no port, economic center, or location in the Persian Gulf that could remain beyond our reach, and they will be struck as legitimate targets,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said."
PressTV News 12 March 2026 

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi
When the U.S. Secretary of War declares “no quarter”, he doesn't project strength. He conveys moral bankruptcy and ignorance about law of armed conflict.
We advise him to review the Hague Convention and Rome Statute of the ICC, unless he aspires to join Netanyahu as war criminal.
8:35 AM · Mar 17, 2026

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way, but the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help - A LOT!

The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well.

This should have always been a team effort, and now it will be - It will bring the World together toward Harmony, Security, and Everlasting Peace!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Mar 14, 2026, 7:58 PM

"We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran:
(1) Completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them.
(2) Destroying Iran’s Defense Industrial Base.
(3) Eliminating their Navy and Air Force, including Anti Aircraft Weaponry.
(4) Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear Capability, and always being in a position where the U.S.A. can quickly and powerfully react to such a situation, should it take place.
(5) Protecting, at the highest level, our Middle Eastern Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others.

The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it — The United States does not!
If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn’t be necessary once Iran’s threat is eradicated.
Importantly, it will be an easy Military Operation for them.
Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Mar 21, 2026, 10:13 AM

"“Today we are talking about certain leaks in which the American president is demanding that the GCC states pay approximately $5 trillion if they want this war to continue, and if they want it to stop, they must pay $2.5 trillion to the United States for what has been accomplished over the past period...”
Salem Al-Jahouri, Omani journalist and international affairs researcher 20 March 2026

"Americans haven’t forgotten how, even as hundreds of U.S. soldiers were dying in Vietnam, and the outcome was already clear, General William Westmoreland was flown home to reassure everyone that the war was going well — that the U.S. was “winning.”
The media haven’t forgotten either; those briefings full of fantasy from the frontlines became infamous as the “Five O’Clock Follies."

Fast forward to today: same script, different stage; Hegseth steps up, and the message is still detached from reality.

U.S. government says one thing, reality says another.
Right as U.S. authorities claim Iran’s air defences are gone, an F-35 gets hit.
As they declare Iran’s navy finished, USS Gerald Ford turns back, and USS Abraham Lincoln drifts farther away
Different decade, same “we’re winning”"
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister, Islamic Republic of Iran 21 March 2026

"If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!
Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Mar 22, 2026, 12:44 PM

"Spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters:
Following previous warnings, if Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, all US and Israeli energy, IT, and water desalination infrastructure _ will be targeted."
Iran Nuances 22 March 2026

"Uh, we have had very, very strong talks. We'll see where they lead. We have point -- major points of agreement; I would say almost all points of agreement. Perhaps that hasn't been conveyed. The communication, as you know, has been blown to pieces.

They're unable to talk to each other. But we've had very strong talks. Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner had them.  Uh, they went, I would say, perfectly. I would say that if they carry through with that, it'll end that that problem, that conflict, and I think it will end it very, very substantially.

We have very much in mind, our partners in the Middle East. We have great relationships with a lot of them, as you know. A lot of them were surprisingly hit, and I was surprised to see it and so was everyone else. But we have -- uh, they're very much in mind in the discussions. So the discussions took place yesterday. They went into yesterday evening. Uh, they want very much to make a deal. We'd like to make a deal too.

We're going to get together today by, probably phone, because it's very hard to find a country. It's very hard for them to get out, I guess. But we'll at some point very, very soon meet. We're doing a five-day period. We'll see how that goes. And if it goes well, we're going to end up with settling this. Otherwise, we'll just keep bombing our little hearts out

Reporter: Who is Steve speaking with, Mr. President?
A top -- a top person. Don't forget, we've wiped out the leadership phase one, phase two, and largely phase three. But we're dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader. You know, it's a little tough. They've wiped out -- we've wiped out everybody.No, not the supreme leader. We don't -- well, nobody's ever -- nobody heard of the second supreme leader, the son. Nobody -- we have not heard from the son. Every once in a while, you see a statement made, but we haven't -- we don't know if he's living. But the people that seem to be running it and they seem that based on really fact because things they've said have taken place.
Reporter: Mr. President -- Can you say where that is?
I can't. I can't, because I don't want them to be killed. OK? I don't want them to be killed. Nobody wants to be that -- nobody wants that job right now, you know? Nobody's exactly looking forward to being the head of that particular country, but perhaps we'll be able to solve that problem.

Reporter: What exactly are you looking for in these talks, Mr. President?
We're looking for all of the things that we've been talking about.
We want to see no nuclear bomb, no nuclear weapon, not even close to it,
low key in the missiles.
We want to see peace in the Middle East.
We want -- the nuclear dust, we're going to want that, and I think we're going to get that. We've agreed to that.
Yeah, and we want no enrichment, but we also want the enriched uranium.

We're -- if this happens, it's a great start for Iran to build itself back and it's everything that we want. And it's also great for Israel and it's great for the other Middle Eastern countries, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, all of them, Kuwait and Bahrain, in particular.

Reporter: If these talks go well and you reach a ceasefire agreement with Iran, do you believe Israel would abide by that agreement?
I think Israel will be very happy with what we have. We just spoke to Israel a little while ago. I think they'll be very happy. This will be peace for Israel, long-term peace, guaranteed peace.

If this happens, and I can't guarantee it, but I think it's going to. My life is a deal. That's all I do is deals, my whole life. I think this is something that's going to happen. And why wouldn't it happen? So tomorrow morning sometime, their time, we were expected to blow up their largest electric generating plants that cost over $10 billion to build. It's a very good one. There was no dearth of money. And one shot, it's gone, it collapses. Why would they want that?

So they called. I didn't call, they called.

They want to make a deal. And we are very willing to make a deal. It's got to be a good deal and it's got to be no more wars, no more nuclear weapons. They're not going to have nuclear weapons anymore. They're agreeing to that. Any of that stuff, there's no deal.

Reporter: Have they offered to reopen -- How are you -- you said you want to get the enriched uranium. How are you going to get the enriched uranium? Are you going to send --

Well, it's very easy. If we have a deal with them, we're going down and we'll take it ourselves.

...You're talking about a country that has been evil for 47 years.They've been horrible, death all over the world, not just us. Look at the way they attacked, unexpectedly, all of those countries surrounding them. That was not supposed to -- nobody was even thinking about it, but they wanted to take over the Middle East, and they wanted to knock out Israel permanently. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they would have been able to do that.

Reporter: He [Joesph Kent] said Iran was not an imminent threat, that that's what the intelligence showed.

I think it was an imminent threat. I think that Iran, if they -- if we didn't bomb them with the B-2 bombers, now that set them back, but if we didn't hit them with the B-2 bombers, they would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks to a month. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they would have used it as soon as they got it.

Reporter: If you obliterated their nuclear sites last summer with your strikes, then how can you argue it was an imminent threat now?
Oh, we hit them so hard. We obliterate them, but -- obliterated them. But that doesn't mean with the right equipment, you can't dig down and go get it. We don't want that, and we won't have that, but we obliterated that site. They still haven't been able to get it. That was a complete success. But if it wasn't, they would have had -- If we didn't hit them, if we didn't use the B-2 bombers, which are unbelievable....

...we were talking last night and I'm sure they have a lack of communication, which is appropriate considering we blew up, in addition to their Navy Air Force, every division, their radar.We also blew up all of their anti-aircraft and communications. So they have no telecommunications, so there is a lack of -- I would imagine a lack of coordination Well, we think -- we think -- all we can do is think -- look, we have numerous leader groups. They've all been killed, very dangerous position. Khomeini was killed. Khomeini's son is unavailable. Nobody knows what happened to him. I can say, they haven't seen him there either. Something is going on with him. But regardless, I don't consider him really the leader, but they do have some leaders left. Because we blew up group number one, group number two, a lot of group number three, but we think we have people that are very representative of the country and will do a good job in representing.

Reporter: And just a detail, you said there's many points of agreement with Iran right now.
Many. Many. Like 15 points. 15 points.Well, they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. That's number one. That's number one, two and three. They will never have a nuclear weapon. They've agreed to that.
Reporter:have they agreed to no enrichment whatsoever even for medical purposes, civilian purposes?
They have.

Reporter What about the Strait of Hormuz, who's going to be in control of that?
That'll be opened very soon if this works.
Reporter:How soon?
Immediately. Immediately.
Reporter:And who's in control of it? Will Iran still be able to control the flow of oil?
Be jointly controlled.
Reporter: By whom?
Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah is, whoever the next Ayatollah -- look, and there'll also be a form of a -- a very serious form of a regime change. Now, in all fairness, everybody's been killed from the regime. They're really starting off -- there's automatically a regime change. But we're dealing with some people that I find to be very reasonable, very solid. Uh, the people within know who they are. They're very respected. And maybe one of them will be exactly what we're looking for. Look at Venezuela, how well that's working out. We are doing so well in Venezuela with oil and with the relationship between the president elect and us. And maybe we find somebody like that in Iran.

The price of oil will drop like a rock as soon as a deal is done. I guess it already is today. No, we have a very serious chance of making a deal. That doesn't guarantee anything. I'm not guaranteeing anything. I'm not going to come out here in a week or two weeks and have you all say, oh, you said -- I didn't say anything. All I'm saying is we are in the throes of a real possibility of making a deal. And I think -- if I were a betting man, I'd bet for it. But again, I'm not guaranteeing anything. They want to make a deal very badly. Thank you."
Donald Trump 23 March 2026

"On March 23, a telephone conversation took place between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the initiative of the Iranian side.

The ministers discussed the situation in the Persian Gulf, which has sharply deteriorated as a result of US and Israeli aggression. Sergey Lavrov underscored the categorical unacceptability of strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, including the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, noting that such actions pose serious risks to the safety of Russian personnel and carry the potential for severe environmental consequences across the region. Mutual concern was raised that the conflict provoked by Washington and Tel Aviv would expand to the Caspian Sea.

The Russian side stressed the urgent need to end hostilities immediately and transit toward a political and diplomatic resolution that would take into account the legitimate interests of all parties involved, with particular emphasis on Iran. Russia intends to maintain this position at the United Nations Security Council.

For his part, Abbas Araghchi expressed his gratitude to the Russian leadership for its substantial diplomatic and other forms of support extended to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including humanitarian assistance."
Russian Foreign Ministry Press Release 23 March 2026


"A senior Iranian official confirmed to Drop Site that “no new developments have occurred” between Washington and Tehran. The official was not authorized to make public statements and spoke on condition of anonymity. The U.S. has continued to send messages through third countries, he said, but Iran has only reiterated its position and has not engaged in any back and forth.“There aren’t any negotiations taking place.

The Iranian side has simply communicated its conditions to them and even that has been done indirectly,” the official said. He added that Iranian officials had previously expressed their position on ending the war in general terms to regional countries acting as intermediaries, but that they “firmly deny” claims that any talks had taken place between Iranian and American officials.

While denying any talks with Washington, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said “messages from the US, sent via friendly countries to seek talks and end the war, were received and answered in line with Iran’s principles,” according to Press TV.

The senior official told Drop Site the messages from the U.S. presented to Iran are “difficult to assess, as they have conveyed different points to each of the intermediary countries.” He added that the U.S. has “expressed a willingness to halt operations” in the messages passed onto Iran via third parties, but said they appear “primarily aimed at reassuring those countries and [have] not been taken seriously by the Iranian side.” Regarding reports of a possible meeting to be convened in Islamabad, the senior official told Drop Site that “each of the intermediaries is eager to have the ceasefire talks held in their own capital. Pakistan is no exception.”

According to the official, Iran’s conditions for an end to the war include a simultaneous ceasefire in Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq. Iran has consistently said that it will not accept a ceasefire similar to the one requested by Israel and the U.S. that ended the “12-Day War” in June 2025. Tehran has maintained that agreement was exploited to buy time for another U.S.-Israeli war and that Iran will only consider a comprehensive deal.

The war, the official said, created a new dynamic for Iran’s nuclear enrichment. “In light of the violations of international law by the United States, as well as Israel’s extensive attacks on nuclear facilities, Iran will formulate a new doctrine concerning its nuclear industry,” he said. “Under this doctrine, enrichment activities at levels required for national needs will continue, either independently or in cooperation with China and Russia.” Iran had previously insisted on the right to enrich uranium on its soil for purposes of generating energy and medical research.

Iran also wants U.S. sanctions on the procurement of defensive weapons and equipment lifted. Iranian ballistic missiles, the official asserted, represent a deterrent against future aggression that Iran will not abandon. “Given its defensive nature in countering Israel, this program will continue unchanged and with increased intensity in the event of a ceasefire,” he said. “The missile program shall not be subject to negotiation under any prospective talks.”

Iran would also pursue compensation for damages inflicted by the U.S. and Israel during the war, the official added."
Dropsite News 24 March 2026

"I am pleased to report that the United States of America and the country of Iran have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East. Based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth, detailed, and constructive conversations, which will continue throughout the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President Donald J. Trump"
Mar 24, 2026, 12:23 AM

"An official from Iran’s foreign ministry said Sunday that the United States and Iran could jointly invest in oil and gas projects as part of an ongoing nuclear agreement under negotiation, signaling Tehran’s willingness to reach a deal and avoid military conflict.

“For the sake of an agreement's durability, it is essential that the U.S. also benefits in areas with high and quick economic returns,” Hamid Ghanbari, deputy director for economic diplomacy at the Iranian foreign ministry, said, The Caspian Post reports, citing foreign media.

“The country must be prepared for all scenarios,” the official said, “while at the same time seriously pursuing the negotiations.” Ghanbari listed among potential areas of cooperation, besides oil and gas, also mining, urban development, and aircraft purchases."
The Caspian Post 16 February 2026

" they said, we're going to send two more boats, and it ended up being 10 boats, all right. I hope I haven't screwed up your negotiations, but I thought it was appropriate to say, because I did taunt you the other day by saying they're going to give us a present."
Trump 26 March 2026

"they're probably like us to stay. But if we -- if we don't stay -- look, it's a beautiful thing about airplanes that go 2000 miles an hour, is you can get back there very quickly. Uh, if we don't stay, we're going to be protecting them. You know, they've been very good. Hey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, in particular, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, the three of them Kuwait, Bahrain, they've been 100 percent."
Trump 26 March 2026

"We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or reject power outside of their borders. That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and their missile program at levels never seen before and annihilating their defense industrial base. We’ve done all of it. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their missiles are just about used up or beaten. Taken together, these actions will cripple Iran’s military, crush their ability to support terrorist proxies and deny them the ability to build a nuclear bomb. Our armed forces have been extraordinary. There’s never been anything like it militarily. Everyone is talking about it. And tonight, I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion...I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly. Very shortly...We are in this military operation, so powerful, so brilliant against one of the most powerful countries for 32 days. And the country has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat... The whole world is watching and they can’t believe the power, strength and brilliance, they just can’t believe what they’re seeing, they, leave it to your imagination, but they can’t believe what they’re seeing, the brilliance of the United States military."
Trump 1 April 2026

 "The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won’t be taking any in the future. We don’t need it. We haven’t needed it, and we don’t need it. We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran. They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way. And the countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage. They must cherish it. They must grab it and cherish it. They could do it easily.

We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on. So to those countries that can’t get fuel, many of which refuse to get involved in the decapitation of Iran — we had to do it ourselves — I have a suggestion. No. 1, buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty. We have so much. And No. 2, build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before. Should have done it with us as we asked. Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done, so it should be easy.

And in any event, when this conflict is over, the strait will open up naturally. It’ll just open up naturally. They’re going to want to be able to sell oil because that’s all they have to try and rebuild. It will resume the flowing and the gas prices will rapidly come back down."

"We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong."

"If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their oil, even though that’s the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding. But we could hit it and it would be gone. And there’s not a thing they could do about it. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force."

"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."
President DONALD J. TRUMP Apr 06, 2026, 12:03 AM

"In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi Apr 18 2026

 "...We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years...
Trump US Sunday, April 19, 2026, 0810 hours EDT (Tehran Sunday, April 19, 2026, 1640 hours)

"Iran has informed the U.S. that, despite troublemaking Fake News reporting to the contrary, there are “NO TOLLS, NO INSURANCE COSTS, & NO OTHER CHARGES OF ANY KIND BEING SOUGHT OR RECEIVED BY IRAN ON SHIPS TRAVELING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.” ..."
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Jun 24, 2026, 11:37 PM

"In addition, a communication line between the parties has been formed for the period mentioned in paragraph 5 of the MoU to avoid incidents and miscommunication with the aim of safe passage for commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz."
Joint Statement by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Regarding The Conclusion of Lake Lucerne Summit, First High-Level Committee Meeting with Participation of the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran 22 June 2026

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrum
A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.

I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.

However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
Apr 07, 2026

"Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!

The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.

We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.

Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.

On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
April 7, 2026, at 5:32 PM EDT

"TEHRAN-7 APRIL 2026
On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, I express gratitude and appreciation for my dear brothers HE Prime Minister of Pakistan Sharif and HE Field Marshal Munir for their tireless efforts to end the war in the region.
In response to the brotherly request of PM Sharif in his tweet, and considering the request by the U.S. for negotiations based on its 15-point proposal as well as announcement by POTUS about acceptance of the general framework of Iran's 10-point proposal as a basis for negotiations, I hereby declare on behalf of Iran's Supreme National Security Council:

If attacks against Iran are halted, our Powerful Armed Forces will cease their defensive operations.

For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Islamic Republic of Iran

@Khanalizadeh_IR
The 4 preconditions that Trump accepted:
1. The release of Iran’s frozen assets
2. A ceasefire in Lebanon
3. Limitation on passage through the Strait of Hormuz to 15 vessels per day, with transit payment
4. The prohibition of any redeployment of U.S. forces and equipments
April 11, 2026, 00:10 AM Tehran ( US 20:40 April 10, 2026 EDT)

"...at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! "
President DONALD J. TRUMP
April 12, 2026,  09:30 AM EDT

"The president was very clear … in his language last night … he said that this ceasefire is subject to the free, safe and immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz - without limitation, including tolls."
Leavitt, Trump spokesperson 8 April 2026


There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Trump, 9 April 2026 (2108 hrs EDT)

1) End all uranium enrichment;
2) Dismantle all major nuclear enrichment facilities;
3) Retrieve highly enriched uranium;
4) Accept a broader peace, security and de-escalation framework that includes regional allies;
 5) End funding for terrorist proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis;
6) Fully open the Strait of Hormuz, charging no tolls for passage

"So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not.

Effective immediately, the United States Navy...will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.

At some  point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted.

I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.

We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits.

Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!

Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khamenei, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition.

The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear.

Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
April 12, 2026,  09:30 AM EDT

"@ir_rezaee
Translated from Persian
"America, just as it suffered a historic defeat against Iran in failing to open the Strait of Hormuz, is also doomed to failure in its maritime blockade.
Iran's armed forces will not grant America such permission and possess major untapped levers for countering it.
Iran is not a place to be blockaded with tweets and fanciful schemes!"
Dr. Mohsen Rezaee Military Adviser to the Supreme Leader 13 April 2026

"The meeting with Iran began early in the morning, and lasted throughout the night — Close to 20 hours. I could go into great detail, and talk about much that has been gotten but, there is only one thing that matters — IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS!

In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people.

My three Representatives, as all of this time went by, became, not surprisingly, very friendly and respectful of Iran’s Representatives, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Araghchi, and Ali Bagheri, but that doesn’t matter because they were very unyielding as to the single most important issue and, as I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!"
President Donald Trump
April 12, 2026, at 11:30 AM EDT



"In intensive talks at highest level in 47 years, Iran engaged with U.S in good faith to end war.

But when just inches away from "Islamabad MoU", we encountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade.

Zero lessons earned

Good will begets good will.
Enmity begets enmity."
April 12, 2026, 1731 hours US EDT (Tehran time 13 April 2026, 0101hours just after midnight).
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of Iran

"In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

No. 2865518  13 April 2026

Excellencies,

Upon instructions from my Government, I am writing to bring to your urgent attention, and to that of the members of the Security Council, the continued internationally wrongful acts of the United States against the Islamic Republic of Iran. On 12 April 2026, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) publicly declared that U.S. forces would begin implementing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports pursuant to a presidential proclamation.

The imposition of a maritime blockade constitutes a grave violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It amounts to a flagrant breach of the prohibition on the threat or use of force enshrined in Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations and constitutes a clear act of aggression under international law. Furthermore, this unlawful measure constitutes a serious violation of the fundamental principles of the international law of the sea.

By seeking to obstruct maritime traffic to and from Iranian ports, the United States unlawfully interferes with the exercise of the sovereign rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran and infringes upon the rights of third States and lawful maritime commerce under international law.

The Islamic Republic of Iran unequivocally rejects and condemns the unlawful act of the United States in the strongest possible terms. It will exercise its inherent right to take all necessary and proportionate measures, in accordance with international law, to safeguard its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests.

The United States bears full responsibility for this internationally wrongful act and for any consequences arising therefrom, including its impact on regional and international peace and security.

Given that this unlawful action poses a grave threat to international peace and security and obviously exacerbates the risk of escalation in an already highly volatile region, the Islamic Republic of Iran calls upon the Secretary-General and the Security Council to discharge their responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations by unequivocally condemning this unlawful measure, taking urgent and effective steps to prevent further escalation with potentially catastrophic consequences for regional and international peace and security, and urging the United States to put an immediate end to its internationally wrongful acts against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

I should be grateful if you would have the present letter circulated as an official document of the Security Council.

Please accept, Excellencies, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Amir Saeid Itavani
Ambassador
Permanent Representative

H.E. Mr. António Guterres
Secretary-General
United Nations, New York
H.E. Mr. Jamal Fares Alrowaiei
President of the Security Council
United Nations, New York

"This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region. Many presidents have tried to make Peace with Iran, and all have failed before me. The Leaders of the Region have, for the first time, found a President who can help them achieve real Peace. With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the Deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the Region, and the World!"
President DONALD J. TRUMP Jun 15, 2026, 10:27 AM

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL
STATEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REGARDING THE AGGRESSIVE ATTACKS BY AMERICA AND THE FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE WAR-TERMINATION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
JULY 8, 2026 (1405/04/17)
The terrorist army of America, in the early hours of the dawn of Wednesday, 17 Tir 1405, in a clear violation of Article 4, Clause 2 of the United Nations Charter, committed a military aggression against several monitoring and surveillance centers on the southern coasts of Iran. These aggressive attacks also constitute a flagrant violation of a clause of the war-termination Memorandum of Understanding concerning the cessation of military operations
.
The repetition of illegal attacks against Iran, alongside last night's decision by the U.S. Treasury Department to revoke the permit for the sale of Iranian oil - to which the American government had committed under Clause 10 of the Memorandum of Understanding - the violation of the Iranian arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the continuation of military aggression and terrorist actions by the Zionist regime against Lebanon, have rendered the important and essential parts of the war-termination Memorandum ineffective. The responsibility for the dangerous consequences of this escalation of tension lies with the treaty-breaking American regime.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also emphasizes the international legal obligation of all states, especially the neighboring countries situated on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, to prevent the aggressors from using their territory and facilities to carry out aggressive actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stresses that any cooperation in the commission of aggression against Iran amounts to complicity and participation in a crime.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the repeated aggressive attacks and treaty-breaking of America, and recalling the responsibilities of the UN Security Council and the Secretary-General of that organization in maintaining peace and regional and international security, emphasizes that the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran which have repeatedly demonstrated their readiness in defense of territorial integrity, national sovereignty, and Iran's national security against U.S. military aggression will, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, without hesitation, also target the source and origin of the aggression.

IRIMFA
mfa.ir

"I was there for one reason, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I call it we denuclearize Iran. And that's happened; they will never have a nuclear weapon. That stuff is so far down under a mountain. It's a granite mountain that collapsed on top of it. Take months to get it out. I think it's a tremendous success, Iran... it's a tremendous success. The fake news likes to say how well they're doing. They're doing terribly. They have 350 percent inflation. When the war started, they had like six percent, five percent. They have they want to make a deal, but they don't know how to make a deal and then they go around shooting ships at night. I don't like that...They're dealing with Jared Kushner and JD Vance, and they're dealing with Marco and Scott. They're dealing with great people.

But I don't know. I think they're a little loco, they're a little crazy. But they told us they'd like to go to the funeral, the funeral of -- of a very -- uh, a person who was killed, a lot of people, Khomeini, killed a lot of people over the years and there for a long time...

Everything's gone. Their leaders are gone. They had leaders, they're gone, and they had another set of leaders, they're gone. Now they have another set of leaders, they may be gone. Who knows? And you know what?

I may be gone too, because I'm their number one target. It's out all over the place. I'm their number one -- because they're scum. That's the way they act. And that's the way they've done it for 47 years. But I'm doing what's right for the country. I'm doing, really, what's right for the world. They have to be stopped. And they've killed thousands -- hundreds of thousands of people. They killed 52,000 protesters over the last three months...Now, when you say rational, I think they're much more rational than level one, level two. Level one is gone. Level two is gone. This is level three. I think they are more rational, but based on their actions over the last week or two, they're not -- they're not doing a service to the people. And I think more than anything else is I got to know them. And I'm not sure I want to make a deal with them. We can play games, but I'm not sure I want to make a deal. Let's just finish the job....

 I'll tell you what happens next -- we're never going to see Iran have a nuclear weapon, because that's much more important than the numbers you're talking about.

The prices of oil are dropping like a rock. Now they'll be up a little bit and this will end very quickly. We have a tremendous -- we have an oil glut right now because we got all those boats out of the strait and it's going to drop. And I predicted everything. I've been right about everything, and I have been for a long time. That's how I got to be president three times. That's how I won three elections; I did very well in the second one, won it. It was a rigged election but I've been right and oil's coming down. Now I've got to -- I have to make sure of one thing -- that we don't have lunatics having control over nuclear weapons.

So, we have that now. There's no way they have a nuclear weapon. We have cameras, as an example, on the site that those beautiful B-2s at 1:00 in the morning 10 months ago blew up. They blew it up. We have cameras, that's called Space Force, they're in space. But we have cameras that can read the badge of the person going over to a site...Well, shovels won't get you there. The biggest machinery in the world probably won't get you there if you want to know the truth. It's way, way below. But we're watching that and, if anybody goes there, they get blown up. So, nobody's going to touch that.

Eventually we'll take it. But what we do have is we have that, that's gone. If we wouldn't have had that, they would have had a nuclear weapon and they would have wiped out Israel. If I weren't president, Israel wouldn't exist.

... I'm number one on the kill list for Iran. They're lovely people, I'm number one, so I don't know, I can't tell you that. But I don't really care because I'm doing my job and I'm doing it, I hope, better than anybody's ever done it. But I mention it only because it's on the list. I mean, it came out, there was another list came out yesterday and I'm number one on -- I like being number one on TikTok better, but I'm number one on the list for killing.

They hit a couple of ships and so we hit them much harder. When they hit, we hit 10 times harder; you know, we hit much harder than they do. We have a lot better equipment than they do. We may even -- somebody asked before do you think you'll hit him tonight? I said we might, yeah, we might. But when they hit, we hit, you know. It's what -- we use their language; we speak their language. No, I don't think so. I think anything that happens is going to be over very quickly and will only -- and will only make it safer, including for oil. Oil is going to be very free, very easy, and it's going to happen very fast...anything that happens is going to happen very fast. We're not -- we're not looking -- we're not looking for long term."
Donald Trump 8 July 2026

"...we hit them very hard last night. Very, very hard -- probably hit them hard again tonight. I'll give them a little warning: we're going to hit them hard tonight. But we'll see how it all works out.

No, I'm not happy with them. It's like -- for instance, we'll have a meeting and we'll talk about the denuclearization of Iran because that's what the war is. It's not a war; it's really the denuclearization of Iran. And we'll have a meeting and we'll talk about just that. Because my whole thing is not about regime change, it's not about -- although I think it's regime change when you knock out the first group, the second group, and now you're the -- I think that's maybe the ultimate regime change. But that's not what it's about. It's about we don't want them to have nuclear weapons and its denuking or denuclearization and I think we've made a lot of progress. And they'll get out of the room -- we'll talk about it, like we're here, they'll agree on everything, and then they'll go and have a news conference and say, we never even talked about it. They're cuckoo.

There's something wrong with these people. And for 47 years, they've been the bully of the Middle East. And they're not the bully anymore. They're not the bully anymore, and all we want, it's very simple, they can't have a nuclear weapon. That's what I'm there for. Because if they did, they'd use it, and we're not going to let that happen.

As far as I'm concerned, look, they violate the agreement every day. They lie, they cheat, they kill people. They've been killing people for 47 years. They knocked out the USS Cole; we lost, what, 200 people, more? It was a long time ago. For 47 years, no president did anything about them. Obama actually gave them vast amounts of money...and it began -- that was pretty much -- the Obama nuclear deal, Obama deal, that was one of the worst tragedies that happened. That's what happened in the Middle East. That deal set back that whole situation. They went with -- frankly, they picked the wrong country. They picked the wrong country, JCPOC. What a terrible -- what a terrible deal. And we've been just the opposite. Our deal is a wall to a nuclear weapon. His deal was a road to a nuclear weapon. We couldn't -- they'll never build a nuclear weapon under our deal. But I don't know if we're going to have a deal. We may just do it without a deal because, you know what?

It's easier because these people -- they lie and they cheat and you have an agreement and they'll go outside. For instance, they agreed we will never have a nuclear weapon, they agreed. Then they go outside, they have a news conference where they leak that we never discussed the subject. Now, who would believe we never discussed the subject?...Because for me, that's 99.9 percent of what we're doing. It's denuclearization of Iran, OK?

So, when you ask, our guys can continue, you know Steve is great and Jared, all the guys. You know, they're the right guys and we'll see what happens. But I will say this, Iran -- they misbehaved for 47 years. They've killed our soldiers, they've killed our people, and they've killed a lot of people all over the Middle East and elsewhere. And the roadside bomb was their preferred -- you know, the preferred weapon was by Soleimani, the roadside bomb, where it would explode under a truck...Their whole life changed because of Iran. And that was -- 96 percent of the people that used that, they were made in Iran. And so, we have a score to settle too...

You know, don't forget, we knocked out 159 ships in one week, that's good even for you, right? 159 -- their entire Navy is at the bottom of the sea. And now they have little boats, little, tiny boats that go around and we knocked about 28 of them out last night with the same weapon we used for the drug people....

...Will we go tonight? You know, normally I wouldn't tell you. I wouldn't tell you but, you know what? There's not a thing they can do about it. So, the answer is probably...Well, first of all, we took out additional -- you know, they were trying to rebuild their radar and they had about 60 percent built. Now they have to start all over again. Look, we're not attacking at the highest level. The highest level are bridges, which we can knock down.

I would say in one day we knocked down every single bridge in Iran. There's not a thing they can do about it. Their electric manufacturing facilities, right? Their electric plants where they make their electricity and their -- we will -- if we have to we'll take them out. I don't want to do that but if we have to, we'll take them out.

They have desalinization plants. We'll take them out if we have to. I hate to do that. That's probably the one I would like not to do at least. We attacked Kharg Island last night; we knocked out a piece -- I said, don't touch the oil because maybe we'll take over Kharg Island. We may take over Kharg Island, there's not a thing they can do about it. But I said, don't hit the pipes, just hit everything else.

And they hit it. They may hit it again tonight. So, as for your question, normally I'm not that way. But they really deserve it because they're saying they want to make a deal, but they don't. You know, they asked for a time out, they wanted to go to the funeral of Khomeini. And I said, give it to them and they start shooting missiles.

I mean, it was a crazy thing. Now, we did kill him, you know, so I guess you have to look at it that way. But the funeral took place and they wanted to have a period of time. And they also asked that we not kill them. And we said we're not going to kill you. They were worried we kill them during the funeral I mean, if you can believe. What a crazy -- did you ever think I'd be doing this for a living? Marco? Did anybody ever think I'm doing -- maybe Pete, but this wasn't supposed to be for me. Pete loved this stuff from day one. But they said this, please don't kill us during the funeral. I said, I won't. And we didn't. We didn't do anything.

In fact, we made it safe for them, actually. But what happens? They try and knock out two ships, a Saudi and I guess Kuwait, right, Kuwaiti -- oh, no Qatari. In addition, really three. So, you had three of them and they're just, I don't know, I just don't know with them. A lot of people say that they're very dishonorable people and they can't keep a deal.

So, we'll see. Now as to whether or not Steve Witkoff, Jared and JD and everybody working on that, will talk, I guess they can talk, but I'm not seeing it with them -- you know, with the people. My whole life is deals; I don't see it. I don't see it with them.

And there may be a big attack, and it'll knock out a lot of stuff. We don't knock out nothing; we knock out a lot. Pete, do you want to tell them about last night?

Peter Hegseth: Yes, sir. Last night, as you said, a lot of small craft that they were trying to harass shipping with. So, that was a big part of what we targeted. Underground facilities where they were storing drones or missiles, coastal defense sites, radar sites, surveillance sites, anything used to harass shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
So, anything they thought they had rebuilt or capability they were using was a target last night. And tonight, if we need to, on your order, Mr. President, we will hit even more and even deeper because that's the consequence.

We may put down the blockade. We may put it back, the blockade. And it'll only be a blockade for Iran; anybody else can have whatever they want. Now, of course, they'll drop some mines if they can, if they can do it, but it's hard because we're taking out those little boats now with the same weapon we used to take out the drug lords and the boats coming in by sea...we have minesweepers. And one of the things that came up today is the European nations, a NATO group, they're sending minesweepers. We don't need them now, we have -- pretty much the mines are cleared up, but they'll probably drop some more. They're evil people, they're sick people, they're really -- they're mentally disturbed people."
Donald Trump 8 July 2026

"“In the first phase of the punitive response against (the US), the IRGC’s naval and aerospace forces, through joint missile and drone operations, destroyed the infrastructure and important facilities of the two colonial bases of the American occupiers in Arifjan and Ali Al-Salem in Kuwait and in Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, one hour after the enemy’s attacks on various parts of (Iran),” the statement read."
Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) via Farsnews  9 July 2026

With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A “GUSHER” FOR THE WORLD???
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Apr 04, 2026, 1:22 AM

"Reporter:And who's in control of it? Will Iran still be able to control the flow of oil?
It will be jointly controlled.
Reporter: By whom?
Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah is, whoever the next Ayatollah...But we're dealing with some people that I find to be very reasonable, very solid. Uh, the people within know who they are. They're very respected. And maybe one of them will be exactly what we're looking for. Look at Venezuela, how well that's working out. We are doing so well in Venezuela with oil and with the relationship between the president elect and us. And maybe we find somebody like that in Iran."
Trump 23 march 2026

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
There will be NO TOLLS in the Hormuz Strait for 60 days during the Cease Fire Period, and there will be NO TOLLS after the 60 day period has expired, unless they are imposed by and for the United States of America, should the deal not be completed, for services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East for purposes of both past, present, and future reimbursement of costs. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!
President DJT 21 June 2026

Daniel Davis Deep Dive
@DanielLDavis1
Quick and painful reminder as Trump seeks to celebrate some sort of victory:

Before we choose to start a war that wasn’t necessary for our national security — and that we could not win —

• the Strait of Hormuz was open,
• Iran did not have any of its frozen assets released,
• all the sanctions were in place, and
• it was not able to charge a fee for GCC countries’ oil tankers to transit the Gulf.The 13 Americans who were killed in this war were still alive,
• the 400 wounded were in full health, and
• our 20 bases were fully operational.

All that is now over, and according to one version of the terms President Trump has signed, we will have to withdraw from most of the region.

Anyway, you want to look at it, this is a profound strategic defeat for America."
Daniel Davis, Geopolitical and Military Analyst, Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd) June 15 2026

" Article 7  Where the working mechanism, upon assessment, confirms that there exists unjustified extra-territorial application of foreign legislation and other measures, it may decide that the competent department of commerce of the State Council shall issue a prohibition order to the effect that, the relevant foreign legislation and other measures are not accepted, executed, or observed (hereinafter referred to as “prohibition order”).

The prohibition order may be suspended or withdrawn by decision of the working mechanism based on actual circumstances.

"Article 9 Where a person complies with the foreign legislation and other measures within the scope of a prohibition order, and thus infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of a citizen, legal person or other organization of China, the latter may, in accordance with law, institute legal proceedings in a people's court, and claim for compensation by the person; except where the former person is granted exemption in accordance with Article 8 of these Rules..."

"...Where a judgment or ruling made in accordance with the foreign legislation within the scope of the prohibition order causes losses to a citizen, legal person or other organization of China, the latter may, in accordance with law, institute legal proceedings in a people's court, and claim for compensation by the person who benefits from the said judgment or ruling."

"Article 3　The People's Republic of China adheres to an independent foreign policy of peace, opposes hegemonism and power politics, and opposes any country interfering in China's internal affairs under any pretext or in any way.

If a foreign state violates international law and the basic norms of international relations, implements inappropriate extraterritorial jurisdiction measures that endanger China's national sovereignty, security, and development interests, or harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations, the Chinese government has the right to take corresponding measures.

Article 4　The Chinese government, in accordance with the laws of the People's Republic of China and international treaties concluded or acceded to by the People's Republic of China, or on the principle of reciprocity, has the right to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over acts that have appropriate connections with China, in order to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and organizations.

The Chinese government has jurisdiction over the relevant acts in accordance with the preceding paragraph. If a foreign state claims jurisdiction over the same act, the two parties may resolve the matter through a treaty or through diplomatic channels or consultation between the competent authorities, on the basis of mutual compliance with international law and the basic norms of international relations.

Article 8　The relevant departments of the State Council, in accordance with their working mechanisms and decision-making procedures, may include foreign organizations or individuals that promote or participate in the implementation of improper extraterritorial jurisdiction measures by foreign entities in the list of malicious entities. In accordance with the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China and the Provisions on the Implementation of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China, they may decide to take one or more of the following countermeasures and restrictive measures against them and make a public announcement:

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(iii) Seize, detain, or freeze its movable property, immovable property, and other types of property within China;

(iv) Prohibit or restrict organizations or individuals within China from providing them with data or personal information, or from engaging in related transactions or cooperation activities with them;

(v) Prohibit or restrict its import and export activities related to China;

(vi) Prohibit or restrict its investment in China;

(vii) Prohibit or restrict the entry of its products, means of transport, etc.;

(viii) Fines;

(ix) Other necessary measures.

The measures stipulated in the preceding paragraph may also be applied to organizations that are actually controlled or participated in the establishment or operation of organizations listed in the malicious entity list.

Article 13　The relevant departments of the State Council may conduct interviews and order rectification of organizations or individuals that implement or assist in the implementation of improper extraterritorial jurisdiction measures by foreign countries.

In accordance with its working mechanisms and decision-making procedures, the State Council's legal affairs department may issue a decision (hereinafter referred to as an injunction) prohibiting organizations or individuals from implementing or assisting in the implementation of improper foreign extraterritorial jurisdiction measures. The relevant organizations and individuals shall comply with the injunction.

Article 14　If any organization or individual implements or assists in the implementation of improper extraterritorial jurisdiction measures by a foreign country, thereby infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens or organizations, Chinese citizens or organizations may file a lawsuit with the People's Court in accordance with the law, demanding cessation of the infringement and compensation for losses."

"Two Chinese banks received letters from the US Treasury. I’m not going to identify the banks, but we told them if we can prove there is Iranian money flowing through your accounts, then we are willing to put on secondary sanctions...We have told countries that if you are buying Iranian oil, that if Iranian money is sitting in your banks, we are now willing to apply secondary sanctions.”
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Shehbaz Sharif
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With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
I warmly welcome the sagacious gesture and extend deepest gratitude to the leadership of both the countries and invite their delegations to Islamabad on Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes.
Both parties have displayed remarkable wisdom and understanding and have remained constructively engaged in furthering the cause of peace and stability.
We earnestly hope, that the 'Islamabad Talks' succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days!

"Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi
9 April 2026

The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both.

The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments."

"Trump neither wants nor can sustain a long war, and he won’t find support in Congress for one, either.

This means he must maintain the fragile ceasefire and pretend that everything is fine. Because every step on this board pushes the situation closer to zugzwang.

But this is a game of chess with three players, not two: there’s also Israel, which is not playing on the U.S. side. It has no use for a ceasefire, and it has not achieved its objectives. It could very well make its own move: simply sweep all the pieces off the board. That makes the situation highly uncertain."
Dmitry Medvedev Telegram 8 April 2026



"Netanyahu's criminal trial resumes on Sun. A region-wide ceasefire, incl in Lebanon, would hasten his jailing.

If the U S. wishes to crater its economy by letting Netanyahu kill diplomacy, that would ultimately be its choice. We think that would be dumb but are prepared for it."
Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran Foreign Minister 9 April 2026 (1632 Tehran time = 0802 hrs EDT US)


"Time is running out
1- Lebanon and the entire Resistance Axis, as Iran's allies, form an inseparable part of the ceasefire. (Point 1, 10-point proposal)
2- PM Shehbaz Sharif publicly and clearly stressed the Lebanon issue; there is no room for denial and backtracking.
3- Ceasefire violations carry explicit costs and STRONG responses. Extinguish the fire immediately."
  MB Ghalibaf, Speaker of Islamic Republic of Iran’s Parliament 9 April 2026, 2321 hrs Tehran time (1551 hrs US EDT)

|All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with.

If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the “Shootin’ Starts,” bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before.

It was agreed, a long time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS and, the Strait of Hormuz WILL BE OPEN & SAFE. In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest. AMERICA IS BACK!
Apr 08, 2026

"Ceasefire is not an option. This war will continue until Iran's demands are met.
Iran will no longer accept a situation in the region where the United States can threaten it again. That's over.
Professor Seyed Marandi 10 March 2026

""There is a consensus that we must act in such a way that the shadow of war is permanently removed from the country,...We must not allow our enemies to simply continue their aggressions, starting them whenever they wish, and then raising their hands to declare a halt only when they come under heavy pressure and incur costs."
Esmaeil Baghaei spokesman Foreign Ministry of Iran 12 March 2026

"In an outright lie, Trump claimed that Iran’s missile launches have severely diminished. But in reality, Iran is more powerful even compared with the early days of the war and is targeting US and Israeli bases with warheads weighing more than a ton

American forces are not the ones who determine the end of the war, we are fully capable of expanding the war. Security will be for all and insecurity will also be for all.

We are the ones who determine the end of the war”
Iranian IRGC Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini

"The revenge we have in mind is not just because of the martyrdom of the illustrious Leader of the Revolution.

Every member of the nation who is martyred by the enemy constitutes a separate case that demands seeking revenge.

A limited portion of this seeking revenge can already be seen.

But until we completely take revenge, this file will remain on top of all the others. We’re even more sensitive with regard to the blood of our children and infants. The crime deliberately committed by the enemy against the Shajarah-Tayyibah School in Minab and other similar cases will receive particular attention in this process of taking revenge."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026


"The unknown fate of the Zionist criminal prime minister and the possibility of his death or his escape, along with his family, from the occupied territories reveal a crisis and the faltering situation of the Zionists, if the child killer is still alive, we will strongly keep chasing and killing him.”
 Islamic Revolution Guards Corps 15 March 2026

"Iran is not going to accept a ceasefire. That's out of the question. Conditions will have to be met and those conditions will be met.

And these Arab family dictatorships in the Persian Gulf first and foremost are the ones who are going to have to obey and accept Iran's conditions.

Iran is now talking about controlling the Strait of Hormuz from now on, and receiving money for allowing ships to pass through.

This is what these Arab regimes had brought upon themselves. these dictatorships.

They thought that they could have their cake and eat it too. That they could have US bases and threaten Iran and have Iran bombed, and then Qatar and the Emirates and the regime in Bahrain, Kuwait and the Saudis, they could say that we're neutral and get away with it. That's not happening.

Right now they're paying a price, but even when the war ends, they will continue to pay a price. They have to compensate for all the things that they've done against Iran. We're living in a new reality, Glenn.
Professor Seyed Marandi to Professor Glenn Diesen 10 March 2026

"... the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz must definitely continue to be employed."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026

“Oman will behave, just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that. They’ll be fine.”
Trump, 27 May 2026

"Talking to leaders of Russia and Pakistan, I reaffirmed Iran’s commitment to peace in the region. The only way to end this war—ignited by the Zionist regime & US—is recognizing Iran’s legitimate rights, payment of reparations, and firm int'l guarantees against future aggression."
Masoud Pezeshkian, Ninth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran 12 March 2026


"Shutting down US bases in the region will enable those governments to strengthen their ties with their own people, who are generally dissatisfied with the humiliating behavior associated with those bases. It will also bring an increase in their wealth and power."
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 12 March 2026


 "The fifth part of my address is directed to the leaders and influential figures in certain regional countries. We share land or sea borders with 15 countries and have always wanted, and still want, warm, constructive relations with all of them. However, the enemy has been gradually establishing military and financial bases in some of these countries over the years to secure its dominance over the region.

In the recent attacks [against Iran], a number of military bases were used. Naturally, as we had clearly warned in advance, we have only targeted those bases without committing any act of aggression against those [regional] countries.

After this, we will have no choice but to continue this course of action even though we still believe in the necessity of maintaining our friendship with those neighbors.

These [regional] countries must determine their position with regard to the aggressors who have attacked our beloved homeland and murdered our people. I advise them to shut down those [US] bases as soon as possible, for they must surely have realized by now that the US’s claims of ensuring security and peace have been nothing but lies."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026


"Iran has formally called on the United Arab Emirates to provide compensation for damages resulting from recent US strikes, saying Abu Dhabi facilitated attacks on Iranian territory, according to a letter submitted to the United Nations.

In a correspondence addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said the UAE had enabled the United States to use its territory to carry out military operations against Iran.

Iravani stated in the letter that the UAE’s actions constituted “an internationally wrongful act that entailed state responsibility,” stressing that allowing foreign forces to launch attacks from its target launch sites in the Gulf Earlier on March 14, the spokesperson for Iran’s central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters warned that Iranian forces may target US missile launch sites operating from locations inside cities in the UAE. Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the US military had resorted to operating from ports, docks, and concealed facilities within UAE cities after its military bases in the region were destroyed...US forces launched missiles from these locations targeting the Iranian islands of Abu Musa and Kharg.

...Although several Gulf states have publicly claimed that their territories would not be used for attacks against Iran, open-source information suggests otherwise. Flight-tracking data indicate that Saudi Arabian airspace is being used by aerial refueling tankers supporting fighter aircraft involved in strikes against Iran. The Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia has reportedly hosted multiple Stratotanker refueling aircraft participating in these operations.

Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates hosts anti-missile radar systems and interceptor batteries, along with logistical infrastructure supporting both US and Israeli personnel, including facilities used for resupply and operational coordination soil violated international law.

The Iranian envoy underscored that such conduct directly contributed to the aggression against Iranian territory, holding the UAE accountable for its alleged role in enabling the strikes. Tehran argued that the UAE bears international responsibility to provide full reparations, including compensation for both material and moral damages caused by the attacks.
Al Mayadeen English March 2026

"Without a doubt, cooperation between the members of the Resistance Front will shorten the path to eliminating the Zionist sedition."
 Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 12 March 2026

"...the United States started this war and must also acknowledge that it made a mistake and put an end to its aggression. We are not seeking a ceasefire because we do not want this scenario to be repeated again after some time.

Rather, we want the war to end completely and permanently...

We desire lasting peace throughout the entire region encompassing all the countries within it.

We do not believe in a ceasefire. We believe in ending the war. ...Ending the war on all fronts. I think this is also in the interest of peace in the region.

That once and for all the issues of war in the region is resolved and that we witness peace throughout the region in Lebanon, in Yemen, in Iraq, in Iran and in other countries of the region.

The region should become a stable region characterized by peace, development and progress. I believe that peace in the region must be comprehensive encompassing all dimensions of peace and including all countries.

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"The Hormuz Straits will likely be tolled. Houthis will toll the Red Sea. This leverage means Iran can enforce terms that solve its own and many regional problems. While the list below is in what I think is the order of likelihood, and is speculative, the first 3 are certain. But, in principle, the Gulf is already open. Of course it is closed to those 2 countries attacking it, and it will probably remain permanently closed to them until they or their proxies have paid in full for what they have done to Iran.

Iran will open the Gulf to friendly countries taking goods to and from friendly countries in the Gulf. At the moment this is probably only Iraq.
Iran will open the Gulf to friendly countries taking goods to friendly countries outside the Gulf - China, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia etc.
Iran will allow humanitarian shipments through, no matter who it is for, as long as the cargoes are inspected and verified first. Fees may or may not be applied.
Iran won't re-open the Gulf to western adversarial ships until:

1. Iran has prepared a bill of reparations by country with the current (inflation adjusted) amount from past crimes and coercive practices, plus reparations due for damages done in the on-going effort to defeat the aggressors. Payment mechanisms are flexible, and not yet in place (as far as we know), but include seizing adversaries assets - all cargoes of oil and gas, and the ships transporting them. (By 14 April 2026, Iranian talk had shifted to using tolls on ships passage through Hormuz as the primary means of extracting reparations.)

2. Recognition of Iran's already existing rights (as a signatory of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty) to nuclear enrichment for civil purpose (sterilization, cancer treatment etc)
3. Nuclear weapons states provide written guarantees of Iran's security (probably by bilateral Security Agreements along Russia's 2009 outline, with Article 7 being highly pertinent)
4. All sanctions on Iran are lifted
5. Iranian money stolen by USA is returned in full, all interest paid
6. The US, Israel, and NATO countries withdraw all their military and military facilities from Gulf countries
7. Israel withdraws from Lebanon
8. Israel is forced to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and commence enabling the required international inspections, including by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
9. Israel and US gets out of Gaza and Gulf states pay for full reconstruction
10. Israel borders are legally fixed and there is either one democratic state or 2 viable states on the 1967 borders determined by the relevant UN resolutions
11. The zionist regime in Israel is replaced by a relatively more normal one that observes international law including human rights law and the prohibition on genocide"

"In a statement addressed to the "noble, great, and heroic nation of Iran," the Supreme National Security Council said the enemy had suffered an undeniable defeat and now saw "no way forward but to submit to the will of the great nation of Iran and the honorable Axis of Resistance."

The announcement comes on Day 40 of the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, which began with the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and top-ranking commanders on February 28.

According to the statement, the United States has agreed to a 10-point proposal that fundamentally commits Washington to:

1. No new aggression against Iran
2. Continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz
3. Acceptance of enrichment
4. Removal of all primary sanctions
5. Removal of all secondary sanctions
6. Termination of all UN Security Council resolutions**
7. Termination of all Board of Governors resolutions*
8. Payment of compensation to Iran
9. Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
10 Cessation of war on all fronts, including against the heroic Islamic Resistance of Lebanon

"Iran has achieved a great victory and has forced criminal America to accept its own 10-point proposal," the statement read."
PressTV 7 April 2026

"The snapback mechanism was incorporated into UN Security Council Resolution 2231 that approved the Iranian nuclear deal in 2015. The incorporation followed direct talks between Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry.

This snapback mechanism is not typical for other sanctions regimes. In fact, it authorised any country to submit a resolution for a vote on extending the sanctions. [usually] A country with veto power [in the Security Council] could block such a resolution single-handedly, resulting in the non-extension of the sanctions.

I have two observations here.

First, the mechanism lacks elegant formulation and was implemented solely for the purpose of maintaining a hold on our Iranian counterparts’ throats, preventing them from any sort of deviation.

Second, Iran agreed to this “exotic” mechanism solely because it was confident it would never violate the deal. The rationale was, essentially, that they let this mechanism remain in place as a contingency measure.

Iran had no intention of violating it then and has no intention of doing so now. Therefore, they agreed to it with a light heart as they saw it at the time.

They could not have imagined that the deal would be torn apart not by them but by the United States in 2018. And yet, it happened.

The United States withdrew from the deal and declared that it no longer recognised the resolution.

Instead of demanding that the United States reassume its obligations, Europe also began to retreat from its commitment to these agreements. This continuous series of violations is well-documented.

So, from the resolution that the United States does not recognise, the Europeans take only what they need. And what they need is this exotic snapback mechanism. What did they do? It is difficult to explain this in a human language. It is a trap. This paradox was created as a trap for Iran. This is yet another indication that Iran never intended and does not intend to violate the requirements of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or this nuclear deal. However, Iran’s next government has fallen into this trap inherited from 2015.

Russia and the People’s Republic of China have done everything possible to give diplomacy a chance. Even after the resolution to restore the sanctions regime was adopted, there was still a chance to agree on extending the full implementation of the [expired] Iranian nuclear deal for a certain period (we proposed three months) without adding or removing any conditions so that it would remain in effect with all its aspects during a period when, as we hoped, talks would proceed.

Since the West sabotaged this effort and blackmailed the majority of UN Security Council members into supporting its destructive stance, now I don’t know how the Islamic Republic of Iran will respond.

This demonstrates a complete inability to negotiate across the board. They did not even give Iran two or three months to negotiate and secure acceptable terms to continue cooperation with both the IAEA and the United States.

Iran was and remains open to dialogue, even if not direct but mediated.

Iran has also maintained regular contact with the European Three, yet the outcome of these interactions confirms only one thing: from the very beginning, the European Three needed a pretext to reinstate the sanctions. Consequently, all proposals of a compromise made in good faith by our Iranian counterparts were rejected.

Whenever an announcement was made giving hope for an agreement, new demands would emerge by the next morning.

This is a deliberate campaign to initiate another phase of strangling Iran economically, financially and so forth.

You consistently say in your reports, and political analysts mention, that the threats of new strikes against Iran persist and, as some informed sources even indicate, are discussed as options at a practical level, which is also highly indicative.

All these actions are synchronised, both the military threat and the measures of economic suffocation.

This is regrettable and indicates only one thing: western countries hold UN Security Council resolutions very cheap, as we say in Russia. This is true regarding Iran, Kosovo and the Minsk Agreements on Ukraine. I could give you plenty of examples."
Sergey Lavrov 28 September 2025

"...we would like to recall that all provisions of Security Council Resolution 2231 have ceased to be in effect on October 18, 2025, ten years after the date of adoption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). On that day, the Security Council stopped its consideration of Iran's nuclear program, and agenda item “Non-proliferation” was removed from the list of issues covered by the Security Council. These consensus-based decisions were enshrined in the text of UNSC resolution 2231...neither the UN Secretariat nor the Council has relevant mandates any longer...

In 2025, Western countries finally threw off their masks of alleged champions of a political and diplomatic solution to the issue of Iran's nuclear program. If anyone still had doubts as to their true position, then this position has been revealed now once and for all.

At the beginning of this year, many of us pinned great hopes on resumed mediated contacts between Iran and the US on nuclear issues. There were five rounds of indirect talks, and the parties agreed to meet for the sixth round. However, two days before the meeting was due to take place, Israel opted for military escalation and struck Iranian territory, including civilian nuclear facilities that were under the IAEA safeguards.

A week later, West Jerusalem was joined by Washington in this misadventure.

Not only did these actions jeopardize the security of the entire Middle East region, but also de facto wiped out any chance of reaching any agreement.

Given this, the steps taken by the European trio of the JCPOA – the UK, France, and Germany [E3] – were nothing but the height of hypocrisy.

Despite their previous statements about the inadmissibility of a military solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, these countries just turned on a dime and supported strikes against a sovereign state.

 I would like to quote what my UK colleague said in this chamber at the UNSC emergency meeting on June 22: “Military action alone cannot bring a durable solution to concerns about Iran’s nuclear program.” In other words, London was prepared to view military strikes and threats as a lever to resolve the crisis around Iran's nuclear program; thus, only to please its “big brother,” London fundamentally changed its position in just a few hours.

...this was an attack not only on Iran, but also on the entire NPT architecture and the IAEA safeguards system underpinning it. Moreover, the E3, the US, and other Western countries went so far as to directly distort the content of the IAEA Director General's reports on Iran's nuclear program, which never, and in no context, mentioned converting material for military purposes.

Any attempts to blame Tehran for its defensive steps in the nuclear sphere are doomed to failure and can impress only amateurs;

all these steps were taken purely in response to the unilateral withdrawal of the US from the nuclear “deal” in 2018 and to the obstruction by the “E3” of the deal’s implementation.

Anyone who knows the slightest bit about this matter perfectly understands that neither the NPT nor the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) impose any restrictions upon the parties to the Treaty on enriching uranium, provided that all material is solely used for peaceful purposes.

Over the past few months, it became absolutely clear that the E3 was also completely non-viable as a participant in the negotiation process on Iran. Initially, these countries sought to play the “snapback” card. But they did not succeed: their plans were thwarted when our country along with a number of other member states presented to the international community their convincing legal analysis, explaining that, due to their numerous violations of the JCPOA and Security Council Resolution 223, the E3 forfeited its right to use the instruments stipulated therein.

Furthermore, the so-called “notification” on the launch of the “snapback” mechanism was sent by our British, French, and German colleagues in circumvention of the procedures provided for in the JCPOA – in particular, without invoking nor exhausting the dispute resolution mechanism. Therefore, as any conscientious lawyer will confirm, no assertions by the former European participants in the JCPOA can replace the reality in which there has been no restoration of the anti-Iranian Security Council resolutions whatsoever.

Then the E3 demonstrated its utter inability to act and make decisions independently. The interim “solution” agreed upon “on the sidelines” of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week between Iran and European countries, which suited both sides, ‘crashed’ against the position of the US, which nullified its initial parameters advanced by the E3. But the E3 pretended, however, that nothing happened.

 And even after this humiliation, the Europeans did not summon the courage to support the depoliticized Russian-Chinese draft resolution on a technical extension of Resolution 2231, which would have given additional time to find a negotiated solution without causing a legal “vacuum” following the expiration of the JCPOA.

Given this powerlessness, we are not surprised by the attempts of the UK, France, and Germany to try with renewed vigor to convince everyone around them that the “snapback” has indeed been triggered. However, for all the attempts of our Western colleagues to create their own “parallel reality,” the actual situation leaves them no chance of doing so. The Security Council resolutions adopted through 2006-2015 have not been reinstated.

Resolution 2231 expired on October 18. The Iranian nuclear program has been removed from the UN Security Council's agenda.

Let us not forget that the objectives of the Council's previous sanctions resolutions concerning Iran have long been achieved, which is documented by the IAEA.

Under the current circumstances, the previous restrictions are not viable and cannot be applied to address the current problems having to do with the Agency's monitoring activities in Iran, especially since those problems arose not because of Tehran, but because of US-Israeli acts of aggression. All these things further emphasize the unviability of any intentions to reestablish the “sanctions regime.”

We would urge our American and European colleagues, as well as the UN Secretariat, to stop living in a world of illusions and to rectify their unlawful and deeply erroneous course. The Russian Federation will consistently quell any attempts to further undermine the normal work of the Security Council or call into question its earlier decisions, and mislead the international community.

If the US, EU countries, and their allies really want to eradicate doubts they themselves have vis-à-vis the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, they must abandon their biased, politicized attitudes towards Iran and instead of trying to exert “maximum pressure” on this country - they need to engage in real dialogue with it.

Tehran has repeatedly demonstrated its readiness to have fair and equal discussion, and has outlined the parameters for such a conversation that would be agreeable to it.

Russia remains ready to assist any genuine attempts at finding a political and diplomatic solution to this issue. We would urge everyone to focus on these very attempts rather than building castles in the air and indulging in phantom limb pains over Resolution 2231, which has ceased to be in force."
Russian Permanent Mission Representative at the United Nations 23 December 2025

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi
11:41 PM · Jun 1, 2026
Translated from Arabic

For Urgent Attention:

A ceasefire between Iran and the United States constitutes, without any ambiguity, a comprehensive ceasefire across all fronts, including Lebanon.

Any violation of this ceasefire on one front shall be considered a violation of it across all fronts.

The United States and Israel bear responsibility for the consequences of any breach of the truce.

"In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

We hereby inform the noble Iranian people of the following:

The Islamic Republic of Iran, under the leadership of its martyred Leader, has achieved superiority in confronting the American-Zionist enemy, and by the directives of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic (may God protect him), and with the support of the Iranian people, and the tireless efforts of the supporters of Islam, and after arduous and intensive negotiations that lasted several months, and based on the decision of the Supreme National Security Council, the text of the memorandum of understanding regarding the negotiations to end the war (Islamabad negotiations) between Iran and the United States was concluded on the evening of June 14.

And based on the concluded agreements, the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and definitively as of this night, and the naval blockade imposed on Iran will also end immediately and completely.

This memorandum of understanding will be officially signed on Friday, corresponding to June 19. And the negotiations regarding the final agreement will proceed until the other party fulfills its obligations under the memorandum of understanding.

The Islamic Republic of Iran appreciates the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Government of Qatar.

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of God and His blessings."

Statement by the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council Regarding the Iranian-American Agreement, 15 June 2026



"On Friday, we will have an official signing, and the heads of the two delegations will hold discussions to determine the arrangements for the upcoming negotiations.
Until then, the issue of the American side's commitments regarding the termination of the war, lifting of the siege, and release of assets will be verified.

Entry into the 60-day negotiations is contingent upon the implementation of these commitments by the United States.

 Iran's armed forces will always have their finger on the trigger. We will always be ready to counter any conspiracy

Mediators will continue to be present in the upcoming negotiations.

The termination of all sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, whether primary or secondary sanctions, and the termination of resolutions by the UN Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors, will be among the topics for negotiation during the 60-day period.

All sanctions will be lifted in the event of a final agreement.

The second topic for negotiation in 60 days is the nuclear issue.

The topic of reconstruction and economic development will also be negotiated during these 60 days, and its mechanism will be finalized."

Another topic is determining the executive mechanism for supervising the good-faith implementation of the parties' commitments.
Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister 15 June 2026 via Tasnim News, Iran

"Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
@yarbatman
18 June 2026
I've been engaged with Western, Iranian, and regional negotiators working on the Iran file for more than a decade. Nothing in the MOU surprises me.

I am seeing a lot of claims that the Trump administration has made enormous concessions in the MOU and that this shows the Trump  "lost" the war. But if you know why the language of the MOU reads the way it does, you would realize why this view is wrong.

Every major "concession" in the MOU was something under discussion during the negotiations last May, before the 12-Day War.

American and Iranian negotiators had discussed confidence building measures including the granting of oil waivers and the unfreezing of assets. The "reconstruction fund" outlined in the MOU was originally envisioned as a regional investment vehicle, with investment coming from the Gulf states.

We shouldn't criticise the MOU because it contains unreasonable concessions, we should be frustrated that the MOU contains very logical inducements and that the Trump administration was poised to offer these same inducements not just before the 40-Day War, but also before the 12-Day War last year.

In other words, the wars were completely idiotic because the parameters of a viable diplomatic agreement between the U.S. and Iran *were already  put forward* to Witkoff and Vance by the Omani mediators, with input from the Saudi, Qatari, and Emirati systems more than a year ago. Iran was inclined to accept the deal, but instead it got attacked.

We should consider ourselves fortunate that two wars later, Iran is still inclined to accept this deal, without dramatically different terms. That is a reflection of hard-nosed Iranian pragmatism and the under-appreciated fact that the Iranian national security establishment takes the idea of diplomacy seriously.

The Trump team have proven slow learners, but they may finally be realizing why diplomacy needs to be conducted with a win-win outlook."

"TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The full text of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US has been released.
The full text of the MoU is as follows:

Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America

The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America have jointly agreed in good faith on June 18 on the following:

1 —The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America and their allies in the current war are signing this MOU to declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other, and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other, and ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon.

The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon and other provisions of this paragraph.

On 25 June 2026 the US Congress made it impossible for Trump to initiate further "hostilities" on Iran:

 "The text of the resolution "directs the President to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran... unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization for the use of military force against Iran."

This means the next attack on Iran without congressional approval would be illegal.

2- Trump's anger in the tweet below is for this very reason. Trump wrote: "I had the noose around Iran's neck, they were ready to give us almost anything, and for the first time in decades, they respect the United States and its President. Now the U.S. Senate decides to have an untimely vote on the War Powers Act, and tells the world's number one sponsor of terrorism that the United States doesn't like what I'm doing with the Iranians, and I need to stop, and in doing so, it helps the enemy and gives them peace. Four miserable Republicans also voted yes along with the Democrats..."
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Jun 25 2026

27 June 2026  - The US supported Israeli war ('military operations') & occupation in Lebanon and Palestine continues in violation of Clauses 1 and 13. The US concluded a bad faith agreement with the 'elite' comprador government of Lebanon that in effect gave Israel permanent control of the land it had invaded and seized in Southern Lebanon.

"America, by supporting the actions of its proxy forces in the region, has violated the first article of the memorandum of understanding...The response to the violation of any article of the memorandum of understanding will be swift and decisive."
Dr. Mohsen Rezaee, Military adviser to Iran's leadership 27 June 2026, X account

In a blatant breach of the ceasefire, the US attacked Iranian territory on the 23rd of June following Iran using drones to warn off a vessel refusing to comply with Iranian shipping control (a sovereign waterway regulatory matter, nothing to do with the US). Iran responded to the US aggression with drone strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain. The US attacked Iran again on the 28th of June.

"The U.S. attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations once again.
The failed U.S. President has shown he has no commitment to the principles of negotiation or a ceasefire.
This reckless violation of the ceasefire will, as always, lead to retreat and regret on their part."
Ebrahim Azizi,  Head of the national security commission of the Iranian parliament 27 June 2026 X account

"@FarsNews_Agency
28 June 2026
Translated from Persian
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, described the U.S. airstrikes early this morning on the south of the country as a blatant violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter and Paragraph 1 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, and announced:
The United States places the least value and credibility on its commitments, and breaking promises is part of its nature."


"In the MOU’s Monitoring and Implementation Working Group, Iran raised explicit US violations of Article 1, which requires an end to the war on all fronts, citing Washington’s failure to fulfill commitments in Lebanon, US military buildup in the region, and threatening statements by officials.
The sides agreed to open a direct communication channel within a day and, per IRIB, to formally document the MOU’s shortcomings for review and resolution.
2 July 2026

Iran can document and review as much as it likes, but USA is a bad faith and devious actor. It will all come to nothing.

2 —The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.

3 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days, extendable with mutual consent.

4 — Immediately upon the signing of this MOU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days. During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of pre-war traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal.

As I read the strangely worded (or carefully crafted) second sentence, during the 30 day period the amount of traffic will build up to the number of shipping movements Iran had managed to achieve prior to the war; in other words, for every ship Iran gets through the Strait, a ship from other countries can move in or out (in coordination with Iran). The upper limit is the number of ships Iran could move through the Strait before USrael launched their war of aggression.

According to Grok, while there are no single official numbers, the collated reports from various sources suggests:

Pre Feb 28, 2026 the key proportions from available reports are:
Daily transits: ~130–138 vessels per day

Vessel types/composition (approximate shares based on typical pre-war patterns):

Tankers (crude oil, products, LNG): ~50–60%+ of transitsn ( ~21 million barrels/day of oil, and significant LNG
Dry bulk carriers: ~15–25%  (grains, fertilisers, ores, etc.)
Container ships: ~10–20%, (general cargo and consumer goods.)
Other: Remainder ~5-25%

 In the period prior to the renewed US strikes in mid July, some ships came and went via Oman, but Iran initially turned a blind eyes to them while continuing to talk with Oman to try to settle matters (according to Professor Marandi). Most ships coordinated with Iran and, according to Tasnim news the breakdown for this period is:
41% tankers,
27% bulk carriers,
18% container ships;
major origins include India (21%), China (19%), other Asia (20%), and intra-regional (24%).

The proportions reasonably matched the pre-war proportions.


After 30 days, when the US has removed itself from "proximity" to Iran, and Iran has removed the mines, the Strait will be fully open fee-free for a further 30 days, with movements coordinated by Iran, and no one else (unless Oman 'comes on board').

5 — Upon the signing of this MOU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge, for 60 days only, from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the technical and military obstacles, and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be instated within 30 days.
The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialog with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.

The US and Oman moved to create a new transit route through Omani waters. Irani and Omani sovereign rights stretch to each others shorelines, due to the 'contiguous zone' concept. But Oman didn't consult with Iran, and neither did the International Maritime Organisation, it seems. A 'trojan horse' evacuation plan was put in place by the IMO, whose details are obscure, but may have been to allow all traffic through Omani waters, in and out, under a claim of 'law of the sea'. Whatever was agreed by the Foreign Minister of Iran (if anything) was reneged on by the US, which provided 'support' to Oman. The head of the IMO has so far (26 June 2026) dodged the question of exactly what this US 'support' consisted of.  A farcical attempted transit on 23 June 2026 was rebuffed by Iran and the US attacked Iran again.

@araghchi
"After recent Joint Statement in Muscat, had productive call with  @badralbusaidi

We re-emphasized that Iran and Oman will conduct dialogue "to define future administration and maritime services in Strait of Hormuz." We're determined and will do so in discussion with our neighbors"
Seyed Abbas Araghchi Jun 26 2026

"America, ...by continuing to create tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, has violated the fifth article.The response to the violation of any article of the memorandum of understanding will be swift and decisive."
Dr. Mohsen Rezaee, Military adviser to Iran's leadership 27 June 2026, X account

The 60 days without charge was allegedly included 'at the insistence of regional states and the littoral countries of the Persian Gulf, and applies primarily to vessels that were already stranded' according to Ghalibaf.

The phrase that Iran would "make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels" does not exclude that vessels might use the Omani coast. I increasingly suspect that Aragachi allowed for Omani transit as an interim measure until final arrangements were settled between Oman and Iran. I suspect these details are in the 'schedule' that has never been published, and further, that the Iranian Foreign Ministry is concealing the Omani interim arrangement from their own public.

This left the door wide open for USA to blackmail Oman, demand protection money, and skew proportionality by using 3 very large crude carriers to shuttle large amounts of oil out of the Gulf, transfer them to smaller carriers in the Sea of Oman, and quickly re-enter for another load.

In the meantime, Irans 40 or so VLCC's were being used as floating storage, and accounting for voyage time to deliver and return once the blockade was lifted, these tankers would be unavailable for 6 weeks or more, leaving only 10 Iranian VLCC (at best) to load out.

Ultimately the Iranian Supreme Leader stepped in and made it clear Iran was to enforce control of the Strait, and these foolish diplomatic concessions outside the intent to control the strait must end.

6 — The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least USD 300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.

7 — The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, IAEA Board of Governors resolutions, and all unilateral US sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed upon schedule as part of the final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above mentioned, and expressed their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.

8 — The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpiled enriched material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in paragraph seven, with the minimum methodology to be down blended on site under the supervision of the IAEA. The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal. The final deal will confirm the provisions of this paragraph. The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the nuclear issues above mentioned. They express their intention to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.

9 — Pending the final deal, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region.

10 — The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MOU and until the termination of sanctions, US Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.

11 — The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the implementation of this MOU. The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America will mutually agree on the procedures related to the release of these funds during negotiations.
Such funds, whether retained in the original account or transferred, shall be made fully usable for payment to any ultimate beneficiary designated by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The United States of America undertakes to issue all necessary licenses and authorizations accordingly.

"...Additionally, no money has been given to Iran, or released from their money to them, by the U.S. We will be releasing some of their money, that is totally controlled by us, to our Farmers and Ranchers, for the purchase of Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, and more. Food is desperately needed in Iran, and we will be purchasing it for them exclusively from the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Jun 24, 2026, 11:37 PM

If the Central Bank of Iran designates US farmers as the benficiary of the stolen Iranian money, then that's their choice. Iran imports large quantities of soybeans, usually from Brazil, a fellow BRICS member.

"Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, leading Tehran’s technical team, said his delegation held two rounds of meetings with Qatari and Pakistani mediators:
 On Iran’s $6 billion in frozen funds, Gharibabadi said meetings with Qatari officials and the central bank reviewed spending discussions on the initial tranche: “It was decided that, in line with our country’s stated needs, the purchase of essential goods would be carried out and made available to Iran.”
2 July 2026

As usual, confusion reigns, with reports, admittedly unreliable, claiming US officials deny funds have been released.

12 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and The United States of America agree that an executive mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of this MOU and the future compliance of the final deal.

13 — After signing this MOU, and subject to the beginning of the implementation of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of this MOU, and the continuing implementation of these measures, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America will start negotiations regarding the final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.

14 — The final deal will be endorsed by a binding UNSC resolution."

Article 3
International agreements not within the scope of the present Convention
The fact that the present Convention does not apply to international agreements concluded between States and other subjects of international law or between such other subjects of international
law, or to international agreements not in written form, shall not affect:
(a) the legal force of such agreements;
(b) the application to them of any of the rules set forth in the present Convention to which they would be subject under international law independently of the Convention;
(c) the application of the Convention to the relations of States as between themselves under international agreements to which other subjects of international law are also parties.

"The weeks and months ahead are going to be very difficult for the west. Largely because of their own policies. And the Iranians are going to remain steadfast and during this time of grave difficulty for the west - economic and military and political and so on - Iran is going to continue to insist that every page every sentence, every word in the MOU is complied with, it's carried out, it's fulfilled...There's a long way to go. And this is not over, and it's not going to be finished through a few missiles and drones."
Professor Mohammad Marandi, University of Tehran 28 June 2026

"not the end of the road, but the beginning of a complex process ... so that we can secure our maximum demands."
Nooreddin Ahi, Senior Adviser to President Masoud Pezeshkian

"There are many countries, our friends that have proposed ideas and expressed readiness to play a role in achieving peace. We thank all of our friends who are making efforts in this regard. Our position is the same as what I have stated here and we have also conveyed it to our friends.

We do not accept a ceasefire. However, if there is an idea for ending the war that meets our conditions so that the war ends permanently across the entire region and the damages suffered by Iran are compensated, we will certainly listen to it...in my view, several countries can play this role. China is one of them.

China played a positive and successful role in mediating between Iran and Saudi Arabia and I believe that both remain committed to the agreement reached through China's mediation. China certainly has strong capacities and alongside it other countries also have such potential. I repeat, any idea that meets our demands and fulfills our conditions, we will listen to it.

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"...everything about the current situation is the Americans fault. They must answer not only to their own people but also to our people, to the people of the region, and to history in the future. This war is not our war, not the war of the American people, nor the war of the region. It is America's war. A war that the United States itself chose...This war was imposed on us and we had warned about it in advance. We did not turn this into a regional war simply because attacks are coming from countries in the region. Their military bases in the region are being used against us. It is the United States that has turned it into a regional war, not us...I will repeat this war is not our war.
We did not start it.
The United States started it and is responsible for all the consequences of this war, human and financial.
Whether for Iran, for the region, or for the entire world, the United States must be held accountable."

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"A point I must highlight is that in any case, we will obtain compensation from the enemy.

If they refuse, we will take it from their assets to the extent we deem appropriate.

If that wasn’t possible, we will destroy an equivalent amount of their assets."
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei 12 March 2026

"In order for Iran to get paid for all these damages, there are different ideas. One idea is levying tax on ships that are passing through and then yes, you can play with that tax rate, make it lower for friendly countries, make it higher for hostile countries. That's a way of generating revenue for paying all these damages.
The other idea is creating a fund, a regional reconstruction fund, and through that regional reconstruction fund Iran's damages would be paid.
Iran needs to make sure that the cost of attacking Iran is significant enough both financially and in terms of human cost that Iran is not attacked again."
Dr. Foad Izadi Pofessor of Communication, Tehran University 14 March 2026

"There are demands but they are not directed, they're not directed at anyone in particular, at any entity in particular. So the issue of compensation for example is something that has been stated, but who compensates doesn't matter to us if Japan wants to compensate or Kuwait wants to compensate or the United States wants to compensate that's not the issue.

They've murdered many people. They've destroyed the lives of many, and through aggression, through an unprovoked and illegal and immoral war to support ethnosupremacism, to support a genocide in Gaza. I mean, this is evil upon evil upon evil, and so there will have to be compensation.
Professor Seyed Marandi 11 March 2026

"I no longer see any room for diplomacy. Because [US President] Donald Trump deceives others and does not keep his promises, and we experienced this in two rounds of negotiations. While we were negotiating, they attacked us.

The Persian Gulf Arab countries and other countries must put pressure on the United States to end the war. If it continues, this pressure will increase, and thereby others will have no choice but to intervene”
Kamal Kharrazi, Head of Iran's Strategic Council of Foreign Relations 9 March 2026

In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

No. 2865512  13 April 2026

Excellencies,

Upon instructions from my Government, and in response to the letters dated 29 and 30 March 2026 and 8 April 2026 from the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2026/244, S/2026/258 and S/2026/304); the letters dated 2 and 6 April 2026 and 10 April 2026 from the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2026/283, S/2026/294 and S/2026/317); the letters dated 30 March 2026 and 6 and 7 April 2026 from the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2026/254, S/2026/295, S/2026/296 and S/2026/299); the letter dated 31 March 2026 from the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2026/271); and the letter dated 1 April 2026 from the Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United
Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2026/275), I wish to draw the attention of Your Excellency and the members of the Security Council to the following:

1. Contrary to the claimants' general refutation of the legal arguments and factual evidence, the Islamic Republic of Iran has provided the Security Council with documented and evidentiary information regarding not only the use of the territories of the aforesaid States by the aggressors, but also, in some instances, their direct involvement in the commission of unlawful armed attacks targeting civilian objects in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The said evidence is based on monitoring and assessments conducted by the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

2. The legal position of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the unjustified Security Council resolution 2817 (2026) has been communicated to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council in a letter dated 18 March 2026, which has been issued as a document of the General Assembly and the Security Council (A/80/680-S/2026/20). In that communication, it was expounded that resolution 2817 (2026) was adopted in a manner that is manifestly unjust, legally untenable and fundamentally divorced from the factual and legal realities of the situation.

3. It is recalled that, on 28 February 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran was subjected to a flagrant act of aggression carried out jointly by the United States and the Israeli regime, in clear
violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.

Since then, the aggressors have utilised the territories of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the perpetration of acts of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The conduct of those States in allowing their territories to be used by the aggressors against the Islamic Republic of Iran qualifies as an act of aggression.

Hence, under the present circumstances, the aforesaid States cannot lawfully invoke Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations vis-a-vis the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is the victim of aggression and is exercising its inherent right of self-defence.

This is further reaffirmed by the fact that, in some instances, unlawful armed attacks targeting civilian objects in the Islamic Republic of Iran have been carried out directly by those States.

In light of the foregoing, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan:

. Should cease their internationally wrongful acts of allowing their territories to be used by the aggressors and, in certain instances, engaging in the commission of unlawful armed attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran, in violation of General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974;

. By their internationally wrongful acts, they have breached their international obligations owed to the Islamic Republic of Iran under international law, thereby engaging their international responsibility; and

. Should make full reparation to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including compensation for all material and moral damage sustained as a result of their internationally wrongful acts.

I should be grateful if you would have the present letter circulated as an official document of the Security Council.

Please accept, Excellencies, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Amir Şaeid Iravani
Ambassador
Permanent Representative

H.E. Mr. Antonio Guterres
Secretary-General
United Nations, New York
H.E. Mr. Jamal Fares Alrowaiei
President of the Security Council
United Nations, New York

""Preliminary and very crude figures put the damage at $270 billion so far," Fatemeh Mohajerani told RIA Novosti.
She noted that the Iranian administration’s economic authorities will determine more precise figures through a multi-stage process.
The first will be an assessment of damage to buildings; the second will be an analysis of budget revenue losses and the impact of industrial shutdowns, she explained.
"We will certainly defend the rights of our people through legal means, including compensation for the bloodshed of our loved ones at the Minab school," Mohajerani added"
Tasnim News Agency 14 April 2026

"Bank of Kunlun is not a private institution. It is wholly controlled by CNPC Capital, the financial arm of China National Petroleum Corporation, which is itself 100% owned by SASAC, the State Council body that manages China’s state enterprises. When [US] Treasury sanctioned Kunlun in 2012 under press release tg1661 and cut it off from the American financial system, it did not kill the bank. It liberated it. Kunlun no longer had access to lose. It became China’s dedicated sanctions-resistant conduit for Iran trade, and when China launched the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System in 2015, Kunlun became CIPS’ natural anchor for Persian Gulf energy settlement outside SWIFT.

Per the Wall Street Journal and TRM Labs reporting on April 9, 2026, Bank of Kunlun now receives Hormuz toll and protection payments via CIPS in Chinese yuan and, per TRM Labs, clears or accepts cryptocurrency transfers including Bitcoin and USDT [USD Tether] for safe-passage guarantees issued by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Ship operators submit vessel ownership, cargo, flag, and crew details to an IRGC-linked intermediary. Iran’s Hormozgan Provincial Command vets each submission against a nation-friendliness ranking. Approved vessels pay approximately one dollar per barrel. Settlement clears in seconds. A secret permit code is issued. An armed escort guides the vessel north of Larak Island.

The irony is structural, not rhetorical. The United States sanctioned Kunlun to prevent it from servicing Iranian banks. That sanction forced China to build a parallel payment system. That parallel payment system now clears armed maritime extortion revenue [tolls] for the IRGC in a currency mix that includes Bitcoin, an asset no American court order can freeze."
Shanaka Anslem Perera 17 April 2026

This means Iran has a free hand in designing a new legal order, based on Iran's right to collect transit fees from the Strait of Hormuz.
This means the practical end of 47 years of illegal sanctions against Iran.
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 21 March 2026

“Today, our verdict is the rule of 'an eye for an eye', straightforward, without exception… If they start a war on infrastructure, we will undoubtedly target theirs.

The enemy should know that whatever they do, it will undoubtedly face a proportionate and immediate response; no act of aggression will go unanswered”
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ?10 March 2026


"What more can they do? If they want to destroy Iran's key infrastructure, that's a possibility.

But then Iran will destroy all key infrastructure in this region. Everything. All the oil and gas installations in the Persian Gulf region and in the Caucasus will be gone, finished. They won't be damaged. They'll be destroyed.

And that will mean that the key infrastructure of the United States will collapse.

The world will collapse because we will enter a severe global economic depression.

If that's what the United States wants, that's what it will get.

But the world will know that it's the United States that did this.
It will know that the Zionists did this.
It will know that Netanyahu did this.

Because Iran does not want war. Iran does not want to expand the war.
We want to live in peace.
We want the rights of Palestinians and the Lebanese and the people of Syria to be restored.
That's a very normal expectation.

But if war is imposed upon us, we will respond with counter measures. We will punish the enemy. And now the United States has lost everything in the Persian Gulf region. And and the damage that has been done to the United States is far greater so far than to Iran because the Persian Gulf region is [has] all of these American assets.

...This oil is not being sold. What is it sold in? It's sold in dollars. That is one. Two, a lot of this money goes to the US stock market. And for bonds, there's no money, so it's not going to go there.

And there's huge damage has been done to these regimes. It's not just the drone or the missile that hits. It's the entire confidence that used to exist about these regimes where huge amounts of money from across the world would go, to the Emirates for example. That's disappeared.

So these are all US assets and they're huge consumers. The amount of consumption that these Arab family dictatorships in the Persian Gulf have is is equivalent of maybe the African continent or the Latin American continent. I can't say with specifics, but they are huge consumers. Huge consumers. Well, they're not consuming anymore.

...and of course the the worth of the entire western side or southwestern side of the Persian Gulf has collapsed. It is no longer a place where you can in future invest in, or you can have confidence in.

...So the the damage done to the United States and the West through its own aggression against Iran and of course the Israeli regime which is being hammered day and night.

What fool is going to invest in Israeli regime in future? This is the second time Iran has been pounding it for eight in the last eight nine months. So all of these are huge.

We're the country that's sanctioned. We don't have foreign investors. Any investment is carried out by individuals in Iran and the government. That will continue to be the case. But I think for the United States, this is this is a sea change."
Professor Seyed Marandi 10 March 2026

"And if Iran wants everyone, all the Americans, to leave, all they have to do is destroy the desalination plants and it'll be over.
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari. March 2026

"If Iran want they can destroy all these oil and gas facilities and it will take years to rebuild them."
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari. March 2026
 

"Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar's LNG Gas facility.

NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar - In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before. I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar's LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so.:
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President DONALD J. TRUMP

"Trump has said, 'we can take apart Iran's electric capacity within one hour, but we have not done it.' Well, if they do that, the whole region will go dark in less than half an hour, and darkness provides ample opportunity to hunt down US servicemen running for safety,"
Ali Larijani Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council 12 March 2026

 "The United States is openly supporting a a holocaust in Gaza.
It's helping the Israeli regime carry out massacres in Lebanon.
It's engaging in war after war against Iran. Unprovoked!
And it's slaughtering women and children.
It targets schools, murders hundreds of little kids at an elementary school - which was not a mistake. That was the first wave of attacks. Those first targets are always well planned. Maybe, you know, after two, three weeks, an officer would be under pressure to find new targets and he'd make a mistake. But this was no mistake. This was to hit where it hurts. And why should it be a mistake?
They've been bombing hospitals.
They've been bombing other schools.
They've been bombing ambulances on highways.
They've been bombing gymnasiums where young women play volleyball and they massacred them, too.
They bombed stadiums.
They've bombed squares in Tehran.
Today, it was the new year in Iran, and as people were on the streets celebrating, they bombed them.
They bombed demonstrations against the war and in support of the armed forces and the leader on Friday, where I was present, and they murdered a woman.
They bomb protesters.
They bomb demonstrations and the western media looks away.
Never in human history... I don't think such a thing has happened.
They bombed a funeral in Ramadan a few days ago.
Last night they bombed a gathering of people at night, a very large gathering in Anzari city.
This is the dystopia that the western regimes have imposed on the world.
When they strike Iran, they don't tell anyone beforehand what they're going to do. When the carpet bombing starts, we sit at home, we sit at our place of work, we sit wherever we are, waiting to see if we're going to be killed or not.
But when the Iranians retaliated, they told everyone - and the Emirates - they told everyone to leave these areas.
Professor Mohammad Marandi 22 March 2026

"...They didn't think the war would become long-term. They didn't think, for example, the price of oil would go up from $80. It has already gone up to $110, you should expect $120 and $150 in the coming days.

Well, what does this mean? It means the entire global economy will collapse. If the global economy collapses, will the world allow Trump to continue his warmongering?

Or will the countries of the region allow him to continue his warmongering?"
Iranian Brigadier General Masoud Akhtari 9 March 2026

"Those who count on such assistance should recall the sad experience of all leaders of countries that had relied on the United States.

As soon as the situation changed, Washington remorselessly left those leaders to their own devices and launched a new stage of its selfish policy."
Sergey Lavrov 5 November 2023

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi
Hundreds of Iranian civilians have been killed in Israel-U.S. bombings, including over 200 children.

Reports claim that some neighboring states which host U.S. forces and permit attacks on Iran are also actively encouraging this slaughter. Stances should be promptly clarified
3:27 AM · Mar 17, 2026

"As you may be aware, Russia is advocating an immediate cessation of aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran. ...We stand ready to provide mediation or other assistance to the parties to the conflict in order to return the situation to a political and diplomatic track.

"Yesterday, I held a meeting with foreign ministers of the GCC member states. ...The meeting lasted more than two hours. We noted the ongoing relevance of the Concept of Collective Security in the Gulf Region advanced by Russia in the 2010s, which provides for fully normalised relations between Iran and its Arab neighbours.

We can infer from the developments in the region that the United States and Israel are the ones that are attempting to prevent normalised relations between Iran and its neighbours, and even to sic GCC members on the Islamic Republic.

We maintain a constructive approach to resolving other conflicts around the world. However, it is troubling to see some of our partners misunderstand the point of diplomacy and the role of talks in international relations. Whenever diplomatic or negotiating contacts are used to cover up preparations for a military invasion - or even to create a pretext for one - this is wrong, unacceptable, and unfair...Of course, we cannot put up with this.

President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly spoken about the lessons we have learned from engagement with the West over the past more than two decades. Undoubtedly, having learned from bitter experience, we will from now on insist more firmly on compliance by all participants in international relations with generally accepted standards of conduct.

Some of our friends from the Muslim and Arab world were asked whether they truly believed that Iran would have attacked facilities located within the borders of the GCC countries had it not been for the aggression perpetrated by the United States and Israel, given that Iran has not historically initiated such wars, whereas wars have been launched against it, including at the beginning of this century and in the previous one...

The response was that Iran was allegedly plotting an attack on them regardless and was merely waiting for the right pretext to go ahead with it. What kind of pretext? The aggression of the United States and Israel - that is the pretext. In other words, Iran was supposedly waiting for this aggression to take place in order to grab the opportunity and to take pleasure in attacking its neighbours.

This is, of course, an extremely simplistic explanation. Iran never planned an attack; on the contrary, it was an energetic participant of discussions on establishing an Arab-Iranian security system. In addition to Russia, China also supported this approach, and Iran itself put forward initiatives to this end.

There was every opportunity to go down this road.

A couple of years ago, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia normalised relations with Iran, and they exchanged diplomatic missions. In the autumn of 2004, in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the first in-person conference of the foreign ministers of the Arab monarchies and the Islamic Republic of Iran took place. Clearly, that did not sit well with those who seek to assume control over the vast resources possessed by the countries of the region.

...Most importantly, we must firmly defend our national interests while keeping the door open to dialogue and potential agreements. However, first, this must be done on a strictly equitable and mutually advantageous basis. Second, the door is open to those willing to leave their whims at the door and present their proposals in specific terms. We will then decide how to respond to ideas that may still come from Western elites. However, we will not be chasing after anyone. That much is certain.

The initiatives put forward by the Russian leadership on the international stage, be it the earlier mentioned Concept of Collective Security in the Persian Gulf, the Greater Eurasian Partnership, or the creation of a collective security architecture in Eurasia, are constructive in nature. They impose nothing on anyone and, in all cases, encourage equal dialogue aimed at finding a balance of interests among those willing to participate in this work."
Sergey Lavrov 31 March 2026"

"From our perspective, this is a waterway [Straits of Hormuz] located next to Iran.

Naturally, we will not allow our enemies to use this waterway.

At the same time, a war is taking place around it. And naturally many ships and countries may not want to use this route due to insecurity. Some countries contact us to discuss safe passage through the strait of Hormuz and we try to provide them with the conditions for such passage.

In my view, we need to design new arrangements for the strait of Hormuz and the way ships pass through it in the future after the war so that peaceful navigation through this waterway can be permanently maintained under clear regulations with consideration for Iran's interests and the interests of the region.

I believe that after the war, the first step should be drafting a new protocol for the Strait of Hormuz. Naturally, this should be done between the countries that lie on both sides of the strait as they are the principal parties in this matter and it should guarantee that safe passage through the strait takes place under specific conditions. Conditions that ensure peacefulness. We do not want to witness another war in the region and we do not want to see the strait closed again.

There must be regulations and conditions established that guarantee lasting peace in this region."

Foreign Minister Araghchi 18 March 2026

"The Islamic Republic, without being in pursuit of domination or colonization in the region, is fully prepared for unity, and fostering warm, sincere, reciprocal relations with all its neighbors."
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 13 March 2026

"We are ready to resolve all problems with you. In order to ensure peace in the region, we propose to create a security structure in the Middle East, which will include Islamic countries, in order to ensure peace, stability and security,"
Middle Eastern countries do not need the presence of "outsiders," the president said.
President Masoud Pezeshkian, 20 March 2026

"The messages of the President and the people of Russia are a source of encouragement for us in these historic days. Today, thanks to the resistance of the Iranian people, past relations in the region have been transformed, and new bonds are being formed.
The security of East Asia will henceforth be ensured by the countries of the region."
Masoud Pezeshkian Mar 27, 2026

"Those drones that murdered General Soleimani, they came from Doha, from Qatar, from the US base there. They flew from there to Iraq and murdered him.
So what they've been doing to Iran is nothing new.
The Iranians have tolerated this.

During the 1980s when the West encouraged Saddam Hussein to invade Iran and they gave him chemical weapons - especially the Germans - but the collective West was behind it. These Arab family dictatorships gave him $200 to $250 billion dollars back then [to attack Iran - Ed]. And dollars back then were worth a lot more than today.
But after the war ended, Iran forgave them.

When Saddam went into Kuwait, they changed their policy. Iran forgave them.

Or when Qatar, which supported ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria, and supported the Saudi genocide in Yemen alongside Erdogan.
Erdogan supported the genocide in Yemen. And he supported ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria. And of course now we see from Joe Kent, he too is saying this was all done by the Americans. ISIS, al-Qaeda, this was all our thing, and General Soleimani was fighting against them [ISIS and Al Qaeda]. No moral compass there.
But the point is, Qatar supported the genocide in Yemen.

They supported these genocidal monsters in Syria, which you know brought great benefit to Qatar. And [to] Erdogan too. [And to] the Israeli regime.

I mean, the treachery is just unbelievable.

But when the Saudis and the Emiratis turned against Qatar, Iran saved it. Without getting any concessions, without saying, "Okay, you have to do this for us. You have to give this, you know... nothing."

And then again after the 12-day war, Iran didn't go after them. After the murder of General Soleimani, Iran didn't do anything.

But now it's not going to be the same anymore. Iran will not accept in future these regimes - if they survive - to behave the way they did over the past 47 years.

So if the Americans expand the war, if they try to take Iranian territory, Iran can wipe out everything. And that is finish. Then they no longer need the Strait of Hormuz. And the US economy will collapse, and the US armed forces will collapse.
Mohammad Marandi 22 March 2026

"Did you know that Denmark earns significant revenue from the Kattegat Strait?
Of course, unlike Turkey, which officially receives tolls from the Bosphorus Strait, Denmark forces most passing ships to purchase pilotage services.
In other words, ships in international waters are compelled to comply with the laws of Denmark and Turkey"
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 21 March 2026


"Did you know that Turkey receives $5.83 in transit_fees for every ton of goods passing through the Bosphorus Strait?
This means there is legal precedent for collecting tolls from the #Strait_of_Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz should remain closed until the issue of transit tolls through the strait and war compensation is settled."
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 19 March 2026

" ‘In accordance with article 310 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran seizes the opportunity at this solemn moment of signing the Convention, to place on the records its “understanding” in relation to certain provisions of the Convention. The main objective for submitting these declarations is the avoidance of eventual future interpretation of the following articles in a manner incompatible with the original intention and previous positions or in disharmony with national laws and regulations of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is the understanding of the Islamic Republic of Iran that:
1) Notwithstanding the intended character of the Convention being one of general application and of law making nature, certain of its provisions are merely product of quid pro quo which do not necessarily purport to codify the existing customs or established usage (practice) regarded as having an obligatory character. Therefore, it seems natural and in harmony with article 34 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, that only states parties to the Law of the Sea Convention shall be entitled to benefit from the contractual rights created therein.
The above considerations pertain specifically (but not exclusively) to the following:
- The right of Transit passage through straits used for international navigation (Part III, Section 2, Article 38).
- The notion of “Exclusive Economic Zone” (Part V).
 - All matters regarding the International Seabed Area and the Concept of ‘Common Heritage of mankind’ (Part XI).
2) In the light of customary international law, the provisions of Article 21, read in association with Article 19 (on the Meaning of Innocent Passage) and Article 25 (on the Rights of Protection of the Coastal States), recognize (though implicitly) the rights of the Coastal States to take measures to safeguard their security interests including the adoption of laws and regulations regarding, inter alia, the requirements of prior authorization for warships willing to exercise the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea’.

"Fourth, even under UNCLOS itself, the regime of non-suspendable innocent passage remains a legally recognized alternative in certain straits. This regime is more restrictive than transit passage and explicitly allows the coastal state to take necessary steps to prevent passage that is not innocent. Iran’s interpretation is therefore not a legal aberration, but a plausible reading grounded in existing law.

Fifth, and most critically in the present context, the law of armed conflict and the UN Charter fundamentally alter the legal landscape. Following an unlawful use of force against it, Iran is entitled to invoke its inherent right of self-defense. In such circumstances, the legal characterization of passage cannot be divorced from the realities of hostilities. Vessels and aircraft associated with belligerent states—or facilitating military operations—cannot claim protected navigational rights while simultaneously contributing to acts of aggression.

International law has never required a state to permit its own territorial sea to be used as a conduit for hostile operations. On the contrary, the right of self-defense permits proportionate measures to prevent such exploitation. Conditioning passage on neutrality and non-hostility is therefore not only lawful but necessary to uphold the integrity of that right.

Finally, the conduct of other states further undermines any claim that Iran’s position is exceptional. The United States itself is not a party to UNCLOS yet selectively invokes its provisions as customary law when convenient."
Reza Nasri International Lawyer 6 April 2026

Good news: Iran is not a member of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Better news: The United States and Israel are also not members of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
This means Iran has a free hand in designing a new legal order, based on Iran's right to collect transit fees from the Strait of Hormuz.
This means the practical end of 47 years of illegal_sanctions against Iran.
Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, 21 March 2026

"In time of peace, merchant vessels shall enjoy complete freedom of transit and navigation in the Straits, by day and by night, under any flag and with any kind of cargo, without any
formalities..."

"In time of war, Turkey not being belligerent, merchant vessels, under any flag or with any kind of cargo, shall enjoy freedom of transit and navigation in the Straits"

"In time of war, Turkey being belligerent, merchant vessels not belonging to a country at war with Turkey shall enjoy freedom of transit and navigation in the Straits on condition that they do not in any way assist the enemy.
Such vessels shall enter the Straits by day and their transit shall be effected by the route which shall in each case be indicated by the Turkish authorities."

"If the United States or Israeli warships actually start to escort merchant vessels in the area, then under Rule 60(d) of the San Remo Manual the escorted ships may be considered as enemy merchant vessels and military objectives. Rule 61 of the San Remo Manual clarifies that any attack on these vessels is subject to the basic rules set out in its Rules 38-46. The Manual, which is currently subject to revision, is widely considered as reflecting customary international law on the law of armed conflict at sea."
Alexander Lott, Associate professor of international law 10 March 2026 

The preamble frames the document within international law.

Article Two prohibits the passage of ships flagged or belonging to "the terrorist government of the United States or the usurping Zionist regime or other countries affiliated or related to them".
(If this document goes to the UN Security Council, this language is unlikely to survive.)

The passage of military vessels and warships or vessels intended for espionage or intelligence activities or harmful acts against the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran is prohibited.

Article 3 Vessels not subject to article 2 and which comply with provisions of this Iranian law are not prohibited from transit in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz whatsoever. They are required to obtain permission from the government of Iran and to pay fees, including guidance, supervision, and security provisions. Priority is given to payment in Iran's national currency.

Article 4 Fees are going to be determined based on the type of vessel, type of cargo, and volume, weight, and value. This will be prepared by Iran's council of ministers within a maximum of one month from the date of this law being approved by Iran's parliament.

Article 5, any damage to Iran caused by governments, organizations, companies or other real or legal persons will shall be compensated through payment or agreement on the method of payment. Otherwise, vessels related to these entities will not be allowed to traverse the strait.
(Compensation and reparations could be in money or in goods supplied. The wording is ambiguous as to whether is has to be paid 'up front' or over time. I suspect it will be a combination of initial 'deposit' and progressive payments in, for instance, stolen Venezuelan oil.)

Article 7. Any country that imposes unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran or blocks Iranian assets or carries out hostile actions shall be subject to prohibition of passage through Hormuz. (This is in effect a prohibition on countries paying attention to US extraterritorial sanctions).

Article 8, The government of Iran has to allocate 30% of the revenues from management of the strait to strengthen the country's defense infrastructure and armed forces and the other 70% will be allocated entirely to Iranian infrastructure and livelihood of the people. (This shoud not be understood as compensation for damage. This is compensation for decades of US and EU sanctions-supressed economic development. In other words, the sanctioners must pay for the damage they inflicted.)

Article 9 In all negotiations, agreements, treaties, or official documents, including assurances, only the name Persian Gulf shall be used. If you don't use the language Persian Gulf, you will be prohibited from traversing the Strait of Hormuz.

"Considering the wartime situation in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz from February 27, 2026, to April 8, 2026 (1404/12/09 to 1405/01/19 in the Iranian calendar), and the likelihood of the presence of various types of anti-ship mines in the main traffic zone of the Strait of Hormuz (as shown on the map), all vessels intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby informed that, in order to observe maritime safety principles and avoid potential collision with naval mines, and in coordination with the IRGC Navy in the Strait of Hormuz, they should, until further notice, use the following alternative transit routes in accordance with the attached map:

Inbound route: From the Gulf of Oman heading north toward Larak Island, then continuing toward the Persian Gulf (as shown on the map).

Outbound route: From the Persian Gulf, passing south of Larak Island, and then continuing toward the Gulf of Oman (as shown on the map).”

Saeed Khatibzadeh: I can tell you that, until now [Ed:  at this moment], the Strait of Hormuz is open. Of course, there are technical restrictions because of the war zone and because of many .. arrangement[s] that Iran did during the ...this aggression against Iran. So there are some technical restraints. And this is why ...all the ships that ...would like to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, they have to communicate with our army and our,military contact points there. Because of the limitations in this area, and this area is a very narrow strait.

Including that...there are others, ...arrangements that Iran made for the time of war, and they are still in place. So we have maps, we have everything that...You know, we have to be careful that, the safe passage of tankers and vessels and well-being of crews are actually met during this passage.

Interviewer: And would you allow American vessels through?

Saeed Khatibzadeh: There is no difference, except for hostile behaviour of any kind, you know, presumably. But we think that there is...no sign of that for now. So everyone can pass as usual passage. Of course, I said that, you know, within the restrictions that we do have. So whoever communicates, we provide safe passage through safe channels that we do have in the Strait of Hormuz.
Saeed Khatibzadeh Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran 10 April 2026

Spokesperson of the Central Headquarters of Hazrat Khatam al-Anbiya (PBUH):

"The Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with previous agreements and with good intentions in the negotiations conducted, has agreed to the managed passage of a limited number of oil tankers and commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

However, unfortunately, the Americans, with their repeated breaches of promise that are part of their track record, continue their piracy and maritime theft under the so-called title of blockade.

For this reason, control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state, and this strategic strait is under the strict management and control of the armed forces...Until the United States puts an end to the [here there is obviously some missing text - probably something like "blockade and allows"]  complete freedom of movement for vessels from Iranian origin to destination and from destination to Iranian origin, the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will remain under strict control and in its previous state."
18 April 2026 11:29 hrs Tehran time (18 April 2026 03:59 hrs US EDT)

"Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them. The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!"
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Sunday, April 19, 2026, 1323 PM EDT


"The Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters of Iran’s armed forces has accused the United States of violating a ceasefire agreement and carrying out maritime piracy after an incident involving an Iranian commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman.

In a statement, the headquarters said US forces opened fire on the Iranian ship while it was navigating in international waters, escalating maritime tensions amid already heightened regional volatility.

The Iranian military command further stated that US forces disabled the vessel’s navigation systems before conducting a boarding operation on the ship’s deck.

It slammed the incident as a deliberate escalation and a breach of maritime norms, warning that such actions threaten regional shipping routes and international security.

The statement stressed that the Iranian Armed Forces will respond “soon" to the piracy carried out by US forces, signaling potential escalation in maritime confrontations.
Almayadeen Newsw 19 April 2026

"From now on, we will Strike one of the US military Bases or Ships in the region every time the United States carries out an Airstrike against an Iranian Oil Tanker"

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
@araghchi (X platform)
3:37 AM · Jun 4, 2026
Our Armed Forces are conducting self-defense strikes on sites the U.S. is permitted to use to attack civilian shipping and violate the ceasefire.

Any hostile act will be met with an immediate, decisive response. What sanctions and war failed to achieve won't be won with more war

"Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the armed forces’ top operational command responsible for coordinating joint military operations, said:

🔹 “Following the criminal aggressions of the American enemy, and considering the launch of new attacks by the invading army of that country on areas in the south of Hormozgan province, from this moment, due to insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed for passage for all types of vessels, including oil tankers and commercial ships.

🔹 “Any movement of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be targeted.”

🔹 “The American claim regarding the passage of a ship through the strait is false,” the statement added, appearing to reference new IRGC Navy claims that two vessels attempting to violate the closure have been struck.
Dropsite News 11 June NZT

TO: National Hydrographic Office Pakistan Tel No: +922148506151 , FAX No: +922199201623
ATTENTION: Rear Admiral Muhammed Saleem DATE: 23 JUNE 2026
No. of pages (including this one): 2
Subject: Navigation Warning Promulgation Request
Dear Sir,
 It's my pleasure to extend the Oman National Hydrographic Office regards and continued cooperation with NAVAREA IX coordinator and request the following Navigation Warning to be promulgated through Safety Net as follows:
ARABIAN GULF
STRAIT OF HORMUZ
REF: ONHO CHART NO. OM1219, OM1218

1. THE SULTANATE OF OMAN BASED ON ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD THE STRAIT OF HURMUZ, AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, AND IN ACCORDANCE TO ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LAW OF THE SEA TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN THE STRAIT WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY TOLLS, IN LINE WITH THE OUTCOMES AND EFFORTS REACHED BY THE UNITED STATES AND ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

2. THE SULTANATE OF OMAN HAS WORKED IN COORDINATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) TO PROVIDE ALL VESSELS WITH THE OPTION OF A TEMPORARY MARITIME CORRIDOR DEFINED BY THE COORDINATES LISTED BELOW.

3. THE SAFETY OF NAVIGATION REMAINS THE PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATION. GIVEN THE ELEVATED RISK OF COLLISION IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, A GRADUAL AND
CONTROLLED EVACUATION OF VESSEL TRAFFIC IS REQUIRED.

4. TO MITIGATE THESE RISKS, THE IMO HAS DEVELOPED A PHASED APPROACH BASED ON GROUPS OF VESSELS WITH THE FULL COORDINATION OF THE OMANI AUTHORITIES.

5. CURRENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE TSS IS NOT SAFE FOR USE AT THIS TIME. BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE IMO, TWO TEMPORARY ROUTES MAY BE UTILIZED BY VESSELS DEPARTING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ: ONE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME (TSS) AND ONE TO THE NORTH.

6. VESSELS INCLUDED IN THE DESIGNATED GROUPS WILL BE CONTACTED INDIVIDUALLY AND PROVIDED WITH FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THEIR DEPARTURE BY RELEVANT PARTIES COORDINATED BY THE IMO.

7. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRANSIT: VESSELS WILL BE CONTACTED INDIVIDUALLY AND ADVISED OF THEIR ALLOCATED TRANSIT DAY BY THE PARTIES COORDINATED BY IMO.

8. UPON RECEIPT OF THIS INFORMATION, VESSELS MAY PROCEED TO THE DESIGNATED WAITING AREA WITHIN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, WITHIN A 3 NM RADIUS OF POSITION 26 16.17N 055 46.52E.

9. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DESIGNATED WAITING AREA, VESSELS SHALL CONTACT THE RELEVANT COASTAL STATE OF THEIR SELECTED ROUTE TO CONFIRM THAT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS PERMIT THEM TO PROCEED. FOR THE SULTANATE OF OMAN, VESSELS SHALL ALSO RE-CONTACT RADIO STATION “A4N” ON VHF CH. 16 WHEN 1NM FROM THE FIRST WAYPOINT BELOW.
a. FOR THE SULTANATE OF OMAN, THE ROUTES THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR EASTBOUND TRANSIT ONLY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
a. 26°02.72'N, 056°00.68'E
b. 26°22.56'N, 056°16.93'E
c. 26°24.35'N, 056°23.00'E
d. 26°24.75'N, 056°31.11'E
e. 26°22.10'N, 056°33.42'E
f. 26°00.00'N, 056°33.30'E

10. EACH SHIPOWNER AND MASTER REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT RISK ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO VOYAGE.

11. VESSELS SHALL ENSURE AIS IS ON WHILE TRANSITING. LRIT, WHERE APPLICABLE, SHOULD ALSO BE USED. VESSELS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY COASTAL STATES VIA VHF.

12. IMO WILL REPORT DAILY ON THE NUMBER OF VESSELS SAFELY DEPARTING THE REGION.

13. VESSEL TRAFFIC MAY BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOR SAFETY OR SECURITY PURPOSES, INCLUDING DECONFLICTION WITH NAVAL VESSELS.

14. VESSELS SHOULD REPORT ANY DANGER TO NAVIGATION TO THE OMAN MARITIME SECURITY CENTRE AT (00968 91400430 / OMSC@MOD.GOV.OM).

15. FURTHER INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WILL BE ISSUED BY RELEVANT PARTIES COORDINATED BY THE IMO AND THE COASTAL STATES OF THE REGION.
Note: I will appreciate your acknowledgment of receiving this warning through above mentioned fax or e-mail.
Regards

 SUB LIEUTENANT
 MUADH AL HARRASI
 SO3 (HDM)
 Oman National Hydrographic Office
 Royal Navy of Oman

"PGSA, in response to repeated inquiries, announces: 
Any passage through routes outside the framework designated by PGSA will not be covered by safe passage guarantees and will not be entitled to insurance coverage or related liabilities. 
The consequences arising from passage through unauthorized routes shall be the responsibility of the owner, operator, and vessel commander."
6:38 AM · Jun 26, 2026

"Drawing inspiration from relevant UN initiatives, including the UN Verification, Inspection and Monitoring Mechanism for Yemen (UNVIM), the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), and the UN2720 Mechanism for Gaza, this new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz aims to facilitate fertilizer trade, including the movement of related raw materials. The mechanism’s operationalization will be done in close consultation with relevant Member States with full respect for national sovereignty and established international legal frameworks.

If successful, it would also create confidence among Member States on the diplomatic approach to the conflict and constitute a valuable step towards a wider political settlement."