In a written message, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei expressed appreciation to Iraq’s top religious leadership and its people for their stance against actions targeting Iran. | World News

Israel's defence minister said a number of other "senior Navy command officials" have also been killed. Iran has not yet commented.

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The Trump administration is awaiting Iran's formal response to its 15-point peace proposal, as Tehran continues blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

Rising tensions in the Arabian Sea have drawn global attention with the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the United States’ most powerful aircraft carriers. While both sides show strength,

When an Iranian official this week laid out a list of demands to end the war started by the United States and Israel, he added an item that hadn’t been on Tehran’s list before: recognition of Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

The president characterized Iran’s permission as a “sign of respect.” Israel said it launched a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure in Tehran and other areas, and Iran retaliated.

After US President Donald Trump said navy ships would "very soon" start escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, decade-old pictures resurfaced in posts claiming they showed American sailors taken hostage by Iran during the ongoing Middle East war.

Israel's Defense Forces said Thursday that Iranian naval commander Alireza Tangsiri has been killed in a "precise strike" in the port city of Bandar Abbas.