Iran
“This action cuts revenue streams that fund the regime’s destabilizing activities across the Middle East,” stated Tommy Pigott, State Department spokesman.
U.S. economic pressure on Tehran targets “both traditional sanctions evasion tools like front companies as well as the exploitation of innovative technologies like digital assets,” a U.S. official said.
The Islamic Republic fired more than 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and 2,200 drones at the Gulf state.
Despite the superiority of American arms, a combination of asymmetric strategy, internal cohesion and control over the Strait of Hormuz has prevented a swift defeat of the Islamic Republic.
Jerusalem is reportedly urging the United States to continue its closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington “must first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,” as a condition for “resolving issues,” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was reportedly forced to resign after seeking to include the nuclear issue in the talks.
The exiled Iranian opposition leader said they failed to address Tehran’s human rights violations.
Protesters praise “unity between the Iranian and Israeli peoples.”
The Islamic Republic’s president calls on citizens to reduce the use of electricity in the wake of the war’s devastation.
Keir Starmer made the pledge during a solidarity visit to a synagogue that jihadists had targeted.
