File photo of Iranian servicemen patrolling the Strait of Hormuz as commercial traffic passes by A giant banner hangs on the side of a building in Tehran`s central Enqelab Square declaring, "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed; the entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground...

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has extended a two-week ceasefire with Iran while announcing the continuation of an blockade on the Islamic Republic`s ports and vessels-despite Tehran`s insistence that the blockade must be lifted for bilateral talks to continue...

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy says Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz after the United States chose to maintain its blockade of the Islamic Republic`s ports in violation of the conditions of the ongoing ceasefire...

Iran will control Strait of Hormuz until deal reached to end war Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the Islamic Republic will maintain control of all traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz until a negotiated end to the US-Israeli-imposed war is achieved...

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei Iran`s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, says maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz must strictly follow routes designated by Tehran and operate under full Iranian coordination...

IRGC Navy has complete control over the Strait of Hormuz...

File photo of Naval Support Activity Bahrain, a United States Navy base that serves as the home to US Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet The spokesperson for Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran`s highest operational command unit, says Iranian forces carried out a missile strike against a US military installation following an attack on a desalination facility in southern Islamic Republic...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses Congress on National Foreign Policy and History of Foreign Relations in Tehran on February 8, 2026...

Iranian lawmakers, who are wearing IRGC uniforms in support of the elite military force, pose for a picture at the Parliament in Tehran on February 1, 2026...

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (File photo by Khamenei...

The file photo shows the building of Iran`s Foreign Ministry in Tehran...

Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a parade (File Photo) The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran has warned that the consequences of the European Union`s decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization will directly affect European policymakers...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers on June 23, 2025...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers on June 23, 2025...

This undated file picture shows a group of so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorists at an undisclosed location in Pakistan`s southwestern province of Balochistan...