A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug...

A man standing on the shores of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, overlooks the Strait of Hormuz on July, 15, 2026...

Senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ali Akbar Velayati Senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ali Akbar Velayati says foreign forces must leave West Asia, describing their military presence as the main source of insecurity and instability across the region...

A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand`s Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug...

Lebanese journalist and reporter for Al-Akhbar, Amal Khalil, was killed in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon on April 22, 2026...

US President Donald Trump (L) and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth US President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the consistent failure of the country`s war machine in the face of Iran`s retaliation and confronted Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over shortages of key US munitions, a report says...

Esmaeil Baghaei, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman...

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in New York...

Two Italian Air Force F-2000 Eurofighter Typhoons flying on a patrol mission for US Central Command (CENTCOM) in an undisclosed American forces self-designated AoR location...

Amid unfolding crisis in West Asia, the US and Saudi Arabia have carried out an array of airstrikes in various Iraqi regions, initiating a new round of escalation on Tuesday...

The spokesman for Iran`s armed forces has called for regional cooperation to secure the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing that Iran`s management of the strategic waterway brings security to the entire region and that the presence of US forces is the primary source of instability...

Smoke rises in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon...

US President Donald Trump said he would be reinstating a blockade of Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz and would charge any other ships for passage...

US President Donald Trump said he would be reinstating a blockade of Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz and would charge any other ships for passage...

File photo of an Iranian Ghadr ballistic missile Iran`s Armed Forces have launched coordinated missile and drone strikes against US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman in response to continued American assaults on southern Iran, with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army warning that any further US action will trigger harsher retaliation...

File photo of speedboats belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz "until further notice," saying the waterway will remain closed until the United States ends its intervention in the region...

The United States Central Command has reported renewing aggression against targets lying in southern Iran...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has said that Iranian nation demands revenge for the blood of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, adding that the vengeance must definitely take place...

Millions of mourners turned out at the shrine of Imam Hussain (AS) in Iraq`s holy city of Karbala on Wednesday for the funeral procession of Ayatollah Khamenei ...

Mourners pack streets during the funeral procession for martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Se3yyed Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026...

Mourners pack streets during the funeral procession for martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Se3yyed Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026...

Crowds of mourners surround the convoy carrying the coffin of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, during a funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, on July 8, 2026...

Crowds of mourners surround the convoy carrying the coffin of martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, during a funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, on July 8, 2026...

embed2 The body of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, after being brought to the holy shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS), where it was taken in circumambulation (ṭawāf), was offered funeral prayers in the presence of scholars, religious figures, and a gathering of pilgrims within the spiritual ambiance of this blessed shrine...

embed1 Millions of mourners offer funeral prayers for Iran`s martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family at the Holy Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran...

embed1 Millions of mourners offer funeral prayers for Iran`s martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family at the Holy Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran...

Millions of mourners have gathered at the Holy Jamkaran Mosque in Qom to offer funeral prayers for the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family...

This undated photo shows the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, helping a farmer harvest wheat in the early days of the Islamic Revolution...

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani leads funeral prayers funeral prayers at Tehran`s Imam Khomeini Mosalla on July 5, 2026...

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani leads funeral prayers funeral prayers at Tehran`s Imam Khomeini Mosalla on July 5, 2026...

Millions gathered in Tehran for the second day of funeral ceremonies for martyred Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as Iran observed a period of national mourning and paid tribute to its longtime leader...

Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, attends ceremony in Tehran to pay tribute to martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on July 3, 2026...

After signing the MoU between Iran and the US, vessel transit in the Strait of Hormuz has taken a rising trend...

This file picture shows Israeli occupation forces at an undisclosed location in southern Lebanon...

US President Donald Trump (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Friedrich Merz after the German chancellor criticized the American aggression against Iran for lacking a clear exit strategy and said Tehran was "humiliating" Washington with its negotiating tactics...

Pope Leo on Sunday described those who wage wars and appropriate the earth`s resources as thieves who rob the world of a peaceful future...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer A recent survey reveals that UK retailers have experienced the sharpest year-on-year decline in sales in more than four decades, driven by the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, which has heightened inflation fears among shoppers...

Iranians take part in a mass burial for students martyred in a US-Israeli airstrike against a girls` elementary school in the city of Minab, southern Iran...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, April 27, 2026...

A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, along with a senior delegation, arrived in Islamabad April 24, 2026...

Thick plumes of black smoke are seen following Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon...

Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Islamabad on Saturday after holding discussions with senior Pakistani officials on regional security and a ceasefire with the United States, during which he presented Iran`s demands on ending the eight-week war...

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...

Amal Khalil, former journalist with Lebanon`s al-Akhbar daily Lebanese Civil Defense has confirmed the death of Amal Khalil, a journalist with the country`s al-Akhbar daily, saying she was deliberately targeted in an Israeli strike in the southern town of at-Tiri, where her body was later recovered from the rubble...

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...

Pope Leo XIV speaks as he attends a meeting with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Luanda, Angola on April 18, 2026...

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...