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 shows IRGC vessels during a ceremony marking the National Persian Gulf Day in the Persian Gulf, Iran...

Emergency response personnel work at the site of damage after Iranian missile retaliation struck the city of Dimona in the central part of the occupied territories on March 21, 2026...

Spokesperson for Iran`s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Lieutenant-Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari Iran has issued a stern warning to the United States, asserting that any attack on its energy infrastructure will be reciprocated with the destruction of all energy facilities across the region...

The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Iran`s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with missiles and drones, rendering it non-operational and forcing its retreat from regional waters...

Missiles fired during an IRGC drill soar into the sky in this file photo...

Picture taken during the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)`s ongoing Operation True Promise 4 against hostile targets, which began on February 28, 2026 The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has carried out the 40th wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4, launching decisive strikes against hostile targets throughout the region...

Strait of Hormuz, situated at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is one of the most critical chokepoints in global trade...

Screengrab shows moment when an Iranian missile launched towards US-Israeli interests in early March 2025 in response to their aggression...

This handout photo taken on March 11, 2026 shows smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier `Mayuree Naree` near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack...

Frame grab from footage capturing the launch on March 10, 2026 of the 37th wave of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)`s Operation True Promise 4 against hostile targets...

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...

File photo of USS Abraham Lincoln Iran`s Navy has launched a coast-to-sea missile towards the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier following a pledge by the Army to avenge those martyred during an American strike against an Iranian naval frigate...

Iraq`s First Lady Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed Iraq`s First Lady Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed has asked the US to stop treating Kurds as disposable proxies in the war against Iran, declaring, "We are not guns for hire...

The Israeli Hermes 900 drone that was shot down by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in an undisclosed location in Iran, March 3, 2026 (Via social media) Iran`s Army and Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) have successfully destroyed seven more advanced enemy drones while launching precise retaliatory strikes against enemy positions across the West Asian region...

Iran says Khorramshahr-4 missiles struck Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion and an Israeli air base in the latest wave of strikes...

US F-15E Strike Eagle (File Photo) An American F-15E Strike Eagle multi-role attack fighter jet has been successfully targeted and downed by the Iranian air defense systems...

Iraqi national security advisor Qasem al-Araji The Iraqi national security advisor said that the country will not allow any groups based in the Iraqi soil to cross the border into Iran to carry out acts of terror, especially as the Islamic Republic is fighting off the US-Israeli aggression...

Image shows the damaged radar system in the Al Udeid military base...

File photo of an Iranian Ghadr ballistic missile The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced striking an American destroyer in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of kilometers away from Iran`s borders...

Picture provided on March 3, 2026 shows the aftermath of Iranian retaliatory strikes against the occupied territories...

File photo shows the launch of Iranian missiles...

Iranian retaliatory operation has inflicted heavy losses on the US as well as the Israeli regime...

USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. (File photo) The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with four ballistic missiles...

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

IRGC Navy has seized two fuel smuggling vessels in the Persian Gulf...

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...

People attend the funeral procession of 100 martyrs of the national resistance, including security forces and civilians martyred during foreign-led riots, in Tehran on January 14, 2026...

File photo of Iranian security forces The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced the arrest of a foreign national responsible for espionage on behalf of the Israeli regime`s Mossad spy agency...

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...

A senior Iranian military commander says Iran has refrained from shooting down a US plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying an American spy drone which was shot down in the Persian Gulf after intruding into the Iranian airspace...

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the enemies of Iran have reached the end of the line and despite their ostentatious appearance, they are suffering from osteoporosis...

Hossein Salami, appointed as the new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was one of the key military commanders during the Iraqi war on Iran in the 1980s...

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has censured the United States for designating Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, stating that the move is a concrete proof that Washington has miserably failed in its plots in the Middle East...

On Friday, Reuters news agency reported, citing American officials, the White House intended to add Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to its terror blacklist...