Parliament deputy speaker says Iran became ‘fourth superpower’

Iranian Army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia warned that countries supporting US sanctions against the Islamic Republic could face difficulties passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran is now enforcing what he described as its right under international law and maritime regulations to exercise authority over the strategic waterway, Akraminia told the state news agency IRNA.

He said Tehran would respond with “surprising options” to any new strikes, adding that it will include “more advanced and newer equipment, modern methods of warfare and, most importantly, new arenas of war.”

Kayhan newspaper, overseen by the slain Supreme Leader representative Hossein Shariatmadari, criticized the IRGC Navy for allowing ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite what it described as an ongoing US naval blockade against the Islamic Republic, calling the move a “one-sided concession.”

“Why, after the failure of the US military’s actions on Monday, did the IRGC Navy announce that ships could pass through and that we would even supply their fuel and other needs?” the newspaper wrote.

Kayhan added: “Why, when the blockade on Iran’s maritime trade has still not been broken and Trump emphasized its continuation again on Wednesday, should we have taken a position that the enemy could interpret, rightly or wrongly, as granting a unilateral concession?”

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A group of Iranians in Germany gathered in Hamburg on Saturday, to support protesters back home and denounce internet shutdowns across the country, videos received by Iran International show.

Demonstrators chanted “So many years of crimes, death to this governance” in protest against the Islamic Republic’s repressive policies.

Kurdish rights group Hana warned that Iran is using its embassies and consulates in Europe to monitor, identify and pursue dissidents, journalists, rights activists and asylum seekers.

Hana said some Iranian diplomatic missions go beyond their legal duties by working with security and judicial bodies to collect information on activists’ addresses, assets and family ties.

The group urged European governments and EU institutions to take “decisive legal and security measures” against any abuse of diplomatic cover to threaten and suppress Iranian dissidents.

The US State Department said Iran’s nuclear program poses a global threat and urged Tehran to enter serious negotiations with Washington to resolve the dispute.

“Iran’s nuclear program poses a threat to the United States and the entire world,” a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

“Iran today stands in breach of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations by failing to provide full cooperation with the IAEA,” the spokesperson said, adding that Iran’s leadership “must engage in serious diplomatic negotiations with the United States to resolve the nuclear issue once and for all.”