Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said regional issues should be resolved through diplomacy and blamed the United States for insecurity and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday.
A supertanker caught fire after striking a sea mine south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Tuesday. Iranian media reported that the vessel was allegedly operating in violation of Iranian maritime regulations.
The incident occurred near one of the world's most important oil shipping lanes, raising fresh concerns over maritime security in the Gulf.
Iranian authorities did not immediately provide details on casualties or the extent of the damage, and the claims could not be independently verified.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday about the importance of eliminating Iran's ruling regime.
“We are committed to completing the elimination of the Iranian regime,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office. “I have discussed this with Trump many times, including the day before yesterday.”
Britain will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets on defensive counter-air missions to help protect Saudi cities and critical infrastructure from Houthi aerial attacks, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
Türkiye has sent the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, to parliament to be ratified, three parliamentary sources said on Tuesday.
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus will submit the agreement to parliament's foreign affairs commission after returning to Türkiye, two of the sources said.
Iran warned Tuesday that any U.S. military attack would be met with retaliation, dismissing claims that Washington had conveyed a message expecting Tehran not to respond to a potential strike.
Speaking at his weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei described suggestions that the U.S. could attack Iran without facing retaliation as an “illusion.”
Baqaei rejected claims that Washington had sent a message based on the premise that Iran should refrain from responding to a potential U.S. attack.
Explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday following a security warning issued by the country’s National Early Warning Platform amid escalating hostilities with Yemen’s Houthis.
Saudi Civil Defence announced on X that an alert had been issued in Riyadh over a potential danger.
The Yemeni army said late Monday that 129 Houthi fighters were killed and 176 others wounded in clashes and airstrikes over the past two days in the southwestern province of Taiz.
In a statement, the army’s Taiz Military Axis Command said government forces continued their offensive against Houthi positions in the al-Misrakh district, south of Taiz city, for a second consecutive day.
Britain's Foreign Office said it advises against all but essential travel to Saudi Arabia, after attacks by Yemen's Houthis on the country.
Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-backed coalition in Yemen, says coalition forces have destroyed 127 Houthi weapons depots and missile launch platforms.
He also released footage showing coalition strikes on boats and shipments allegedly used by the Houthis for smuggling.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran and Russia are cooperating more closely than at any point in their history following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Tehran.
Araghchi said the discussions covered regional and global developments, including Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine and Yemen.
Yemen’s Houthi group fired four ballistic missiles at the government-held city of Marib late Monday while the army reported repelling a separate Houthi assault in the country’s south, according to local authorities and military officials.
Marib’s local government said the missiles targeted the densely populated city, which hosts large numbers of displaced people.
The authorities gave no immediate details on casualties or damage.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that both Iran and Russia maintain that there are no military solutions to the current regional issues and these issues must be solved through diplomatic and political channels.
Araghchi made the remarks at a joint press conference with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after their meeting in Tehran.
“We know that this insecure situation is a direct consequence of the military aggression launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
The war and economic blockade launched by the United States and Israel are the main reasons for the insecurity in our region,” he said.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Monday that it would unveil new targets and weapons, drawing attention to major undersea internet cables crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with the United States.
“Seven major internet cables run beneath the Strait of Hormuz,” said IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi, claiming that all internet and commercial data traffic passed through them.
“We just want them to know that new targets will be unveiled. New weapons will be unveiled,” he added.
Mohebbi made the remarks during a ceremony at Tehran’s Sacred Defense Museum, the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported.
He also vowed to drive what he called the remnants of U.S. power out of the region.
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