On December 14, 2025, the USS Rafael Peralta, a U.S. guided-missile destroyer, intercepted a vessel flying the Iranian flag near an Iranian port. The location of the interception was not specified.

On December 14, 2025, the USS Rafael Peralta, a U.S. guided-missile destroyer, intercepted a vessel flying the Iranian flag near an Iranian port. The location of the interception was not specified.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Tehran next week to pay respects to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and to reaffirm Pakistan's solidarity with Iran.
Mojtaba Khamenei’s office released a poster showing leaders of Iran’s proxy groups holding hands, titled "Resistance Front alongside Iran," on December 14, 2025.
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman in Muscat to discuss the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran's nuclear program.