Iranian Majles Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf stated that Iran has the upper hand in negotiations with the U.S., describing negotiations as a form of combat alongside street protests and battlefield operations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran had planned a massive attack against Israel, which he likened to a Holocaust, and claimed that joint actions with the United States prevented this threat.
On Tuesday, Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that 35 members of the Popular Mobilization Forces from Iraq entered Iran through the Shalamcheh border and were heading to the city of Minab to offer condolences to the families of students at Shajareh Tayebeh School.
More than two dozen Iran-linked ships carrying oil and gas have evaded the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Iranian Majles Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf: "Negotiations are a form of fighting alongside the street and battlefield. I am a soldier in the realm of negotiations. Iran has the upper hand over the U.S. America was forced to seek a ceasefire."
