Reactions and statements from the international community
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran expressed frustration during the 1979 Islamic Revolution over Western attempts to understand and humanize the Islamist regime, which he believed was engaging in indiscriminate violence and massacre.
On Friday, May 8, a citizen sent a video to Iran International showing smoke rising from a point in southwestern Tehran after the sound of a fighter jet was heard and a target was hit.
Ruhollah Momen-Nasab, Secretary of the Tehran Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Headquarters, criticized the government for closing borders and the Strait of Hormuz to enemies while allowing control of cyberspace to be compromised. He emphasized that cyberspace must not revert to its previous state, drawing a parallel to the unchanging status of martyrs.
Ibrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Parliament's National Security Commission, stated that the United States lacks the capability to navigate the Strait of Hormuz with its current naval forces, dismissing U.S. military strength as insufficient. Rezaei further asserted that even the entire U.S. Navy would be unable to pass through the strait, predicting defeat and retreat.
The article inquires about the number of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fast boats sunk during the previous night's military operations. No specific numbers or locations are provided.
U.S. warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz came under fire twice this week; in response, American forces struck Iranian targets yesterday, hitting sites on Qeshm Island and in Bandar Abbas.
In the final hours of the seventeenth of Ordibehesht, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and Fars News Agency reported that Qeshm Island, specifically the commercial area of Bahman Pier, came under military attack, resulting in damage to the pier's administrative building. Tehran accused the UAE of involvement in the attack.
The International Maritime Organization warned on Thursday that the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has left approximately 1,500 ships and nearly 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Persian Gulf, causing significant disruption to maritime traffic.
In a Truth Social post, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that three American destroyers successfully navigated through the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump claiming that Iranian attacks on the ships were neutralized, resulting in the destruction of Iranian speedboats, intercepted missiles, and downed drones. Trump also warned that if Iran does not comply with U.S. demands quickly, further actions will be taken that will be "much more severe and harsh."
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that American forces intercepted Iranian Islamic Republic missile, drone, and fast boat attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and, in response, targeted the sources of these attacks inside Iran.
CENTCOM announced early Friday that it had conducted strikes on military positions in Iran after Iran targeted warships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM stated it is not seeking to escalate tensions.
Three American destroyers passing through the Strait of Hormuz toward the Persian Gulf came under fire from Iranian missiles, according to a post by President Donald Trump on his social media. Trump claimed the missiles and subsequent drones were neutralized without damage to U.S. vessels.
