Reports related to demonstrations and public protests
The UAE Foreign Ministry reported that the country sustained 2,819 missile and drone attacks from Iran during the war, including 537 ballistic missiles, 26 cruise missiles, and 2,256 drones.
The U.S. released a video showing its forces boarding and seizing the Iranian container ship M/V Touska near the Hormuz Strait when it attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade.
Azim Ebrahimipour, head of the "Jihad of Clarification Headquarters," stated that Mojtaba Khamenei was in the courtyard during the attack on the leadership residence and suffered only a minor leg injury from the blast wave. Ebrahimipour also dismissed claims of additional injuries as false and suggested they are an attempt by enemies to create division.
On April 20, U.S. Marines rappelled from helicopters departing the USS Tripoli (LHA 7) over the Arabian Sea to board and seize the Iranian-flagged vessel M/V Touska, which had been disabled by the USS Spruance (DDG 111) after failing to comply with warnings from U.S. forces over six hours.
Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are stationed in the Arabian Sea to support the U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas.
Mohammad, an eye injury victim from the Green Movement, told Nilufar Mansouri of Iran International at a gathering of Iranians in Los Angeles that the Islamic Republic caused his injury during the Green Movement protests. He also noted that eye injuries occurred during earlier protests, including the Silence Protests, where many people were injured by gunfire.
Iran's Vice President stated that the security of the Strait of Hormuz is not free and that one cannot restrict Iran's oil exports while expecting others to benefit from free security. The vice president warned that the choice is between a free oil market for all or significant costs for everyone, emphasizing the need for an end to economic and military pressure against Iran and its allies to ensure global fuel price stability.
The US attacked an Iranian container ship en route from China to Iran, according to the Emergency Command of the Armed Forces in Iran, which declared the US had violated a ceasefire. In response, Iran's armed forces retaliated by attacking US military ships with drones.
Tasnim, the news agency affiliated with the IRGC, reported that after seizing the Tuska ship, Islamic Republic forces attacked U.S. military ships with drones.
The Islamic Regime in Iran violated a ceasefire by firing on an Indian crude oil tanker, the Sanmar Herald, yesterday.
As of Monday in the Middle East, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) representatives have not arrived in Pakistan for scheduled negotiations with the United States.
The article speculates that recent pictures of Mojtaba Khamenei are absent because he reportedly appears to resemble the second phase of a Resident Evil boss character.
