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21.05.2026 14:20 The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Wednesday warned that any renewed US-Israeli aggression would trigger wider-than-ever retaliation, while President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated that the Islamic Republic will never bow to coercion.

21.05.2026 14:20 The Iranian authority controlling the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf has defined the supervisory management zone of the waterway.

21.05.2026 14:20 Iran reports increased ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz under new arrangements to facilitate transit via the key Persian Gulf waterway.

21.05.2026 14:20 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy announced on May 20 that 26 commercial ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours with "coordination and security provided" by the force.

21.05.2026 14:20 Twenty-six vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours, the naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday.

21.05.2026 14:20 Over two days, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the prospect that the cease-fire with Iran will be broken by new US military strikes -- in comments that have drawn close scrutiny from analysts and policymakers.

21.05.2026 14:20 US President Donald Trump says negotiations with Iran are approaching a conclusion, while warning of military action if Tehran fails to reach an agreement.

21.05.2026 14:20 Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament and the top negotiator in its previous talks with Washington, claimed the United States is seeking to reignite the war against Iran.

21.05.2026 14:20 The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has issued a statement saying that any resumption of US attacks on Iran will lead it to extend the war "beyond the region."

21.05.2026 14:20 Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps on Wednesday warned that if the U.S. and Israeli "aggression" against the country is repeated, the war will extend beyond the West Asia region.

21.05.2026 14:20 President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterates Iran's position that it will resist coercion aimed at forcing surrender, stressing that engagement with the Islamic Republic should instead be based on mutual respect.

21.05.2026 14:20 The United States and Israel must take responsibility for the war they started and find their own way out of the quagmire, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says.

21.05.2026 14:20 The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has warned that if aggression against Iran is repeated, the regional war that had previously been promised will this time be extended beyond the region, and that devastating blows would be delivered from places the enemy cannot imagine.

21.05.2026 14:20 The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a temporary shipping disruption but the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock that could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months. Avoiding such an outcome will require alternative trade routes, restraint on export restrictions, protection of humanitarian flows, and buffers to absorb higher transport costs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned.

21.05.2026 14:20 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have jointly condemned the recent US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, calling for dialogue as the only way to end the destabilizing conflict.