Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says ships are avoiding the Strait of Hormuz because the United States and its allies fail to respect Iran’s trade and navigational rights.

In a post on the social media platform X on Tuesday, Araghchi stated: “The Strait of Hormuz is not closed. Ships hesitate because insurers fear the war of choice you initiated, not Iran.”

“No insurer, and no Iranian, will be swayed by more threats. Try respect,” he added.

He further warned that freedom of navigation must be accompanied by freedom of trade, saying, recognize Iran’s right to both of them, or you will be deprived of them as well.

During a phone conversation on Monday with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, Araghchi underscored that the Strait of Hormuz is closed only to vessels belonging to aggressor parties and their supporters, while ships from other countries face no issues transiting the strategic waterway after coordinating with Iranian authorities.

In a fresh wave of retaliatory strikes, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted the Israeli regime’s “secure” intelligence facilities in Tel Aviv.

The IRGC’s Public Relations Department said in a statement on Tuesday that it had carried out the 79th wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 against the Israeli and American targets.

Deploying powerful Kheybar Shekan, Emad, and Sejjil missiles alongside IRGC Aerospace Force kamikaze drones, the operation successfully breached the regime's multi-layered air defense systems, the statement said.

The missiles, it stated, targeted Israel’s intelligence facilities in northern and central Tel Aviv, as well as military commercial and support centers in Ramat Gan and the Negev.

The missiles also hit Israel’s southern military logistics and command headquarters in Beersheba.

The missile strikes triggered widespread panic across Israel and forced the suspension of a Knesset (parliament) session on Tuesday.

"Plumes of thick smoke and fire engulfing the Israeli-occupied territories, while forcing over two million people into shelters, serves as undeniable evidence of Iran’s advanced missile and drone capabilities."

List of Targeted Areas on Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Until 2:00 PM

Part One: Operations of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Occupied Territories:

Haifa

Nahariya

Ashkelon

Tel Aviv

Dimona

Beer al-Saba

Western Negev

Arad

Eilat

Bahrain:

US Bases in Bahrain

US Fifth Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain

Bahrain Defense Force Headquarters in Hamala (occupier positions)

US Facilities in Bahrain (Fires)

Kuwait:

Ali al-Salem Base, Kuwait

US Bases in Kuwait

7 Main Electricity Distribution Grids in Kuwait (Direct Hit)

Saudi Arabia:

Riyadh

Sultan Air Base

US Bases in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Part Two: Hezbollah Operations Lebanon

Occupied Territories:

Liman Barracks in Nahariya

Migdal Tefen Radar in the South of Ma'alut Tarshiha

Zionist Artillery in the Town of Sa'sa

Zionist Artillery in Ein Hakvashim

Nimr Jamal Facilities

Balat Site

Zionist Forces Gathering at Fatima Gate (Palestine-Lebanon Border)

Zionist Forces Gathering in the Border Town of Naqoura

Zionist Forces Gathering Southwest of Ma'al-Shaab

Zionist Forces Gathering in Tepe Al-Khamara

Part Three: Operations of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq

Northern Iraq (Kurdistan Region):

Separatist Headquarters in Erbil

American Harir Base

Separatist Spy Radars on Mount Koruk

American Positions in Erbil

Geographical Description:

Dimona: Location of the Zionist regime's nuclear facilities in the Negev Desert.

​Ali al-Salem Base: A strategic air base used by the US in Kuwait.

​Sa'sa and Ma'aluth Tarshiha: Zionist settlements in the Galilee region (northern occupied Palestine).

​Fatima Gate: An important border crossing between southern Lebanon and the Zionist settlement of Metula.

​Korak Mountain: Strategic heights in Erbil that are used as a monitoring and spying center.

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12:03 PM: Trump calls for ceasefire with Iran

12:05 PM: Trump declares victory

12:07 PM: Trump sends naval forces to Iran

12:08 PM: Trump says no troops on the ground

12:11 PM: Trump doesn't want a ceasefire

12:12 PM: Trump says Iran has no more humans

12:16 PM: Trump declares victory

12:17 PM: Trump calls for a ceasefire with Iran

12:18 PM: Trump asks for help for Iran

12:23 PM: Trump says NATO members are "dirty faces"

12:29 PM: Trump says Iran is begging for a ceasefire

12:31 PM: Trump says everything is great

12:37 PM: Trump He wants Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz

12:39: Trump says the Strait of Hormuz was never closed

12:41: Trump says the US is not at war with Iran

12:42: Trump declares victory in Iran

12:44: Trump says war with Iran is for nuclear weapons

12:45: Trump says Iran never had nuclear weapons

12:47: Trump says the world should thank him

12:51: Trump says the world is "dirty faces"

12:53: Trump gives himself the Trump Peace Prize

12:57: Trump declares victory in Iran

An hour later: Trump again calls for a ceasefire with Iran

Repeats every hour

Ayatollah Aarafi in response to Al-Azhar: Why do you call the defending country of Iran an aggressor?

Is it fair to ignore the crimes of America and Israel?

In a letter to the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, the director of the Iranian seminaries, while requesting a review of the institution's recent statement, emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran is defending itself and called ignoring the crimes of America and Israel against the Iranian people "a violation of justice and religious standards."

◽In recent history, there is no memory of the Islamic Republic of Iran initiating a war or conflict among Muslims. We have always adhered to good neighborliness and avoiding aggression, and now we have been subjected to blatant aggression and oppression.

It is regrettable that many Islamic countries ignore this clear truth and fail morally, humanely, and religiously in condemning this blatant cruelty.

The targeting of thousands of civilian centers, and the martyrdom of key scholars and leaders of crimes, headed by the assassination of #Imam_Khamenei, who was an active authority in the Ummah and the greatest support for the call for unity and solidarity. Indeed, ignoring the fact that the American and Israeli occupying forces began this aggression with widespread and horrific destruction

The Al-Azhar statement, despite our appreciation for it for its concern to stop the war and bloodshed, has addressed the consequences and results of the conflict and ignored the main causes of this disaster.

The statement spoke of a limited countermeasure, remained silent about the principle of aggression, and ignored the thousands of innocent civilian victims who died under the bombardment and destruction.

We are all expected to deal with the plight of the Ummah wisely and with penetrating insight. Therefore, we propose that a deep and comprehensive bond be re-established between the scholars of the Islamic world, and especially between the scholars of Qom and Al-Azhar.

Spoken of the headquarters of the Holy Prophet (PBUH):

Following previous warnings, if Iran's fuel and energy infrastructure is violated by the enemy, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted

In this article, Alexander Dugin (a prominent advisor to Putin) emphasizes Iran’s steadfastness as a model for Russia and calls for the formation of a conservative Russian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran is an example of endurance, spiritual integrity, patience, courage and uncompromising will. It is a model for us. It inspires our warriors and we, like Iran, will stand until victory, and Iran is winning right now.

Trump’s speeches are chaotic and becoming more and more pathetic. Today he said: You know, it’s a little unfair. You win the war, but they have no right to do that.

All these Western thugs think and talk like that. When Iranian or Russian children are killed, they deserve it; But as soon as they themselves have to sacrifice something, suddenly everything becomes unfair.

With such people of the Epstein clan, one can only speak from a position of power. Iran acts exactly like that, and this method is absolutely correct. Iran burned the statue of Baal. Baal responded, but a force is emerging that will stand even with Baal. The civilization of light will destroy Epstein's civilization; there is no doubt about that.

We have been at war with the West for four years now, but we have never seriously and openly spoken of victory over it. While Iran speaks of victory and sets conditions for the West from a position of power and is winning.

We must be more decisive. And of course, we must fundamentally put an end to the entire Yeltsin legacy, because its entirety is dragging us back like a heavy burden.

Meanwhile, neither Iran nor China have expressed the slightest complaint or reproach against us. This means that our path is correct. We are fighting for a multipolar world, and we must continue on this path. However, all those half-measures hidden in the strategy have lost their effectiveness.

To win, first of all, a great and steadfast will is needed. Iran is a living example of the practical meaning of this will for us.

And another point:

I believe that Russia should form the conservative Revolutionary Guard Corps of Russia. This should be the main pillar of Russia; a coherent, sent and purely ideological force. Just as the Communist Party of China is in China and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is in Iran. Only then will the country be safe.

The battalion did not notice the loss of a fighter, Yegor Letov thought deeply about these words: there was no beginning, there was no end. The battalion did not notice the loss of a fighter, what do these sentences mean?

The idea is more valuable than individuals.

The soul is superior to the body.

The homeland is above death.

This is true of a soldier on the front line; and of a mother raising her children — future fighters and mothers —; of a ruler looking down from his tower on a frozen city in anxiety; of an official who goes to the front line to stand with his people; of an artist who recreates heroism with his song; and of an engineer who builds a weapon to bring victory closer.

For all people, whether on the front line or behind the front line, nothing should be more important than God, the state, and the nation.

The “Conservative Revolutionary Guards of Russia” will ensure that no one deviates from this path.

Only in unity can we defeat the enemy. And let “the battalion not notice the loss of a single fighter”—for from the shattered and magical body of each martyr, thousands of new Russian souls will rise and mobilize for the eternal front of the “War of Light.”

The individual is not unimportant; he is very important, but only when he is full of light, and the less of “self” in us, the more of God in us.

Source: Strategic Assessment Analytical Database

American journalist Ethan Levins:

Day 21 of Operation Epstein's Fury

- Russian oil lifted from sanctions

- Iranian oil lifted from sanctions

- Ships pay Iran $2 million to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

- A trillion dollars wiped out of the {American} stock market

- ​​F-35 proven useless

- American bases under constant attack

- Khamenei replaced with Khamenei.

The head of Hezbollah's Liaison and Coordination Unit, Wafiq Safa, says the Lebanese resistance is ready for a long war with the Israeli regime and has many surprises in store.

In a statement released on Monday, Safa said that Hezbollah has many surprises for the Israeli regime, especially regarding “offensive drones” and will not abandon this war until it has defeated the occupying entity.

“After the resistance has ended this war, it will force the Lebanese government to recognize Hezbollah’s military operations as a necessary part of the country’s security and defense against Israel,” he concluded.

Indonesia, amid domestic criticism, has refused to make any financial commitments to join the US-backed Gaza initiative as a permanent member.

President Prabowo Subianto said his country would not pay the $1 billion required for permanent membership of the so-called peacekeeping force, and insisted that Jakarta's role would be limited to a "potential peacekeeping contribution."

"We never said we wanted to contribute $1 billion," Prabowo said in statements posted on his YouTube channel on Sunday.

He added that Indonesia had made "no financial commitments at all."

Limited role and possible withdrawal

Prabhow said Indonesia's participation would be limited to providing "peacekeeping" troops, following previous commitments to send 8,000 personnel to Gaza. However, he noted that Jakarta's participation remained conditional.

He stated that Indonesia could withdraw from the plan if it did not benefit the Palestinians or was not in line with national interests.

Indonesia's state news agency reported that talks with Washington on any deployment of "peacekeeping forces" had also been "suspended," citing a spokesman for the country's foreign ministry.