Iran's new Supreme Leader vows to continue blocking Hormuz Strait in the first statement

Iran's new Supreme Leader vows continues to block Hormuz Strait , a key marine channel, in a statement read by a representative on state television, reports BBC, broadcast Periscope.

Mojtaba Khamenei é, who has not been seen in public since after his father, says Iran will also say Iran will “revenges on Iranian blood” who were killed.

More cargo ships are Attacked in the Persian Gulf Apparently from Iran.

Two tankers were hit near Iraq, while a container ship was hit near the United Arab Emirates. Iranian state media says Iranian forces were after at least one attack.

In Iran, US-Israel attacks in Tehran have targeted the checkpoints on the street of Basij a volunteer militia that has suppressed the protests.

The US and Israel want to create the conditions for Iranians to take to the streets, writes Lyse Doucet But for people living there, the attacks are amplifying their fears as the war intensifys around them.

Israeli attacks have killed several people in Lebanon, including at least eight in the coastal area of Beirut While Israel is also committing “large-scale” attacks on Iran.