May 22: Iran hosts Pakistani army chief, oversees transit of more vessels through Strait of Hormuz

By Press TV Website Staff

Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran on Friday as part of efforts to end the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) oversaw another 35 ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials issued statements on media outreach, humanitarian concerns, diplomatic exchanges, and international reactions to the US-Israeli aggression.

Key developments on day 84 of the war, the forty-fourth day of the ceasefire:

• Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Tehran on Friday to discuss ongoing Iran-US negotiations aimed at ending the aggression that began when Washington and Tel Aviv launched military strikes on the Islamic Republic on February 28.
• The IRGC announced that it coordinated the transit of another 35 ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours.
• President Masoud Pezeshkian said public relations professionals should play a crucial role in raising public awareness, given that Zionist media outlets prevent people from seeing the truth.
• The IRGC expressed gratitude to all those who have participated, organized, and created the epic of nightly popular gatherings in support of the Islamic Republic in the face of the US-Israeli aggressors.
• Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, Ali Bahraini, warned against the humanitarian impact of the “illegal” US naval blockade against Iran, stressing that it constitutes “a war crime”.The 
• Iranian ambassador to France said the Islamic Republic and Oman have been discussing a permanent toll system for the Strait of Hormuz.
• Tehran denounced the deliberate attack on the Pasteur Institute of Iran during the recent US-Israeli war of aggression, saying those behind the “flagrant war crime” should be brought to justice.
• Iran strongly condemned US sanctions on Lebanese citizens and officials, as well as the Iranian envoy to Beirut, calling them an “illegal and unjustified” act aimed at inciting sedition in Lebanon.
• Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the head of Iran's negotiating delegation in the talks with the United States, appointed foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei as the official spokesperson for the team.
• Iran hit back at German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for downplaying the unlawful attacks by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic as merely an “unnecessary war”, saying they were a “blatant” act of aggression against a sovereign state.
• The chairman of Yemen's Supreme Political Council reiterated his country’s full support for Iran, stressing that the recent events have shown that the Israeli regime can be defeated despite its military capabilities.
• New satellite imagery exposed damage to multiple Israeli military installations from Iran and Hezbollah's defensive operations, raising questions about the extent of destruction that Tel Aviv may be concealing from public view.
• The United States shouldered the vast majority of Israel’s missile defense during the war with Iran, firing far more advanced interceptors than the Israeli regime itself, according to Pentagon assessments, as per the Washington Post.
• US President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard resigned amid intense pressure from the White House after she strongly objected to the US-led illegal war of aggression against Iran on the flimsy excuse of nuclear weapons, reports said.
• A new survey revealed that US economic confidence has plummeted to its worst level since 2022, largely due to the fallout from the illegitimate and unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
• The Irish foreign minister called for an EU-wide ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements as the occupying regime pushes ahead with a Palestinian land grab and the expansion of settlements across the occupied West Bank. 
• The United States postponed the delivery of weapons and munitions to Chinese Taipei due to the depletion of arms stocks.
• Lebanon’s Health Ministry said six paramedics and a child were killed in Israeli strikes on Southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement officially in effect.
• The Egyptian presidency pressed Al-Azhar, the leading authority in Sunni Islam, to publicly support the UAE and other Persian Gulf Arab states in the US-Israeli war against Iran, a report by the Middle East Eye said.
• Saudi Arabia halted new contracts for Western consultancies and delayed payments as the kingdom struggles with a ballooning budget deficit triggered by the US-Israeli aggression against Iran and its regional fallout.
• Former US combat veteran, Ken O'Keefe, delivered an emotional rebuke to Washington at the site of a destroyed Iranian elementary school, slamming US lies about an attack that killed 168 Iranians, most of them children.

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