A senior Iranian diplomat says security in the Persian Gulf region must be ensured only by all regional countries within the region.

Kuwait has shut down the country’s only Iranian school as authorities intensify restrictions on pro-Iran expression.

Local sources have reported explosions and the eruption of a subsequent fire along the coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Iran’s negotiations with Oman over a new Strait of Hormuz corridor underscore Tehran’s sovereign determination to reshape regional security despite persistent US obstruction and increasingly futile attempts to influence the process, a senior Iranian official tells Press TV.

Iran's two-week retaliatory campaign against US aggression in the Strait of Hormuz demonstrated a methodical, multi-layered military strategy that systematically degraded American power projection through infrastructure strikes, A2/AD displacement, extended-range precision, ISR attrition, and terrorist suppression, exposing critical vulnerabilities in American air defense inventories.

Donald Trump has announced the cancellation of declared attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure after Tehran warned that any aggression would trigger a decisive response.

US officials say the Pentagon is thinking of reducing its military presence in Kuwait to minimize risk in light of the Iranian retaliatory attacks on American bases in the Persian Gulf kingdom.