Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that communication with the country’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was very “difficult at the moment.”
Khamenei, who was wounded in the US-Israeli strike that launched the Middle East war, has not appeared in public since succeeding his father, who was killed in the same attack.
“It is very difficult to communicate with him at the moment, but in any case, his presence is a very great source of strength for us so that we can continue,” Pezeshkian said.
Meanwhile, an oil tanker reported hearing explosions while transiting the Hormuz Strait near Oman, a British maritime agency said, as Tehran and Muscat hold talks to jointly manage the key waterway.
“The Master of a tanker has reported hearing two explosions whilst transiting in the Strait of Hormuz,” the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on X, an incident that occurred about ten miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Kumzar, Oman.
“The report confirms that crew and vessel are safe. No environmental damage has been reported,” UKMTO said.
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Iran has exercised de facto control of the waterway and threatened any vessels transiting routes it deems unauthorized ever since the United States and Israel launched their war against the country on February 28.
On the other hand, two Israeli reserve soldiers were killed during combat in southern Lebanon, the military said Thursday, where Israel has been fighting Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. (AFP)
