AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoHormuz Escalation: Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned the US that targeting Iranian energy facilities means “you get struck,” after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington would destroy Iranian tankers if Iran attacks US ships. Maritime Rules Change: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei says Tehran will announce a new restricted Gulf zone and approve maps for a shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, with ships entering the area facing sanctions. Retaliation Talk: Iran insists its actions are “legitimate self-defence” under UN rules, while US strikes disabled and destroyed Iranian-linked tankers after IRGC ballistic missile attacks on US warships. Nuclear Diplomacy: The IAEA urged Iran to reengage as a Western draft resolution could refer Tehran to the UN Security Council. Culture & Protest Fallout: Activist Masih Alinejad alleges rapper Erfan Mirzaei was executed in secret after a January protest arrest. Lifestyle/Everyday Life: Iran doubled gasoline station-card rates and kept small quotas cheap as sanctions bite, while the rial slides.
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