The British government reportedly co-owns UAE-controlled Berbera port in Somaliland, which is part of a network of Emirati infrastructure used to arm the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.

The chief justice of Iran’s Hormozgan Province says a recently seized tanker and its fuel cargo worth more than five million dollars will be transferred to government ownership.

Iran’s IRGC seizes a large ship carrying four million liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.

Iran reiterates its firm rejection of any interventionist stances towards its territorial integrity.

Iran’s strategic islands – Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunb, and Sirri – function as “unsinkable carriers” anchoring layered defenses, a role aptly demonstrated in the 2025 Shahid Mohammad Nazeri exercise, underscoring Iranian sovereignty and red‑line enforcement.

Iran has summoned the Cyprus ambassador to Tehran to protest meddlesome remarks concerning the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.

Iran has seized an Eswatini-flagged vessel in the Persian Gulf on charges of transporting smuggled fuel.