The Supreme Leader said in a message marking the National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance that anyone who still holds even slight hope for a change in the behavior of the system of arrogance — or of its partisan and factional shifts — or who imagines that concessions to America can dissuade it from enmity toward the Iranian nation, is badly mistaken.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei said the United States must fully address and implement Iran's seven conditions before the Strait of Hormuz can be reopened, describing Washington's response to Tehran's demands as insufficient.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran would never surrender to threats or military aggression, warning that any strategic miscalculation by its adversaries would trigger an unpredictable military response.

Major General Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), and Russian President Vladimir Putin have held a telephone conversation to discuss the latest regional and international developments, with a particular focus on West Asia.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei warned against the normalization of Israeli crimes against Palestinians, stressing that the suffering and killing of civilians must not become routine news as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Tehran's two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains on the table as Qatari and Pakistani mediation continues, emphasizing that Iran is prepared for both diplomacy and any potential war.

Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that consultations with Qatari mediators over a plan concerning the Strait of Hormuz are ongoing but have not yet reached a definitive conclusion, and that any outcome depends on the answers the other side gives to Iran's questions.

Defense Minister Mehrdad Akhlaghi said Sunday that Iran's Defense Ministry will pursue "with determination" the upgrading of combat readiness and a strategy of immediate, effective and proportionate response to any threat, at any point and without geographic limitation, following directives from the Supreme Leader to senior armed forces commanders.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian congratulated his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the 72nd anniversary of Algeria's Liberation Revolution and National Day, expressing confidence in the further expansion of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has announced retaliatory measures against the United Kingdom, designating Britain's MI6 intelligence service as a hostile group and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organizations in response to London's hostile actions against Tehran.