TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) –Iran Army Navy has announced that an oil tanker violating maritime restrictions caught fire in a restricted area east of the Strait of Hormuz after switching off its tracking systems and attempting to navigate through the area.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Spokesman for the Iranian Army Brigadier General Akraminia has said that new operational plans are currently underway that will force hostile American vessels to flee to even greater distances.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – The US return to the military confrontation with Iran, at a condition when Washington continues to emphasize its own military superiority, could impose even heavier costs on the United States.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has said that women and girls of the country are the pioneers of the resistance behind the frontlines of war imposed against the country.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Reacting to the remarks of the US secretary of state who had claimed Iran's economy would collapse, Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader said, “Not only Iran’s economy did not collapse, but also became stronger, viable."

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that aggression and warmongering by the US and the Israeli regime have severely damaged regional ecosystems, driving catastrophic environmental destruction.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Colombia’s decision to open an embassy in occupied al-Quds, describing the move as contrary to the United Nations Charter and the fundamental principles of international law.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has called on the British government not to conceal its destructive role in insecurity in the West Asian region by deflecting blame.

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Army Commander-in-Chief Major General Amir Hatami has said should the inalienable rights of the Iranian nation are not observed, restrictions regarding passage through the Strait of Hormuz will continue.