Iran digs in as US envoys Kushner and Witkoff head to Pakistan for more talks

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the operational centre of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces, warned of a “severe reaction” if the US continued its “naval blockade, maritime piracy and robbery in the region”.Iran’s defence ministry also said that much of the country’s missile strength remained intact and Iran produced more than 1,000 types of weapons of its own, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.The ministry said that while Iran had leveraged its control of the Strait of Hormuz into a geopolitical gain, it still had three goals in the conflict with the US: securing compensation for damage, pursuing accountability for those killed during the conflict, and strengthening deterrence to prevent future threats. Iran releases video of 2 container ships seized in the Strait of Hormuz