Iran's Foreign Ministry said it will use diplomatic tools to protect national interests and security, while aware that the United States is the party in breach. It said it is advancing the process with clear awareness and heightened vigilance and will continue to do so.

伊朗外交部：任何国家的任何一部分土地，若被用于侵犯伊朗，都将理所当然地成为伊朗防御行动的目标。我们在何时、以何种方式、采取何种行动进行自卫，是由国家武装力量根据国家利益作出的决策。

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs monitoring: on July 13 the Agricultural Products Wholesale Price 200 Index was 111.09, up 0.65 points vs last Friday; the 'vegetable basket' wholesale price index was 110.82, up 0.76 points. As of 14:00 on July 13, national agricultural wholesale-market average prices: pork 15.95 yuan/kg, up 1.8% WoW; beef 66.69 yuan/kg, up 0.4%; mutton 64.48 yuan/kg, down 0.6%; eggs 9.81 yuan/kg, up 2.2%; broiler carcass 17.54 yuan/kg, up 2.0%.