On Aug 3, Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, told media Iran will not permit the United States to open any non‑Iranian shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and would regard US warships deployed on such illegal routes as targets. He added Iran had prepared strikes on three sites in Ukraine but called them off after Ukraine apologized.

2026-08-04

On Aug 3, Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, told media Iran will not permit the United States to open any non‑Iranian shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and would regard US warships deployed on such illegal routes as targets. He added Iran had prepared strikes on three sites in Ukraine but called them off after Ukraine apologized.