Iran's armed forces are at their highest state of readiness and prepared to respond to various threats and challenges, Ebrahim Aziz, chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly's National Security Committee, said on the 11th.

India exempted excise duty on gasoline with higher ethanol blends, according to an official notice.

Trump posted that the US will carry out a severe strike on Iran tonight, claiming Iran's navy, air force, radar, air defenses and other defensive systems, along with most of its offensive capabilities, are gone. He said that in the near future the US will seize kharg island and other oil infrastructure and take full control of Iran's oil and gas market, citing parallel action in Venezuela and saying it produced excellent results for both Venezuela and the United States.