I just had a good call with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.

His engagement in the Iran-US negotiation is informative and constructive. I thanked him for his important contribution.

I am only sorry we were not able to have those technical discussions in Vienna today as was agreed in Geneva last week.

Strait of Hormuz is closed. Anyone who wants to pass, our self-sacrificing heroes in the IRGC Navy and the Army will set those ships on fire.

Don't come to this region.

The price of oil has reached 82 dollars and surely the world is waiting for it to reach at least 200 dollars.

We will also hit their pipelines in the region and we will not allow oil to be exported from this region so that they are in a tight spot.

Be careful not to help the enemy.

We will get through these days, but we will not forget your actions.

The Americans have thousands of billions of dollars in debt. They are thirsty for the region's oil.

Not a single drop of oil will be poured down your throat — know this.

History doesn’t care if we are tired, scared, or if the fight feels big; it demands warriors who rise anyway.

Peace through strength, the warrior ethos, lethality, unity of purpose, those are not slogans. They're the beating heart of what it means to wear the uniform

We are not defenders anymore. We are warriors, trained to kill the enemy and break their will. History is watching.

We will finish this on America first conditions of President Trump's choosing. Nobody else has achieved it.

And know this above all, President Trump and I have your back always.

May almighty God watch over you, and his providential arms of protection extend over you. Godspeed warriors, and keep going.

The Middle East has close economic relations with the Russian Federation and has influence.

If they give a signal to Russia regarding a ceasefire, for example, for some time—a month, a term of two months—we can then send and protect the civilian population, send our specialists.

It is no coincidence that Moscow and the regime in Iran were so close. What unites them is their lack of respect for people.

And all of us in Europe and around the world must be effective in defending against such regimes; we must be effective so that life prevails.

In the past, we have repeatedly warned regional countries that if America enters a war with us, it cannot remain limited to just us and America; it will involve the whole region.

Not because we want to regionalize it, but because American bases and facilities are spread across our region.

From our point of view, those bases are legitimate targets, because they belong to the country attacking us, even if they claim they are not being used against Iran.

America is targeting parts of our country every day: hospitals and schools. More than 160 innocent schoolgirls were killed by American bombs and missiles.

And we’re told we shouldn’t strike their regional bases just because a specific base didn’t participate?

What kind of talk is this?

From our perspective, the war is not a regional one. It is a war between Iran and America that has unfortunately spread throughout the region.

We have no war with the countries in the region, except for the Zionist regime.

But unfortunately, American forces are spread across different countries in the region, and we are forced to counter them.

This confrontation of ours is with America.