Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami blasted London for the seizure of a supertanker of his country in the Strait of Gibraltar, warning that Tehran will not tolerate the British piracy.

Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi blasted Britain for continued seizure of the country's oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar, warning London of its dire consequences.

A senior member of the Iranian parliament has shared more details of a plan to collect tolls from foreign ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

Commander of Iran's Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi underlined that his country will give a crushing response to any aggression by enemies.

Iran announced on Sunday that it has rejected Washington's demand for a limited and unimportant attack against the country to save face after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) downed a US drone over its territorial waters.

Iran's foreign ministry in a statement called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to set up a fact-finding committee to probe into the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomats.

Former Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Rezayee said on Friday that seizure of the Iranian oil tanker by London in Spanish territorial waters must be reciprocated with detaining a British tanker if the seized Iranian tanker is not released immediately.

Spokesman of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Keivan Khosravi blasted US President Donald Trump for his threats against Iran, saying that the country has for several decades been bitten by Washington but it is armed with an antidote named "active resistance".

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a tweet on Wednesday, referred to the US downing of a passenger plane over Tehran’s territorial waters in 1988, underlining that Washington’s aggression against his country is not a new phenomenon started by President Donald Trump.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Saudi Arabia is responsible for the safety of this year's Hajj Islamic pilgrimage and must guarantee that all pilgrims will be treated with respect.