Overview
- Saturday’s Army Day messages from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei praised the military’s defense in the 40‑day U.S.-Israel conflict and promised new steps to expand drone, missile and naval power.
- IRGC aerospace chief Majid Mousavi said Sunday that Iran is reloading and rebuilding missile and drone launchers at a pace faster than before the war.
- Iran says a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire that began April 8 still holds after Islamabad talks ended without a deal.
- Commanders restated restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran declared closed again on Saturday, and state media said the disruption has squeezed global oil and LNG flows.
- U.S. officials quoted by major outlets offered conflicting views of the strikes’ impact, from claims of a “functionally destroyed” missile program to assessments that Iran preserved many launchers in underground sites.