Iran's supreme leader set to shift to offensive tactics in war

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's definite strategy is to shift the war

to an offensive phases if Iran's conditions are not met,

an adviser to the country's supreme leader says.

This as Iran's joint military command says no ship could safely pass through

the Strait of Hormuz with Iran's permission and supervision.

Spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Ebrahim Zolfaghari

said Thursday that "No commercial vessel or oil tanker has been or will be able

to safely transit the strait without the authorisation and supervision

of Iran's powerful Armed Forces.

He said the strait remains under the full management and control

of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Zolfaghari dismissed the US statements that ships were passing

through the strait as normal.

"The United States baseless claims that vessels are transiting

the Strait of Hormuz normally are nothing but falsehoods and lies," he said.

Meanwhile Iran was working to clean up an oil spill off Qeshm Island

in the Strait of Hormuz,

highlighting the environmental damage caused by the ongoing conflict

involving Iran, the United States and Israel.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei suggested Iran

should receive compensation for its efforts to contain the spill.

In a post on X, he said anyone who benefits from commercial shipping

through the Strait of Hormuz is obligated both legally and morally

to take action to compensate for and remedy the environmental damage.

Iran has not said what caused the spill.

But TankerTracker.com posted satellite images on X saying

the spill appears to have resulted from an Iranian attack on a bulk carrier off Oman.

The oil then drifted across the Strait towards Iran.

Oman has responded to another oil spill in the Arabian Sea

from a tanker grounded off its southern coast.

No party has claimed responsibility and the cause of a reported explosion

has not been revealed.

Environmental exports said oil has been spreading rapidly in recent weeks

from the partially submerged tanker to nearby protected marine areas.