The deputy director of the Maritime Affairs Office of Iran’s Ports and Shipping Organization says 24 crew members of seized container ship MCS Aries are in good health and there is no need to be worried about their safety.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, on Tuesday confirmed reports that its chief Rafael Grossi will travel to Iran to meet senior officials on May 6-7.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that if the US had the will to secure a truce in the Gaza Strip, it could have stopped the shipment of weapons and ammunition to Israel and cut off its financial and political support for the regime.

Iranians held ceremonies on Sunday to mark the National Persian Gulf Day to assert Iran's sovereignty over the body of water in south of the country and once again remind that any misnomer by any county including the Arab neighbors on the waterway or ownership claim is condemned.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the harsh crackdown on anti-Israeli students in the US and their arrest in Western universities, especially in the US, is yet another scandal for the fake defenders of the freedom of speech.

Iran’s Ham-Mihan newspaper says the country has experienced its highest inflation in 80 years during the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi’s tenure.

The former deputy of the Arvnad Free Zone in southern Iran has been reportedly detained in on corruption charges.

Iran’s Minister of Industries, Mines and Commerce Abbas Aliabadi says Iran has turned into a regional trade and industrial hub despite the Western sanctions.