Hardliner criticizes calls for negotiation in response to US military action

The naval branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it responded to what it called a US “violation of commitments” by targeting “US Army deployment sites in the region.”

In a statement, it said the response followed a US airstrike on Iran, which it described as a breach of a ceasefire and international arrangements related to the Strait of Hormuz.

“According to Article 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, arrangements for controlling transit and movement in the Strait of Hormuz are under the responsibility of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the United States, by inciting various parties, sought to violate this commitment, and an appropriate response was given, and it will be the same going forward. In the event of a repeated act of aggression, our response will be broader than this," the statement added.

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday Iran “signed a ceasefire agreement” and warned that “violence will be met with violence,” adding that disagreements over the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) can be resolved by phone.

"Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone. But violence will be met with violence," he posted on X.

The hardline outlet “Khate Energy” said on Friday that “the mission of Grossi is completing a new target bank for Israel.”

In a video shared by the outlet, expert Majid Rajabi said that in talks in Switzerland, the two sides agreed to establish a nuclear working group, and that Iran allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency to enter the country.

The post also said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “needs information to create a new target bank, and that is why inspectors are coming back to Iran, to serve that purpose."

Iranian MP and Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Ebrahim Azizi said on Friday that the US “attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations once again.”

"The US attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations once again. The failed U.S. President has shown he has no commitment to the principles of negotiation or a ceasefire. This reckless violation of the ceasefire will, as always, lead to retreat and regret on their part. The blame game does not work anymore," Azizi posted on X.

Israel's ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, thanked the Trump administration after the signing of an Israel-Lebanon agreement, saying Iran and Hezbollah would not prevent the two countries from pursuing peace.

"We are on the track toward security and peace between Israel and Lebanon," Leiter wrote on X. "Today’s signing says loud and clear: both our people’s want peace, and Iran and its terror proxy, Hezbollah, won’t get in the way of achieving it. The sovereign governments of Israel and Lebanon will decide the fate of our people, and shape the future of our countries, not the mullahs of Teheran."