In Iran, the Revolutionary Guards Navy announced that three oil tankers, one in the Strait of Hormuz and the other on its eastern border, exploded after hitting a mine and caught fire. At the same time, the Central Command of the US Army, CENTCOM, said that yesterday it targeted a commercial ship in the Sea of Oman in an attempt to cross the Iranian naval blockade.
Defense Minister Eyal Katz accused Iran of renewing efforts to build nuclear bombs and called for unity against "Iran's nuclear threat".
Inside Iran, the change of the nuclear doctrine is still being discussed. Mohammad Javad Larijani, head of the Basic Knowledge Research Institute, said nuclear weapons could be used tactically against US military bases.
Meizan News Agency, which is affiliated with Iran's judiciary, confirmed that the death sentence of Hassan Deoband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zangana, three of the detainees in the December 1404 Karaj robbery, was carried out on Sunday morning. The Iranian Human Rights Organization says the number of protesters executed in January is 39.
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