Iran's acting defense minister said Tehran has accurately identified adversary vulnerabilities and knows how, when and to what extent to apply pressure.

The US on Friday announced a new round of sanctions after Iran resumed attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Treasury designated Dubai-based Iranian banker and businessman Ali Ansari — previously sanctioned by the UK — as a key financier of Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba, accusing him of moving public wealth into overseas real estate and commercial assets to benefit himself, regime elites and the IRGC. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also designated major Iranian currency exchange houses, which it said transfer tens of billions of dollars annually on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks and use multi-layered shell companies to conceal the government’s illicit financial activity.

President Zelenskiy said Ukraine will establish a long-range strike command within its armed forces targeting Russia.