After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
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Press Briefing on Canadian Indigenous Women and Girls
About Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, a press briefing is held. Seated from left to right are: Michèle Audette, Senator of Canada; Coralee McGuire-Cyrette, Ontario Native Women’s Association; Bailey Oster, Director of Youth Programs and Services of the Métis Nation of Alberta; and RoseAnne Archibald (not pictured), National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The briefing is sponsored by the Assembly of First Nations and the Permanent Mission of Canada (AFN) on March 8,2023-UN Photo by Eskinder Debebe