Iran has permitted some Indian vessels to pass through the beleaguered Strait of Hormuz, where millions of barrels are being held up as war in the region rages.

Mohammad Fathali, Tehran's Ambassador to India said on Saturday, that a rare exception was made to the blockade that has disrupted global energy supplies.

He did not confirm the number of vessels that have been provided safe passage, speaking at broadcaster India Today's conclave in New Delhi.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have largely halted ​traffic through the strait, which runs past its coast and through which around 20 per cent of global oil ​and seaborne liquefied natural gas is supplied.

Ehsan Jahanian, political deputy to the governor of the Bushehr province in southern Iran, has said that oil exports are “fully under way” and oil terminals “remain intact” after US strikes on Kharg Island.

He said: “The process of exporting oil from the Kharg oil terminal is fully under way, and the activities of companies based on the island are continuing without interruption”, according to a report by the Tasnim News Agency.

Jahanian added that “parts of the military facilities and Kharg Airport” were damaged, but explained that “no military personnel, oil company employees, or island residents suffered casualties in the attack, and all sectors are continuing their routine activities”.

In a statement released on Saturday, the Israeli military said it “completed several additional waves of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and southern Lebanon” on Friday.

It added that “additional command centers established by the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Beirut were struck and destroyed”.

“This included Hezbollah command centers from which terrorists operated to advance terror attacks against the State of Israel and its residents,” the military continued.

“Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, IDF strikes in Lebanon have severely damaged the organization’s command and control capabilities, its financial situation, and the weapons in its possession.”

The Israeli military claimed it had struck “approximately 110 Hezbollah command centers” as part of the Operation.

Israel went on to accuse Hezbollah of embedding its infrastructure “within the civilian population across Lebanon”.

Iran is to use new “upgraded weapons” in the attacks against the US and Israel, the country’s defence ministry spokesperson told Iranian state media on Saturday.

“Iran will use ballistic missiles and different types of missiles with greater destructive power and greater precision,” they said.

Experts have speculated that Iran is engaging in a war of attrition, exhausting expensive American weaponry before using its best resources.

Russia is the first country to send Iran humanitarian aid amid ongoing US-Israeli strikes on the country. Azerbaijan is assisting in the mission.

The country has found itself isolated from its Gulf neighbours after attacking US military bases in surrounding countries.

“Russia becomes the first country to send humanitarian aid to Iran,” wrote the Russian embassy in Kenya on Saturday.

“An Il-76 aircraft delivered more than 13 tons of medical supplies to Azerbaijan which will assist in transferring it to the Iranian authorities.”

Over 3.2 million have been displaced in Iran according to the United Nations and over 1,300 people have been killed.

It was a moment of silence that spoke a thousand words.

The silent protest took place at the opening match of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup tournament in Australia, just days after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since the beginning of the war, more than 1,300 people in Iran have been killed and the conflict has spread throughout the Middle East.

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An Iranian politician has threatened that the Islamic Republic could capture US troops after President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Kharg Island, which exports over 90 per cent of Iran’s oil exports and is home to its main oil export terminal.

“If they dare to commit such an act and sit on a part of our soil, why shouldn't we go to a part of their soil - which now exists in the form of their regional bases - carry out a helicopter landing there, and capture their forces?” Manouchehr MottakiI, a former foreign minister and currently a member of Iran’s parliament.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that US interests in the United Arab Emirates, including ports, docks and military locations, are legitimate targets after US forces attacked Iranian islands, Iranian state media reported.

In its statement, IRGC urged residents in UAE to evacuate ports, docks, and US military shelters to avoid civilian casualties.

It comes after Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Thursday that Tehran will "abandon all restraint" if any of Iran’s islands were attacked after Axios reports that the US was eyeing a take over.

“Any aggression against soil of Iranian islands will shatter all restraint. We will abandon all restraint and make the Persian Gulf run with the blood of invaders,” said Ghalibaf in a post on X.