Government forces and militants restart fresh clashes as the unilateral Russia-mediated ceasefire ends.

Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi emphasized that the enemies’ spread propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran and accuse Iran of supporting terrorism and said they see their political interests in this matter while all their words are lies.

Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on army soldiers, fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units and Kurdish Peshmerga forces battling to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS militants to protect civilians trapped there.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic supports any measures aimed at restoring stability to global oil markets.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the decrease in global oil prices was leverage to exert pressure on countries that are independent from the United States.