India, July 8 -- Senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader, Ali Akbar Velayati, has blamed the US for the resumption of hostilities in the Gulf region, saying that President Donald Trump's "verbal admission" of cancelling the US-Iran MoU had once again "driven the region towards fire".

Taking to X, Velayati posted that the region is not a place for the "political gambling of small countries."

"We had previously warned that the region is not a place for the political gambling of small countries, and we have repeatedly proven that adventures are met with an immediate response", he wrote.

The advisor further stated that Iran had "its finger on the trigger", and would not remain "silent against humiliation and adventurism".

Earlier, US Pres...