India, April 10 -- The "key" has become a running metaphor for Iranian official handles on social media as the country continues to use its lock on the Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the US and Israel, and demands that attacks on Lebanon also be stopped as part of truce struck earlier in the week.

"The key is in Lebanon's hands," the Iranian embassy in Bulgaria posted on X on April 9, Thursday, a day after the two-week temporary ceasefire was reached. Israel insists that its parallel war in Lebanon - where hundreds of civilians have been killed as Israel says it's attacking Iran-backed militia Hezbollah - is not part of the truce.

Iran differs; its officials have said a ceasefire in Lebanon is a key condition for reopening the Str...