India, Aug. 22 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Hossein Taeb, a close ally of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and a senior figure in the country's Basij paramilitary force, has accused US President Donald Trump of speaking from "desperation" as tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high.

According to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency, Taeb said Trump's recent rhetoric was not driven by initiative but by desperation. He claimed the US had "lost its initiative" and was attempting to alter the situation through other means. Taeb also said Iran would not reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz unless Tehran's conditions are fulfilled, signalling that the waterway could remain largely restricted amid the ongo...