CryptoWorld reports that, according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, a military insider in Iran stated that in addition to the more than 1 million ground combat personnel already organized, a large number of Iranian youths have recently submitted applications to Basij militias, the Revolutionary Guard, and the military centers, requesting to join the fight. He then added, “The United States wants to forcibly open the strait through 'suicide' operations? No problem. We are ready—ready to let them carry out their suicide strategy and also ready to keep the strait closed.”