Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez:

I refer to the statement of Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who informed that Venezuela and the United States are exploring channels to reopen embassies.

Our objective is to reaffirm our denunciation of the aggression suffered by our people—an unacceptable act that deeply affected our women, men, girls, and boys. The Venezuelan people do not deserve such treatment from a nuclear power.

Our response will be diplomatic. We will face this directly through our Bolivarian diplomacy of peace, to defend Venezuela’s peace, stability, future, independence, and our sacred, non-negotiable sovereignty.

Colombian President Petro:

The one who brokered my conversation with President Trump was Senator Rand Paul, a Republican and a doctor from Kentucky, whom I don’t know personally.

He became interested in the matter and decided to mediate, believing that any military action in Colombia, whatever its form, would be very inconvenient.

Source: BBC

Colombian President Petro:

There’s a problem in the United States that dates back decades—perhaps more than a century.

The United States sees itself as an empire, without regard for the rights of nations, especially those of Latin America.

Source: BBC

Colombian President Petro:

As long as the United States economy is based on oil and coal—70% of its energy matrix—it will tend to seek wars over oil and coal.

If the United States were aligned with the Paris Agreement and replaced that 70% with clean energy, there would be no wars.

Source: BBC

Colombian President Petro:

For us, ICE operates the same way as Nazi and Italian fascist brigades.

They no longer just persecute Latin Americans—they also kill U.S. citizens.

Source: BBC

NEW: A military source told SANA that the Syrian Army has completed clearance operations in more than 90% of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.

Iranian protesters set fire to Karaj District Municipality building.

Sudan: The Sudan Armed Forces shot down a Chinese-made CH-95 drone operated by the UAE-backed RSF in El-Obeid, North Kordofan.

Reza Pahlavi:

I call on workers and employees in key sectors of the economy—especially transportation, oil and gas, and energy—to begin a nationwide strike.

I also ask all of you, today and tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday (January 9 and 10), this time from 6 p.m., to come out into the streets with national flags, images, and symbols, and reclaim public spaces as your own.

Our goal is no longer merely to take to the streets; the goal is to prepare to seize city centers and hold them.

I, too, am preparing to return to the homeland so that, at the moment of victory of our national revolution, I can stand beside you, the great nation of Iran. I believe that day is very near.

Rubio:

The United States supports the brave people of Iran.

Former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez:

I take this opportunity to condemn once again, from the bottom of my soul and my viscera, the State of Israel.

Damn you, State of Israel! Damn you! Terrorists and murderers!

And long live the Palestinian people!

BREAKING: Syrian Army:

We announce the completion of a full security sweep of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Iran protests:

I can clearly see that Israel will not have the ending it expects.

The Iranian people know which issues to react to, for whom, and to what extent.

Polish PM Tusk on Greenland:

I am probably the most pro-American politician in Europe. It’s hard to imagine a more pro-American person.

But since we are allies and friends — Poland is an exceptionally loyal ally of the United States — I believe that with such a position, you don’t do anything on your knees.

You simply say what you think. Among friends, one should speak honestly about what is appropriate and what is not.

Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani:

We are in the middle of a war. There has been neither peace nor a ceasefire.

Rioters are an urban quasi-terrorist group.

Israel is behind this current situation.

NEW: SDF/YPG terrorist carried out a suicide bombing against Syrian Army forces in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo, without causing any casualties among the Army forces.

Syrian Ministry of Health:

The PKK terrorist organization and affiliated armed groups expelled staff and doctors from Yassin Hospital in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud district and turned it into a military position after fleeing from the Syrian Army.