Trump is now talking about “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz.

The Trump administration is considering further easing sanctions on Russian oil amid a surge in prices.

Source: Reuters

French President Macron visited the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean during a trip linked to his visit to Cyprus.

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on gas prices:

This price increase is going to be temporary and it is a small price to pay for the idea that we're gonna get rid of a terrorist regime.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Turkish President Erdogan that Iran seeks to “reduce tensions in the region” and denied accusations of missile attacks on Türkiye, adding Tehran is ready to form a joint investigation team.

Erdogan said Ankara “never thinks of confronting Iran” and stressed that “more than ever, there is a need to open the doors of diplomacy.”

Source: Iranian Presidency readout

BREAKING: Oil drops to $85 per barrel following Trump's remarks.

BIG: Türkiye’s state lender Halkbank reached a deal with U.S. prosecutors to settle a long-running case over alleged Iran sanctions violations.

Under the agreement, the bank will avoid criminal charges but must halt Iran-related transactions and accept external compliance monitoring.

Source: Reuters

Iran’s IRGC says it destroyed the Haila satellite communications center south of Tel Aviv using attack drones, claiming the facility was a key node linking Israeli air bases with fighter jets and part of the military’s satellite control and communications network.

NEW: Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the first condition for a ceasefire is a halt to further attacks.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says several countries, including China, Russia, and France, have contacted Tehran about a ceasefire.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran war:

We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some evil.

And I think you’ll see it’s going to be a short-term excursion.

Trump on Iran:

Short-term. Short-term.

Trump on Iran:

Operation Epic Fury. That is a great name.

Epic Fury!

Trump:

The world respects us right now more than they have ever respected us before.

Trump on Iran:

Together with our Israeli partners, we’re crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force.

Iran’s drone and missile capability is being utterly demolished. Their navy is gone. It’s all lying at the bottom of the ocean—46 ships. Can you believe it?

In fact, I got a little upset with our people. I said, “What quality ship was that? Was it top of the line?” I asked, “Why did we not just capture the ship? We’re going to use it. Why did we sink it?”

He said it’s more fun to sink it. That’s what they said. They like sinking them better. They say it’s safer to sink them. I guess it’s probably true.

Trump on Iran:

Their terrorist leaders are gone, or they’re counting down the minutes until they are gone. Think of it—we had leaders, and now they’re gone.

We had new leaders in their place. And now nobody has any idea who the people are who are going to be the head of the country.

We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.

Trump on Iran:

We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough.

Trump on Iran:

We go forward more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long-running danger once and for all.

Trump:

The United States of America is the greatest and most exceptional nation in human history, and we will not be threatened by evil terrorists and lunatics any longer.

Trump:

The hardest thing is to go to Dover because Dover is where, for the most part, a lot of the fallen—the warriors, the great young people who have died in war—seem to mostly go.

Trump on Iran:

Iran was supposed to be this big, powerful country. We wrapped the hell out of them.

And you know, I don’t know when they cry “uncle,” but they should have cried it two days ago, right?

But they don’t have anything left.